Music Theory for Electronic Music COMPLETE
Parts 1, 2, & 3

You might want to try a Udemy online course instead! I tried learning by reading a book, and it just went through ear out the other. That could just me though. I recommend this course a ton! It feels like your in a real class, and it’s very easy to follow along.

https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

Only $12.99 right now :)

I am currently taking Jason Allen's course on Udemy called "Music Theory for Electronic Music" here.

He is debunking a large choice of music concepts and tools without using complexs words or ways to demonstrate it.

My sister, who is a musician, cringe sometimes because the way he explains things are oversimplified and do not cover certain points...

But the whole goal on this course isn't to be 100% accurate and complete on certain concepts. It's to give enough tools at the student to understand why somes things sounds better than others, and to start writting better melodies...

Learning some music theory really helped me to 1) build the confidence to get going and 2) to actually know what notes work on the piano roll, less struggling, more success.

This udemy course in particular was very good, exceptional actually- https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3

https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

I liked this course: https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

You don't need to know a whole lot of theory in order to make cohesive music. If you learn the uber-basics, like what in means to be in key, the relationship between notes in triads, etc., that's all you really need to get started. And having some knowledge of how to write good chord progressions will also help.

I took that course up there and sorta practiced + implemented stuff as I went along. I don't think I ever actually finished it because I stopped taking it once I got the fundamentals that I needed to start creating stuff I liked.

https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

There is now a reduced price: €20 / 12hrs Video. Totally worth it!

Besides specific music terms it shouldn't be too hard. https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/ go to 4 minutes into the preview and see if you can understand what he's talking about. If you can the course should be no problem to understand

I’m glad it helped! I definitely used to feel the exact same way. Honestly the biggest thing for me was a series of these 3 courses: https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/. The course is taught entirely in midi. After that, just trying to study progressions in songs that I like was great too! Hope it helps :)

Sign up, put this in your cart and wait. It'll go on sale. Music Theory for Electronic Music (EDM) COMPLETE | Udemy . just leave it in your cart until it goes on sale then buy it.

Oh, let me add this, a Udemy course: https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

I've bookmarked it, but not taken it yet.

I recently started using FL Studio and ran through this course: https://www.udemy.com/course/fl-studio/ I found it worth the money and time. I feel that I know my way around FL Studio quite well now.

I also took this course on music theory as I had no clue about keys, scales and stuff like that. Only after a third in I could start building my own chord progressions: https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

I bought this one in August when Udemy had a sale: https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/
In my opinion its well done and covers a lot of ground. I would have to agree with the rest though that you dont need a lot of music theory to make Techno but im sure knowing the basics wouldn't hurt.

https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/ teaches music theory in the context of the ableton ui. very helpful.

A few of the guys have suggested improving music theory...

I'm in the same boat as you, I've been trying to teach myself this since about 2007. If you do want to improve your understanding of theory, I recently found this course on Udemy:

https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/learn/lecture/6708442#overview

It does cost money, when I bought it I think it was about ten quid. He's not told me anything that I hadn't already read/heard many times over the last 13 years but the way he explains it just clicked with me.

To be honest, his explanations on melody was a bit short for my liking, I also want to improve in this area. Overall, the course is down to earth and explained in a very human way.

That's my two cents \^\^

I don't have a good answer yet but I'm going to hijack the thread and ask if anyone has tried this one https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

A couple thoughts....

1. Consider asking his friends for tips. At least in our group growing up we were always talking about the latest gear that we wanted. They might know exactly what he wants.
2. Classes on Udemy on are sale for 10 bucks each for Black Friday. Maybe a music production course, or a course for whatever software he's using, or a theory course? Not sure what level he's at.
3. https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?src=ukw&q=music%20production
4. https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

This is awesome , when I was 17 I was probably listening to Ehab Tawfik or trying to find something to masturbate to.

Now for some positive criticism and take in mind I'm not a producer , I play guitar only. I don't like EDM for just the beats so take my advice with grain of salt. so my advice is only from being a music lover.

