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[Discussion] How did you get into production? (lemmy.studio)

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What software/hardware did you begin with? What were your biggest hurdles? Was there a moment when it suddenly "clicked" for you?

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[–] beto@lemmy.studio 1 points 1 year ago

I signed up for a 2-hour Ableton class that was being offered at work. Not sure why, it just caught my attention. I was amazed by how the instructor could write a cool song in just a couple minutes! I had no idea that was possible.

That's how I started, I bought Ableton and a small MIDI keyboard. Followed tutorials on YouTube and started writing a song every week for the song-a-week subreddit. I took a few online classes on music production and kept learning.

A few things that clicked for me:

I don't have to do EDM just because I'm using Ableton and all the YouTube tutorials are about EDM. I can make ambient.
Notes sound better when they're not quantized.
There are no wrong notes to play.
Finishing songs is really important.