| So you have a passion for music and want to | | | | complete system to help you constantly improve your |
| produce music of your own? There are a number of | | | | music production skills. Sonic Producer is a social music |
| ways to get started, and I will cover a few of the | | | | production website that is based around their state of |
| most popular ones. To produce music is to have a | | | | the art music production sequencer. |
| creative mind and get rewarded for that creativity. | | | | Membership to the site is only $29, which includes a |
| Some people are even able to sell and license their | | | | whole lot: access to their sequencer, which is worth |
| music to artists after only a few months of practice. | | | | more than double that on its own. It has 16-tracks, an |
| The first thing to decide is what kind of music you | | | | enormous preset instrument library, mp3 export |
| want to produce. There are almost unlimited choices | | | | capability, 8 DJ pads, and that's just scratching the |
| when it comes to producing music. You may choose | | | | surface. With membership they give you access to an |
| to make hip hop beats, r&b beats, rap beats, or | | | | amazing wealth of knowledge right at your fingertips. |
| maybe you like trance or techno. Either way certain | | | | The community there is very supportive and I have |
| tools make it easier to produce certain genres of | | | | seen newbies go from no music production |
| music. | | | | experience to selling their beats to artists with a Sonic |
| If you want to start producing trance or techno music, | | | | Producer membership in a matter of months. |
| you may want to check out a program called FL | | | | After you become proficient at making beats and |
| Studio. I have found that FL Studio is a good music | | | | producing music, you can start to integrate offline |
| production program for those looking to get started | | | | music production programs into the mix. You see, I like |
| with trance, techno, electronic, or drum and bass music. | | | | to use my offline programs like FL studio for creating |
| However, I would not recommend starting with this | | | | beats and samples to plug into Sonic Producer. It's |
| program unless you have SOME music production | | | | simply not worth it for a beginner to drop a few |
| experience as you may find the controls and settings | | | | hundred bucks on an expensive desktop program at |
| a little bit too technical for your liking. | | | | first when they can get a beat maker, beat making |
| For those who want to start making hip hop or rap | | | | lessons, community support, and the option of a full |
| beats, I would suggest a program called Sonic | | | | refund with Sonic Producer. If you're looking to produce |
| Producer. It's not exactly a program, it's more of a | | | | music, look no further than Sonic Producer. |