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anarkiddomedia wrote

Writing music is complicated, not specifically from a music theory or other such standpoint, but as an artist and listener. Composition, chord progressions, melodies and everything can either have days spent on them or just a couple of minutes messing around on an instrument. Even "writing" music isn't always the same process. Either you could be working in a digital audio workstation like FL Studio, or just with a composition notebook and a cheap keyboard. Matching pitch is more of a learned thing, and takes time and a trained ear. If you aren't pitch trained yet, I wouldn't suggest going with lyrical composition as a first. Try making instrumentals, see what melodies work with what chords, practice matching bass lines to your progressions, etc.

EDM was a fairly easy genre umbrella to get into as a starting producer, but your skills can broaden and expand over time. But like anything else, you shouldn't compare your level to someone else as a means of seeing where you are. Listen to music and mentally construct how its arranged, find patterns or even play random notes on a piano. Sometimes, it just clicks.

Tl:dr don't spend too much time getting bookish about it be free and fuck around

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