Tips on music production?

[Kyl3]

So, I have a MIDI keyboard and a drumpad and really suck at song composition. I can usually come up with a basic chord progression but, other than that I am lost. 

Can anyone leave me some tips for making electronic music?

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

MAKE GOOD MUSIC

[Chriz6097]

Time, you cant make good music in one sitting. It takes time and thought. A friend of mine is into music production and the way he does it is: once he has a melody in his head he starts going at it. Usually its best to start off with what you currently do and to make a simple bass line/ drums to start working with.

[BallisticPeanut]

Make stuff, I don't really know.  My friend taught himself how to produce using a copy Logic Pro 9 that I got for him.  Basic music knowledge and playing instruments also helps.

[helping]

 

 

just watch more tuts on youtube, learning to make "music" takes a long time and a lot of practice. 

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Tons of time is indeed needed. If it's the general structure / form of the song that you can't get down just listen to some other tracks and see how they do it. The structure of electronic music doesn't have to be at all complex, a lot of popular songs does the usual Intro -> Main 1 -> Breakdown -> Main 2 -> Outtro, where Main 2 is Main 1 with some "extra filling".

[Kyl3]

Well I have some stuff that i made with a melody/bassline and some drums but i have troubles fleshing it out.

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[AlwaysFSX]

Just try to get a "story" for a song and write it out in beats, if that makes sense.

[UnderADyingSun]

Don't force it, it should come naturally. 

[TryArch]

first: research your DAW and learn as much as you can. SeamlessR on youtube has good tutorials for flstudio

second: research music theory, if u know no music theory then search varien on youtume and watch his music theory vids

third: practice

forth: reverb everything. reverb really helps make the track feel full SO REVERB EVERYWHERE

fifth: research your genres and listen to details and things in music you enjoy, if you listen carefully you will hear sounds that you will have never even noticed before

sixth: use good speakers/headphones that are as flat as possible

seventh: if you have other questions message me

[TryArch]

also make your song dynamic, use filters everywhere like high passes and low passes and stuff to make the song move and not feel so boring

[Kyl3]

first: research your DAW and learn as much as you can. SeamlessR on youtube has good tutorials for flstudio

second: research music theory, if u know no music theory then search varien on youtume and watch his music theory vids

third: practice

forth: reverb everything. reverb really helps make the track feel full SO REVERB EVERYWHERE

fifth: research your genres and listen to details and things in music you enjoy, if you listen carefully you will hear sounds that you will have never even noticed before

sixth: use good speakers/headphones that are as flat as possible

seventh: if you have other questions message me

Thanks for the smart reply all the others were just "DO MUSIC"

[TryArch]

Thanks for the smart reply all the others were just "DO MUSIC"

yeah... i noticed, NOT HELPFUL GUYS u all seem like audiofiles

[niksuto]

yeah... i noticed, NOT HELPFUL GUYS u all seem like audiofiles

I'm a .ogg audiofile