How to Make Electronic Music: By Cisco Hayward
So, you’ve been on Beatport and you have decided that you want some of that sweet EDM $$$$$. Who doesn’t? In this article, I’ll teach you the basic tools of the EDM trade, and then you too will become like Skrillex, or Deadmau5, or Avicii, or Bauuer, or whichever EDM idol you aspire to copy.
STEP 1: GET FL STUDIO FL Studio is the premiere live electronic music production software. Now, as of writing, thepiratebay.se is down, so what you are gonna want to do is go to google, type in “the pirate bay”, and then hit enter. Click the link that says “oldpiratebay.org”, and type in “FL Studio 11” in the search bar. Make sure to arrange the list by seeders (by clicking the “S”), so that your download will be quickest. In my experience, the [ChingLiu] version is the best.
Figure 1: a quick search for “fl studio” on oldpiratebay.org should reveal this!
STEP 2: SELECT TEMPO Now that you have got your DAW installed, the next step is to select the tempo. This is very important and not at all arbitrary. You are gonna want to make your tempo a familiar and accessible number so that it is easy for people who are more talented than you to remix it. I recommend 136 BPM, which is the tempo of the song “Darude – Sandstorm” by the band “Darude – Sandstorm.”
STEP 3: MAKE THE SONG Just like, put some kicks in there, its fine, don’t worry about it. Figure 2: The completed song. This is sure to get the club pumpin’!
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