Call me the karate kid (before being the man), because I am in need of some solid direction from a seasoned vet, or anyone looking to be influential to a beginners journey down the path of electronic music.
In other words, I have started to really get into the world of music production, DJ’ing, etc. I will be entering my freshmen year of college this fall and since i decided to walk away from my hockey career and NCAA opportunity because of financial issues, i have decided to take on the monster they call electronic music production as a hobby. My goal is to have fun with it and maybe, through out college be able to produce and possibly even perform some fun songs, mixes for friends. I look up to artist such as 12th planet, nero, deadmau5, skrillix, bassnectar, pretty lights, rusko, and so on, you get the picture.
All in all, as of now I have a Macbook Pro, Ableton Live 8, and I picked up a Novation Launchpad for ****s and gigs to mess around on and basically give me a little more motivation to really stick with this. I look to keep it at that for now, and just focus on really decoding ableton live, and learn the fundamentals to producing glitch step, dubstep, house music, etc. I would love to be versatile in all genres of electronic music. I am always looking to learn more from everyone and anyone. If anyone is interested in throwing some pointers and guidance my way, it would be greatly appreciated. I signed up for the silver membership of sonic academy as well and the tutorial videos are very informative, although real time feedback and discussion is an important tool for any student of anything for that matter in my opinion.
That’s about it, hit me with whatever ya got. Just glad to have others out there that have the same passion for all of this.
p.s- sorry about the long post, just wanted to get my story across in one sitting.
Cheers
Welcome aboard!!
as far as giving advice on what to get started on…if your still learning ableton the Ablteon intro, and intermediate courses should be your first port of call.
after that its really up to you and what genres grab your attention.
also check the understanding reverb and compression courses for some fundamental techniques.
Let us know how you get on!
Thanks man i appreciate the feedback. I actually own Ableton Live 8 Suite, not into. I’ll definitely check out the videos you recommended. As for genres, I really like glitch step, dubstep, and house, but I honestly would love to learn them all. Being versatile in whatever you do is key to success, as everything is always evolving. What would be useful, are videos involving the novation launchpad though. Not sure if that’s possible, but it would be a huge help for those who own them, and are looking to understand the concept of incorporating one to Ableton Live. All in all the site has been great so far, and can’t wait to dig deeper into it, and see what comes of it!
cheers