To be honest, producing dubstep and electronic music does not take a degree in music to do. Of course having musical knowledge will give your tunes a more musical flow and feel, but I know plenty of producers who are great at making electronic music and really don't know too much about traditional music theory.
Computers have become significant partners to those who cannot play an instrument but who still wish to create a composition. This is because the computer can be programmed to generate notes. Ideally, it would be advantageous to have some expertise in keyboard skills as this would allow the composer to directly input the notes rather than program them. Remember though, this is not a requirement. In fact, with practice one doesn't need be a slave to the midi controller. Many have become quite skilled in programming their notes in sequencers.
So what do you need to know? Well, first of all, if you've been listening to music all of your life, you should have a good sense of what sounds good and what doesn't. If you don't know any music theory, this trained ear will help guide you but if you really want to make your life easier, I would suggest taking a basic piano improvisation class which will teach you basic scale and chord theory. With this knowledge you will have a much better grasp of what chord progressions work and how they work as well as what notes you can play along with these chords. It is also helpful to have some knowledge about key transposition so your songs aren't always in the same key or pitch.
Also helpful would be some knowledge of basic rhythm. You should get yourself a grasp of measure, tempo and note values. This is likely to make you more efficient during programming of notes and drum patterns. Important to understand is the differences among quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes and triplets. Anyone who wants to give music making a legitimate try should really know these basic things.
Last on the list is structuring the songs. This may sound like one of the most difficult things to do but it is probably one of the easiest. One approach is to pick out a few of your favorite songs. Break each into segments and label them. For instance, a song may be broken down like this: intro, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, outro. Notate the number of measures within each segment. Now you can structure the tune.
With just this introductory information, you are armed with enough to get rocking with the top dubstep songs. And try not to get discourage if it feels like there is so much you do not know. Stick with it and what you need will come to you.
Computers have become significant partners to those who cannot play an instrument but who still wish to create a composition. This is because the computer can be programmed to generate notes. Ideally, it would be advantageous to have some expertise in keyboard skills as this would allow the composer to directly input the notes rather than program them. Remember though, this is not a requirement. In fact, with practice one doesn't need be a slave to the midi controller. Many have become quite skilled in programming their notes in sequencers.
So what do you need to know? Well, first of all, if you've been listening to music all of your life, you should have a good sense of what sounds good and what doesn't. If you don't know any music theory, this trained ear will help guide you but if you really want to make your life easier, I would suggest taking a basic piano improvisation class which will teach you basic scale and chord theory. With this knowledge you will have a much better grasp of what chord progressions work and how they work as well as what notes you can play along with these chords. It is also helpful to have some knowledge about key transposition so your songs aren't always in the same key or pitch.
Also helpful would be some knowledge of basic rhythm. You should get yourself a grasp of measure, tempo and note values. This is likely to make you more efficient during programming of notes and drum patterns. Important to understand is the differences among quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes and triplets. Anyone who wants to give music making a legitimate try should really know these basic things.
Last on the list is structuring the songs. This may sound like one of the most difficult things to do but it is probably one of the easiest. One approach is to pick out a few of your favorite songs. Break each into segments and label them. For instance, a song may be broken down like this: intro, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, outro. Notate the number of measures within each segment. Now you can structure the tune.
With just this introductory information, you are armed with enough to get rocking with the top dubstep songs. And try not to get discourage if it feels like there is so much you do not know. Stick with it and what you need will come to you.
About the Author:
The author is an electronic music composer from LA. Click here to listen to some of his latest music. He is known to compose some of the best dubstep music in the underground arena.
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