![]() ![]() Here is a link to their Intro to Live course from Berkley, which is super beginner friendly. Courses are typically grouped into tracks, which appear to only offer paid plans, so you MUST go to a course's individual page in order to find the audit option. ALL classes on their site have the option to be audited for free, even though they really want your money you just won't get a certificate of completion, or access to certain assignments and tests. He's got great, no nonsense tutorials, neat free stuff, and he's featured regularly on Ableton's own site, which is an invaluable resource unto itself.Ĭheck out the many free courses from Coursera on music production from top-tier accredited institutions. Start here on Ableton's website for a nice spread of solid tutorials from a wide variety of producers.Ĭheck out ELPHNT's website. If you need any help with the production side in terms of gear, software, etc., feel free to shoot me a PM! Let me know if you have any questions, and I'd be happy to try and help. I wouldn't be surprised if there was as Coursera for a number of DAWsĪ lot of the initial work is in memorizing stuff like the 12 notes, sharps and flats, and keys, so no harm in getting started whenever. For Ableton, there is a Coursera course from Berklee and sites like Dubspot. For DAWs, YouTube is great, but also take a look into some courses. The way they present it directly applies to Ableton, but is generic enough to simply be a good tool for visualizing theory. Ableton has a great free online theory learning resource here. Melodically, the music tends to use simple minor+chromatic melodies.ĥ) Definitely use the resources you've been linked, but you can probably find some DAW centric theory lessons on YouTube as well. A lot of it will be about learning rhythm which is a great place to start. It also looks real nice.Ĥ) Theoretically, trap is pretty simple. It has several long entries on harmony and melody that would be good for you as a beginner. It presents common problems with the music making process and offers actionable solutions. While centered around electronic music and Ableton, it is just a useful book. ![]() ![]() Would make it easy to pick up if you ever wanted to.ģ) I don't know what DAW you plan on using, but there is a great bookbook called Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Production (sample chapters are on there too). Along with that, it has a strong visual element that closely corresponds to notated music. That experience will inspire you to get better at physically playing music. With the piano roll you can create music piece by piece and 'play' things you physically won't be able to yet. Some thoughts:ġ) As mentioned getting a keyboard will open things up hugely, but you should definitely go ahead and make stuff on the piano roll and playing it with your computer keyboard in the meantime.Ģ) A DAW is a great way to learn theory. I use Ableton, so a lot of my links are Ableton-centric, but there are definitely plenty of resources out there for whatever DAW you go with. So many cool things to explore and so many fun rabbit holes to go down - to maximize time for playing, recording, and fleshing out ideas, I'd really appreciate your feedback specifically around recording and editing beats created by hand by an old n00b playing guitar/bass/drums/piano ~rock & roll. The Live intro course from Berklee / Coursera / blend.io) was good time spent even ~10 years into using Live. I've been a poor/scattered student of plenty of resources like Tom Cosm thanks to this sub. Of the available resources, which would you recommend to focus for this kind of beats work? It's usually labor intensive and I'm sure better techniques and workflows would help me capture the groove without making it over-mechanical or exhausting my time & ideas in the process. Grabbing a few good measures, slicing the bits down to something I can loop and record over is very hit-or-miss for me. I record myself playing beats on MIDI keys and pads, tapping fingers, or hitting things with sticks as a basis for many ideas. Specific tuts/docs/videos you'd recommend for working with analog/manually-created beats? ![]()
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