i want to compose my own songs and start playing music but i dont really know how to start it. what must i do?

Answer 1

It's a long process to get into music, but if you're serious, here's what I think you should do.

You need some type of formal music education. Pick up an instrument and take lessons, or join the school band. If you don't get a formal music education, it gets increasingly difficult to stick to music. If school band isn't an option, piano is definitely a great first instrument to learn, and you can take piano lessons anywhere. Basically, music lessons will work as a foundation and it'll give you a direction.

Once you learn how to read and play music, you can jump straight into creating music depending on how naturally creative you are. But to aid your creative process, it's good to learn music theory which all musicians follow. Learning music theory guarantees you won't compose anything dissonant, but it doesn't mean it won't be boring. It's all about your creativity, which is simply a matter of recognizing and harnessing good mistakes you encounter while experimenting.

It also helps the creative process if you compose it with software so you can edit, add, remove whatever you want with ease. I'm very informal in the software I use, since I stumbled upon it. I use Guitar Pro which is surprisingly easy to compose with, which uses a MIDI instrument playback so you can hear and add many different instruments to the track. I've heard of Fruity Loops and Acid, which are pretty advanced programs. I'd actually be interested in what others use to compose music on their computer.

When you listen to music, pay attention to the little subtleties and details of every instrument being played, and you'll start realize why you like it, which will add to your creative process. Your music is all about your influences. Go to concerts too, it's a good way to absorb the emotion of the music to build your passion.

So just commit yourself and keep asking questions. Good luck with your music.

Answer 2

The first step is to decide which instrument you would like to play. The top two for composition are easily the piano or keyboard and guitar. The keyboard teaches you to read music and the guitar has lots of music readily available and is a little easier to pick up and play. The keyboard however has vast computer programs which can be used for composition, synthesizers, etc.

Answer 3

I doubt you will ever be to write anything anyone wants to hear because writing music takes alot of talent that you clearly dont have. Maybe you should put the guitar down and focus on a more realistic career such as ditch digging or berry picking. We best leave the music industry to those people who have enough mental capacity to put their shoes on the correct feet. I hope this helped and good luck to you and whatever minimum wage job you end up at.

Answer 4

piano is the easiest to play though it is hard to move around :),,, guitar is you best bet if you dont have a piano