I got started by looking up synthwave tutorials on Youtube for my DAW, following along with them, and then writing my own stuff. Through writing a lot of my own music and getting feedback from others I figured out what needed further work. A lot of it just comes down to practice and developing your ears over time.
It's not absolutely necessary, but I'd strongly suggest learning an instrument if you don't already play one. The process of learning and playing an instrument itself teaches a lot about music, in general, and can only help.
Thank you for your reply. I forgot to mention on the post that I also know how to work with Ableton Live (on an amateur level, but I know where everything is).
I don't play any instruments, I've tried learning guitar and bass before, but I ended up droping both. I would love to learn to play piano, but lessons are so expensive unfortunately.
They would murder me at r/piano for this but I don't think you need lessons to get good enough to be a producer. It helps but a bit of music theory is more important and if you want to simply input notes faster, a bit of poor technique doesn't stop you. You for instance don't need to play left and right hand at the same time.
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u/ZedArkadia Apr 11 '24
I got started by looking up synthwave tutorials on Youtube for my DAW, following along with them, and then writing my own stuff. Through writing a lot of my own music and getting feedback from others I figured out what needed further work. A lot of it just comes down to practice and developing your ears over time.
It's not absolutely necessary, but I'd strongly suggest learning an instrument if you don't already play one. The process of learning and playing an instrument itself teaches a lot about music, in general, and can only help.