Hello everyone! As the tittle says, im a beginner at music production. I only ever wrote 1 track that sounds somewhat okay, and I've been attempting to write stuff in FL studio on and off for a few years at this point, but despite watching lots of tutorials, music theory videos, and even asking some aquaintances to teach me, it never really clicked
I undrstand what music scales, chords and stuff like that is, but im absolutely clueless about how to actually use them! How do i arrange chords? which ones do i use? how do i arrange notes and which notes out of a scale should i use? The only "good" track i've ever written was a result just me throwing stuff at a wall untill something sticks, and thats a very frustrating way to write stuff, and haven't led to anything worthwhile since
So my question is, how do i learn to put intent behind my music, how do i actually express stuff, instead of just randomly arranging notes untill it just happens to sound vaguely good, how do i make it click?
I pursue many creative hobbies such as writing and drawing, and all of them, while challenging, were pretty clear. I had a direction to move towards, and gradually got better and better at them. Music production on the other hand, always felt like hitting my head against the wall, i just fundamentally dont understand it, and therefore don't know how to learn :[
So, i wanted to ask for some advice. The tools i have at my disposal are: Fl studio with a few plugins, and a small midi keyboard. My main goal is to write music for my gamedev projects, if that info helps in any way, and thanks for taking the time to read
Also sorry if there are any mistakes, im dyslexic :|
Submitted March 12, 2025 at 01:31PM by LackOfCommpnSense https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/1j9o5il/beginner_where_do_i_start/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Wednesday, March 12, 2025