Starting out in trance production, few questions?
Starting out in trance production, few questions? Posted on: 17.01.2013 by Edwin Malone I have been reading about producing and what to learn in order to get a grasp of the basics first.Can anyone tell me what I should be learning. I want to learn each bit separately. Someone told me that i should learn how to make a baseline first then move onto introducing claps and kicks?? Maybe a list of what i should learn first would help. Can anyone advise? Thanks Aaron. | |
| Tera Baragan 20.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by TCMuc
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| Nikole Resende 19.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by AllDay
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| Tera Baragan 19.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by TCMuc
Learning little bits at a time is the correct way to go especially when learning. Only thing I can agree is try and finish most songs. But then again Its not that big of a deal as you are just learning right now. |
| Nikole Resende 18.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by aaronjunited
Your question cannot be answered, because there is no "right way" to learn music production. One guy will tell you to "learn how to make a baseline first then move onto introducing claps and kicks", the next guy may tell you to start with sound design and the guy sitting next to him may tell you to start learning music theory first. You say you have been reading about producing, so you should have come across a lot of different approaches. Now just try what works best for you. It should also be something you enjoy doing, there's no use to study music theory for the next five months until you get so annoyed you never touch your gear again. |
| Edwin Malone 17.01.2013 | I have been reading about producing and what to learn in order to get a grasp of the basics first. Can anyone tell me what I should be learning. I want to learn each bit separately. Someone told me that i should learn how to make a baseline first then move onto introducing claps and kicks?? Maybe a list of what i should learn first would help. Can anyone advise? Thanks Aaron. |
| Tera Baragan 20.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by TCMuc
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| Nikole Resende 19.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by AllDay
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| Tera Baragan 19.01.2013 | Honestly just start. Anywhere... and go from there. |
| Edwin Malone 19.01.2013 | Thanks for the input you two, both different opinions. What I have taken from both of your opinions and realised its true, everyone learns things differently it really is true. I understand what both of you are saying and really I need to get more advice on here and more input before starting to practice producing Thanks again. Aaron. P.S - I'm not one for using a search function to search for hours looking for an answer that's how you loose focus in my opinion. |
| Tera Baragan 19.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by TCMuc
Learning little bits at a time is the correct way to go especially when learning. Only thing I can agree is try and finish most songs. But then again Its not that big of a deal as you are just learning right now. |
| Nikole Resende 18.01.2013 | Just one more piece of advice: Even though I appreciate your approach of wanting to learn each bit separately, this might not be the best choice... This kind of has to do with the "keep things interesting" advice: if you start learning everything bit by bit, you may run into two major problems: 1. A great track is more than the sum of its parts. A track (as in track in a DAW, not a full song) only is as good as it works in conjunction with the other parts. A bassline may be boring if isolated but work great in a track, where a bassline that is great on its own may just not sit right in the mix with other elements. A groove does not only consist of drum sounds, but depends on the bassline and other elements, that are somewhere between musical and rhythmical (and vice versa). If you e.g. only focus on the bassline first, you may find yourself re-learing a lot of what you thought you had covered once you start introducing other elements. 2. In order to keep your motivation up high, you probably want to see results. And in production, a result is track that is (more or less) finished. Even if it is really simple and even if you believe it sucks two weeks later, get something done. See your first attempts as sketches. And there are some things, some details, you only get to learn if you try and see how they work in "the big picture". |
| Berta Baie 18.01.2013 | there are also like 100 threads on "im just starting out, how do i do this" already in this community . Take a look at those first and all your basic questions should be covered in there. |
| Edwin Malone 18.01.2013 | thanks for your reply |
| Nikole Resende 18.01.2013 |
Originally Posted by aaronjunited
Your question cannot be answered, because there is no "right way" to learn music production. One guy will tell you to "learn how to make a baseline first then move onto introducing claps and kicks", the next guy may tell you to start with sound design and the guy sitting next to him may tell you to start learning music theory first. You say you have been reading about producing, so you should have come across a lot of different approaches. Now just try what works best for you. It should also be something you enjoy doing, there's no use to study music theory for the next five months until you get so annoyed you never touch your gear again. |
| Edwin Malone 18.01.2013 | no one able to advise? |
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