Workshops: How to create basic digital music

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:27 am

Despite 10 years of DJing experience and working in IT I am clueless when it comes to production. I have a strong desire to make my own tracks but despite having copies of Reason/Friutly Loops and even Cubase I'm completely lost as I am not a musician and terms like "quantising" leave me floundering (actually thats probably the only term I understand).

Are there currently running in London any workshops for beginners? If not anyone who has experience prepared to give time? Anyone else like me who wants to attend? If so please respond, if not then, er, thanks for reading anyway!

Again if you know of a previous thread that is similar please point me to it, I did search first.

whitebait · Post by **whitebait** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:41 am

I could do with a fruity master class too. Starting with wobblebass 101 and garagebeats 202

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:45 am

I doubt I will turn out anyhting useable but I am desperate to be able to arrange my own beats and "make bass". I have been for years but I am going to try and do something about it.

robo-dub · Post by **robo-dub** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:36 pm

easy mate, i'm starting a production course in sept coz i'm sooo desperate to learn the ways of making beats n noises etc... i've been mucking around on reason and what a fuckin monster it is... i have some musical knowlegde but yeah, quantising? used it on a bar of some bleepy clicky tings (most of em on off beats, if you know what i mean) and, well, i don't understand exactly what it did, apart from change the rhythm... i've been told by my mate who uses reason alot (been workin with subfocus from ram records doin some dnb stuff) that most music software packages have their own online forums... might be worth checkin out prob nuff peeps on em who could imaprt some knowledge. haven't looked myself, bit lazy i suppose hehe... good luck mate, lets swap some tunage when we figure out what we're doin? safe

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Mon May 22, 2006 7:51 pm

Robo-Dub wrote:easy mate, i'm starting a production course in sept coz i'm sooo desperate to learn the ways of making beats n noises etc...

What course? part time or full time? Where?

danolboy · Post by **danolboy** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:03 pm

drbluebeat wrote:
Robo-Dub wrote:easy mate, i'm starting a production course in sept coz i'm sooo desperate to learn the ways of making beats n noises etc...
What course? part time or full time? Where?

kion · Post by **kion** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:15 pm

If you don't know where to start, you could do worse than following some of the computermusic tutorials - might be some online as well. Some decent bits for new users in that magazine.

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:56 am

Thanks KION I did actually pickup a copy in Smiths and then suddenly felt very lost!

I should have posted this in the production forum - can I move it or do I ask dubway?

robo-dub · Post by **robo-dub** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:12 am

Danolboy wrote:
drbluebeat wrote:
Robo-Dub wrote:easy mate, i'm starting a production course in sept coz i'm sooo desperate to learn the ways of making beats n noises etc...
What course? part time or full time? Where?

Doin part time (six months) electronic music production at S.A.E. (school of audio engineering) Institute London (Caledonian Road). Might go on to do the degree but i'm torn between that and the animation course they have there. You studying similar? Wicked avatar by the way... you bboy? I'm a popper...

kion · Post by **kion** » Tue May 23, 2006 5:33 pm

I finished a degree in Music Prod 3 years ago now - definitely recommend it.

trippa · Post by **trippa** » Fri May 26, 2006 7:41 am

http://www.digitalmediacentre.org/courses.html

not London, but a train ride out from Waterloo into the suburban wasteland

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:15 pm

Yeah, i'm hoping to get an introduction off a mate...

but you can't beat proper lessons. I'll definitely be looking out for some.

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