Me and my mate want to start messing around with making music

So i was talking to my mate today and he said he had been thinking of making music for quite some time, which i had been thinking about for a long time as well. I have always said one should start making music very early, since a kid if possible, because from this age, and i speak personally, because i have heard so much music, i already have so many influences and sounds in my head, that it would be really hard to abstract myself from all that and start making my own thing. Plus, studying architecture really doesn't leave that much time to explore any other thing. But he was so enthusiastic that i am now with this idea stuck in mind. We have virtually no experience. I remember messing with reason a couple of years ago just for the fun, but really can't remember anything now. My mate has a rolland which we could connect to the computer, but what software should we start using, and most important, how the hell should we start from anyway?

Watmm, help us noobs please!

yer gonna need banjos

a whole lotta banjos

  On 1/8/2012 at 4:12 AM, Cryptowen said:

yer gonna need banjos

a whole lotta banjos

it's gonna sound fun

http://reaper.fm/

http://www.groove3.com/str/reaper-4-explained.html

És de onde?

Eu ajudo-te, gravamos uns peidos e arrotos, depois fazemos reverb e chamamos-lhe post-dubstep.

get a cheap used acoustic guitar at a garage sale & start watching youtube video lessons for beginners. This same idea can work with any instrument.

torrent fl studio like everyone else ;P

torrent fl studio like skrillex did.

No but seriously, i had no musical skills prior to getting flstudio and it is very versatile. And yes, i have paid for it.

  On 1/8/2012 at 8:42 AM, xxx said:

You will have plenty of time to make music after architecture school.

Believe me, i work and i am smart enough to not be one of those.

  On 1/8/2012 at 4:09 AM, ruiagnelo said:

So i was talking to my mate today and he said he had been thinking of making music for quite some time, which i had been thinking about for a long time as well. I have always said one should start making music very early, since a kid if possible, because from this age, and i speak personally, because i have heard so much music, i already have so many influences and sounds in my head, that it would be really hard to abstract myself from all that and start making my own thing. Plus, studying architecture really doesn't leave that much time to explore any other thing. But he was so enthusiastic that i am now with this idea stuck in mind. We have virtually no experience. I remember messing with reason a couple of years ago just for the fun, but really can't remember anything now. My mate has a rolland which we could connect to the computer, but what software should we start using, and most important, how the hell should we start from anyway?

 

Watmm, help us noobs please!

I would jote down notes on what you plan to record. Once you start making music it will be hard to replicate, and you'll find sounds you didn't plan to make but might like. If there's any music production you really like, I'd find out the kind of equipment and methods used to make it. Could help a lot when you decide what software and even hardware to use.

  On 1/8/2012 at 4:17 AM, RadarJammer said:

http://reaper.fm/

http://www.groove3.c...-explained.html

^I'm messing with Reaper myself. Before this I messed around with Garageband and Rebirth. I really like it, many WATMMers use it.

just pick up where you left off.. reaper can be kind of daunting for beginners. and it's a good software, but I primarily use it for recording stuff.. reason is a good solid sequencer that won't distract you with plugins and millions of configurable options like reaper does.

  On 1/8/2012 at 8:42 AM, xxx said:

You will have plenty of time to make music after architecture school.

lol

some natural talent & a smile works wonders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8BhFsUiJf0&feature=player_embedded

i'm tired of these portuguese people coming asking for help...

  On 1/8/2012 at 8:42 AM, xxx said:

You will have plenty of time to make buildings after Autechre school.

  On 1/8/2012 at 10:05 PM, Cryptowen said:

  On 1/8/2012 at 8:42 AM, xxx said:

You will have plenty of time to make buildings after Autechre school.

  On 1/8/2012 at 9:46 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

i'm tired of these portuguese people coming asking for help...

what is this i don't even

I always imagine Picard's just sniffing his own hand because he likes the stank of it

get stuff you can record sound with, then get stuff you can make sound with, have fun.

just get to it. don't overthink it, don't sit around and talk about it or try and come up with different approaches or techniques or ideas or whatever, just sit right the fuck down and start messing around with synths. no matter if it's reason or fl studio or some old roland. people always overthink these things, like "we gotta get this and that synth and i've been thinking of blablaablablah", fuck that shit, just sit down and do it. if you find it enjoyable enough, everything else will sort itself out later.

  On 1/9/2012 at 11:22 PM, data said:

just get to it. don't overthink it, don't sit around and talk about it or try and come up with different approaches or techniques or ideas or whatever, just sit right the fuck down and start messing around with synths. no matter if it's reason or fl studio or some old roland. people always overthink these things, like "we gotta get this and that synth and i've been thinking of blablaablablah", fuck that shit, just sit down and do it. if you find it enjoyable enough, everything else will sort itself out later.

data, you just gained some cred in my book.

  On 1/9/2012 at 11:22 PM, data said:

just get to it. don't overthink it, don't sit around and talk about it or try and come up with different approaches or techniques or ideas or whatever, just sit right the fuck down and start messing around with synths. no matter if it's reason or fl studio or some old roland. people always overthink these things, like "we gotta get this and that synth and i've been thinking of blablaablablah", fuck that shit, just sit down and do it. if you find it enjoyable enough, everything else will sort itself out later.

this is the money shot of the thread. wipe it off your lower back and then just do what it says.

that's what I said.

it took you guys two pages ffs