Creating music is a slow and pain staking process to the hearts of your listeners. As an indie musician I experienced all of this. It was hard walking around the park, listening to loads of music and even staying in the bathroom for extended periods of time just looking for inspiration. It may not come for days on end, even months. But if it hits you it hits you if you know what I mean. When you get that Eureka moment I suggest you write that down immediately then go home and start working on it before it disappears from your head. Well that's what I do when I made my music.
Sitting down at home processing all that information on my software working for hours is just how it goes. It starts with just a simple beat. It's sort of the spine of the song. Once you got that down you try to fit it with the words you wrote down. This takes a while because fitting the beat with the timing of the song is tricky. I suggest you use a metronome so that your time signature would remain constant. Then if you get that down, it's time to put on the details. Like in a drawing you start with the skeleton, then the shapes then the characteristics of the shapes. If it's a happy song you put on a little funky electric guitar then add a cool bass line to it. If it's a sad song then I suggest mesh your beat with a little piano play with string instruments. If it's a love song then I suggest you add on my favorite saxophone tunes to it. I want you guys to know that these tips I'm telling you are not the only things you should do.
You can think out of the box too. You can even add bag pipe sounds to your beats for all I care as long as you think that it's a good fit to your song. That's what great musicians do; they listen to their influences and then add their own flavor to that sound and "TADA" a completely unique sound that is only by you. Always remember your song won't stand up if you don't get your main beat in cue with the melody, that's what keeps your music together. It may sound easy but I tell you, if you don't have the patience then this isn't the career for you. Making music isn't a onetime deal. It takes patience, creativity, hard work, a little bit of luck and more patience.
Creating music is for everyone! If one has not the gift of using playing instruments or the gift of voice, there are plenty of programs that can create music out there too. So if you are gifted at making beats, don't let that limitation of being unable to play an instrument stop you. All you need is your heart, then you can make your own music.
Sitting down at home processing all that information on my software working for hours is just how it goes. It starts with just a simple beat. It's sort of the spine of the song. Once you got that down you try to fit it with the words you wrote down. This takes a while because fitting the beat with the timing of the song is tricky. I suggest you use a metronome so that your time signature would remain constant. Then if you get that down, it's time to put on the details. Like in a drawing you start with the skeleton, then the shapes then the characteristics of the shapes. If it's a happy song you put on a little funky electric guitar then add a cool bass line to it. If it's a sad song then I suggest mesh your beat with a little piano play with string instruments. If it's a love song then I suggest you add on my favorite saxophone tunes to it. I want you guys to know that these tips I'm telling you are not the only things you should do.
You can think out of the box too. You can even add bag pipe sounds to your beats for all I care as long as you think that it's a good fit to your song. That's what great musicians do; they listen to their influences and then add their own flavor to that sound and "TADA" a completely unique sound that is only by you. Always remember your song won't stand up if you don't get your main beat in cue with the melody, that's what keeps your music together. It may sound easy but I tell you, if you don't have the patience then this isn't the career for you. Making music isn't a onetime deal. It takes patience, creativity, hard work, a little bit of luck and more patience.
Creating music is for everyone! If one has not the gift of using playing instruments or the gift of voice, there are plenty of programs that can create music out there too. So if you are gifted at making beats, don't let that limitation of being unable to play an instrument stop you. All you need is your heart, then you can make your own music.
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