I once found a video of someone on youtube sharing his EDM progress, found it again for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJcamizPCSE
What I noticed is his process improved , his FL studio structure improved , but the music is still just empty beats I think some of the comments pointed this as well.

The first hit avicii ( bless his soul ) made was levels , it has a very catchy melody , for me thats what missing in most EDM and what made avicii great , he is loved not only by EDM fans because he knew music.

So my advice would be to learn music theory and instrument , probably full keyboard/ piano first is a good start , it will help you dabble with some catchy tunes and chord progressions.

I came across this course while ago so it might be helpful as well
https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/

So to sum up , EDM needs to be more than some beats and learning FL studio. I think learning "music" can go long way.
Sorry if I sounded like a douche or a know-all , as I said , I don't produce music just personal opinion , goodluck dude

1. Learn your DAW. This video should be a good intro, then after that refer to the manual. Simce Push is so tightly integrated with Ableton, this would also be a good time to get an understanding of how it works. There is a really good playlost on the official Ableton Youtube channel.
2. Learn basic music theory. I can personally reccomend this course
3. Learn some basic sound design. This video covers all of the common sounds in EDM. This website by Ableton will trach youthe basica of sunthesis which you can apply to any other synth plugin. There are a lot of different directions you can go after that, just search Youtube for more specific things (i.e “How to make a tropical house pluck, how to make a future bass chord etc”). If you really want to dig in deep with sound design, that is honestly a whole other can of worms but it’s not necessary if you just want to make some music. Presets with some mild tweaking are your friend here.
4. Find some samples. The key here is to start small. Maybe just a single pack. Having a very personal, well curated sample pack is much better than having hundreds of thousand of samples that you never use. Splice is very popular but, IMO, kind of a ripoff. Sounds of KSHMR is one of the moat popular sample packs in the EDM community for a good reason.
5. The easiest way to learn arrangment is buy/download/record a song that you like, put it in a track in your Ableton, then add markers for different sections and use that as a reference/template.
6. Lastly, mixing/mastering. This is probably the hardest thing to learn, because there is no one size fits all approach. Every song is different. There are a million different tutorials on YouTube covering the topic, you’ll just have to kind of mix and match and pick up tips and tricks along the way. Izotope has a great series of articles on this.

I listed these in what I believe is in order of most important to least important. Like you’ve already mentioned, its very overwheliming as a beginner. Dont get too bogged down with details. Your mixes will most likely not sound very good to begin with, and thats totally fine. Your technical skills will improve over time. The most important thing you can do is make a habit out of finishing songs. That’s extremely important, otherwise you’ll end up like me and have thousands of unfinished ideas on your hard drive.

Also, workflow is very important. Some people like to break up production into different sessions. Watch a tutorial/take notes in the morning, have a jam/sound design session in the afternoon, write out the chord progressions and song structure later. Other people kind of do it all as they go. Just figure out the style that works for you.

Oh and one last thing: get your hands on some project files for finished songs. Mr Bills website has all of his stuff on there. Being able to look around at these is an invaluable resource. Feel free to pm me if you have any more queations. Im by no means an expert/professional but i know how frustrating this can be and i wish i had this kind of roadmap when i started.

I'd say have a look at these Udemy courses :-

https://www.udemy.com/course/ableton-live-11-course/ https://www.udemy.com/course/electronicmusictheory/ https://www.udemy.com/course/ableton-live-11-masterclass/ https://www.udemy.com/course/producing-with-ableton-live-11/ https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-music-complete-parts-1-2-3/ https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-musicians-4-twists-and-turns/ https://www.udemy.com/course/music-theory-for-electronic-musicians-5-structure/ https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-electronic-music-theory-production-edm/

DON'T pay full price though, add the ones your interested in your wishlist, then pop back to the site every day, they have flash sales all the time, and you can pick courses up for £9.99-£13.99 very often

Couple of Youtube sites that I find useful for ableton :-

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWQWZ-CNtAiDTkBW5mfeuQ https://www.youtube.com/c/EDMtips