Make your own beats and music: Music Maker

Music Maker. Do you dream of Creating your own music? A lot of people do, but not all of them fulfil this fabulous dream.

There are 3 types of musicians : Musicians that want to go pro, others who want to impress their small community and the ones who just want to make music for self enjoyment. Now, they all start at the same point and travel together until they complete some tracks, the difference comes from the audience they target so the differences are small , here I'll talk about going pro, as it's the hardest way and from it you can deduce what you can do if you have other ideas.

There are many ways for creating music , and many roads to take your music. If you do not intend to work and practice, read and learn, you will hardly reach the level you want with this musical journey,

First tip is to Listen, the more music you listen to the more inspiration you'll get, the more creative you can be. I guess if you want to make music you already listen to loads, but diversity is another cool thing that will make your music more appealing and exciting, listen to as many genres and artists as you can, Listening to more music makes your mind ready and can help you complete a 3 note pattern to a riff, it greatly enhances your internal metronome which is one of the most important things a musician should have, also by having a broad musical knowledge, you can easily attract more audience as music is a matter of subconscious as it is a matter of emotions. so You need to get your subconscious musically adapted!

Choosing an instrument:Start with an instrument you like, don't look for "easy instruments", there is no such thing, any instrument requires frequent practice and study, Choose the instrument that best suits the genre you want to go with, Piano and Guitar are great for many genres and are very popular songwriting tools so you can easily find lessons online and start practicing (I'm a guitarist so maybe I'll be posting a guitar guide too). So Choose your instruments, Don't spend a lot of money, it's not wise to spend a lot on something that you may not want to continue, Set a budget, buy a nicely built affordable instrument , if you have a friend who plays that instrument you may want him\her to try it for you he\she can tell you if it has something wrong, research before buying, if you have a certain instrument that you like and suits your budget, keep on researching for days and weeks for more info , reviews, demos about it and it's alternatives, Google it, YouTube it, look it up at musical stores' websites, as much as you can, be patient so that you can be sure you've got the best that suits your budget and don't regret buying this and not buying that instead.Enjoy!

Learning Your Instrument:Learning a musical instrument is like anything, It requires patience and the key to mastering it is nothing but Practice , Practice as much as you can and if you practice daily for at least 15 minutes everyday you'll get better results than only practicing 3 hours one day and not practicing others, so practice regularly.

If you can afford to have a private teacher do it, it the best thing as everyone can have a different experience with the instrument a teacher will prevent you from acquiring bad habits and can solve your problems, Joining a music class is also a good choice, You can also Look for lessons on the Internet , make an email account (a precaution) and join free newsletters of sites that offer lessons for free, read and watch, if you can pay, after checking the free lessons, go with what you feel has best helped you, one important thing.... NEVER GIVE UP! there are time when you'll feel that you are not progressing, all musicians have this feeling often, but don't let this get you down, listen to some music it may re inspire you to keep practicing! hang out with musicians go to concerts, watch videos of your favourite artist, it's all good to motivate you, just keep practicing, challenge yourself and try new ideas don't bore yourself you must enjoy it, isn't this your passion?! be sure that the more you work, the more you'll get in return.

Now that You're Starting To Get Better At your instrument, you want to start composing, so I'll give you simple ideas to help you on your way.

Two important things to know :1-when you create a song try to make it have a theme not just a mix of unrelated stuff. 2- Try to have your own sound, meaning, when someone listens to your music he/she should be able to know that's this is yours..Create your own sound..but that comes later on and takes some time.

Composing Music By Ear:For some people It's hard to get all these music theory things memorized, and if they already have a good ear for music, what a person like them would do, is to use this great tool (Their Trained Ears) To start making their tracks, They may have a certain song idea , riff or a chord progression in their minds, they transfer it to the instrument, and then continue building on it, For some people this is easier than music theory, It may not do well critically, but it can be popular with listeners, but even these composers know about music theory a good deal.

Composing to another Song:If you listen to a song you like, it could inspire you to make a song of your own, It may give you a musical idea or a certain beat or melody to start with, it's a very easy way to help you start making your first tracks, just listen to the music and get inspired, think of things you can add to it or a change you can make, it may turn down a completely different song! you can change the key of the song (you'll need to know more about key signatures) , change the beat....etc , the point is to experiment with it.

Composing to a sample:You can find many online sites that offers samples or loops like a drum beat or a riff, try some out maybe one of them can trigger your musical head to action!

Composing to a riff:Scales are the best ways to make riffs, if you jam with a scale you can come up with a riff, then use this riff as the base for your song , many artist make riff based songs, especially rock artists, even hip hop can contain a repeated guitar riff or bass loop.. try it.

Composing to a Scene or a situation:Imagine you were asked to make the soundtrack for a movie, and then imagine that movie, the scenes, the story , the atmosphere, what kind of feel does it give you?, try to express that in music..

Composing by Lyrics:If you experienced a situation that you want to express, write it, then rewrite it but try to get it more into phrases and try to make these phrases equal in length (musically) then you can try to put similar ending words...that's it, you have a basic lyric form! what you want to do now , is to give it a melody, descend and ascend with them words, if you can make a musical phrase with them....Great! just get them feel like a song to your ears. then you might want to experiment with a chord progression, find a one that suits these words and the mood you want them to sound like, Happy (major), Sad (minor).

Building it Up:Now that you have some ideas , start thinking of the song's structure, the very basic can be intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge or solo, chorus, outro You can make it even simpler , be creative, you can make a song with no chorus, give it a strong structure, if you feel a part is weakening the song, remove it, add bridges and mini bridges, some variations of the verse and chorus will make it more exciting , the small things can be greatly useful, some mini riffs and melodies makes it more emotional. Don't forget the hook, It's the part of the song that keeps on reminding you of the songs even when you're not listening to it, it can be vocals or an instrument that makes the hook.

Keep it simple, Your composing abilities will get better by trying and listening.

Tips

Listen, the more music you listen to the more inspiration you'll get the more creative you can be. I guess if you want to make music you already listen to loads, but diversity is another cool thing that will make your music more appealing and exciting, listen to as many genres and artists as you can, Listening to more music makes your mind ready and can help you complete a 3 note pattern to a riff, it greatly enhances you internal metronome which is one of the most important things a musician should have, also by having a broad musical knowledge you can easily attract more audience as music is a matter of subconscious as it is a matter of emotions. so You need to get your subconscious musically adapted!