Guys, I sugg at making songs from the ground up. Where do I even Start?

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I made two songs with my friend but he did most of the work. I hardly no how to work a DAW. but I just need to know what I start on. drums? synth? bass?(I want to be a EDM Artist). Please Help.

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  • 1- watch a tutorial

    2- follow the tutorial

    3- try the synthesizers

    4- learn how to make chords (edm chords, lofi chords any thing to make you understand how to portray feeling)

    5- after learning how to make chords and understanding the daw in a general sense you could start playing around with the effects and effect chains, reverbs, tubes, compressors, choruses whatever makes a cool sound

    6- DONT BLAME THE DAW, DONT GIVE UP, and stay cool

    • i advise you dont start with drums, but it is possible to do so.

      i usually start by laying down a chord progression (4 bars, 8 bars whatever meets the feeling i am going for) and then i add the melody then i add some layers and after all of that i add the drums and the bass

      and keep asking dont worry i had dumber questions before

    • Thank you, sorry for this second question though. when making a song, do you add a beat first or do you do the synthesizers, and brighter chords? bc idk the order in which you make a song.

    • all synthesizers have common traits that you should understand, volume (gain), waveform, tune and glide, and also have nobs or sometimes charts for attack, decay, sustain and release

      i think the heisenberg is the best place to start because it litterly has everything you need and is pretty beginner friendly and it produces some insane sounds

  • If anyone know the bare basics, please share with a brotha.