Reply to Getting into production.

Just bought myself the akai lpd8 and lpk25 to try and get a bit more hands on with production as the whole point and click thing doesn't feel right.

Any advice vids or tutorials that anyone can share when first getting into production would be really helpful. As these items are new i can't really find much online but i guess there like other pad controls and keys etc ..

Main things I would like to start looking into are ...

1 - Using the Pads to create beats, Drums pattern theory (getting an idea of what patterns create what mood or sound)

2 - Using the keys to create synths, Music Theory, Chords, for playing bass lines etc ..

3 - Anything else you believe would be usefull for a production noooob!

Many thanks all
MMM