How to become a successful music producer/ beat maker
ever just sitting down, and a great idea for an instrumental comes to your head, but you do not know the basics of music production to even put is down? Well, here’s how you can make your ideas into your career.
Step 1: buy a computer. Preferably a laptop for beginners. It should be at least 8gig RAM, 500gig HDD, 2.5gHz min processor with at least 2 cores.
Step 2: find a music production course online, this could be a free course or a paid course. Suggestions include: mixxin academy, YouTube: in the mix channel, fl studio beginners guide, soundgym e.t.c.
Step 3: choose a digital audio workstation, DAW (the beat making software), buy and download. Or just download, if it is a free software. The option of DAW could be based on the one used by the lessons you are taking.
Step 4: getting important supporting gears, e.g. reference headset, midi keyboard. These are the most important.
Step 5: train yourself using videos tutorials, making sure to learn the basics within one week. 897
After then, produce at least 5 songs per day, every week day as you learn more coolest feature. It is better to follow tutorials made with genres same as what you want to produce. Training should be at least for 6 months.
NB: investing in a paid cloud service is a good idea. Your laptop could get broken, or stolen, but a cloud drive is more secured and can be accessed from other computers.
Step 6: set up a port folio, and begin making original beats. Place your beats on sites like YouTube and TikTok to gain attention, and on SoundCloud for sales. You can also get a website, this will allow you more organization to your portfolio. Once in a while, give out free beats to everyone, also host verse competitions and give the winner a free premium beat.
Step 7: establish an LLC to become legit, this will make you confident in putting better price on your art work, And also make your business established.
NB: getting a lawyer to explain music business to you in-depth is a good idea. This will aid in avoiding any issues with the government in terms of tax, and also any civil claims with respect to plagiarism or copyright issues, especially in the case of sampling others’ beat. 897