If I Started Making Electronic Music in 2024, I'd Do This

In this video, you'll discover how to start making electronic music in 2024 by my ultimate beginner's guide for music producers. My name is Philip from Pick Yourself, and I've created this channel to help electronic music producers like you make meaningful progress with their music.

We'll dive into the essential steps to get you up and running, from choosing your DAW (Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Cubase, Reaper) to picking out the right music production gear. Whether you're a complete newbie or someone looking to refine their skills, this video will break down everything you need to know in three straightforward chapters:

Get going - How to quickly learn the most essential skills without getting stuck.
Get gear - How to choose the right DAW and equipment without breaking the bank.
Get good - Practical tips and tricks to make as much progress with your music as possible in the shortest amount of time.

If you're serious about making electronic music and want a solid roadmap to follow, this video is your starting point.

Recommended Channels: @OscarUnderdog and @Alice-Efe.

[blakecasimir]

Been doing this since 1998. If you buy RME, you buy for life. Simple as that. But Audient are a very solid budget choice. This is a good video that covers all the basics, well done.
My one piece of advice to newbies would be: perfect is the enemy of good.

[Alice-Efe]

Thank you Philip!
And all the people reading this, I recommend all of you to give this video a like for providing a clear and concise guideline for beginner producers, and subscribe to his channel for getting more valuable information in the future in your production journey! 😊

[soulofwaves]

Despite it's not a "must-have" I think it's terrible advice to flag music theory as something "you don't need", therefore encouraging newbies not to care about music theory. I think everyone should learn at least basic music theory, not necessarily before they start (would be ideal though) but at least they should learn as they learn how to compose and produce.

[liamdjofficial]

It blew my mind when i watched this one simply because, believe or not, i only follow your channel along with underdog and mercurial tones as my main source of truth in electronic music production. You just validated my intuition so thanks for being open and honest about it ☺
Truth to be told, i am a big fan of your Prolific Producer course and still following it at the moment, keep up the good work and paving the way for us upcoming electronic music producers out there! 💪
As a small suggestion for upcoming videos, i think it would be super cool if you make a tutorial about a reliable technique to make any synth sound in mind 🙏🙏🙏

[harrisbecirevic]

Thanks, my dude. I don't care about making this music, but if I did, I would definitely take your advice. This makes sense again. Thank you very informative

[marcocaipo]

Huge fan of you alice and oscar so it was nice to see them getting shouted out. Found you the most recently, and it makes sense! You’re awesome

[jetbreak]

You kinda touched on this, taking notes from tracks you like, I would take it a step further and put a reference track right in your daw. You now have a framework for arrangement and mixing levels and has helped me finish more music. This advice may be closer to the “beginner looking to move to intermediate” but is still something to keep in mind early on. Keep up the great work!

[choomaque]

Your "Finisher Framework" helped me to unstuck. It was a missing piece for the systematic approach to making music that I failed to figure out on my own. Thank you very much.

[MadazzaMusik]

The hardest bit is getting anyone to listen

[lordmeistersexy]

super inspiring seeing u getting bigger on youtube so fast !

[mukeshpathak]

Just in Case Vs Just un Time information... Man ..that was a game changer information.. I realized it like a month or two ago only..and I wish I had known it earlier. I've procrastinated for months by watching tutorials and not actually following up.
Now I try to work on my music and whenever I'm stuck I watch tutorials.

Great video bro. I've not only subscribed but also turned on the bell notification, which I rarely do.


Keep these videos coming ❤

[Teethclenser]

I would like to get ever closer to producing the (somehow exact) sounds that are in my head 😁 awesome video either ways, thanks for posting !

[stardommansion]

Audio interface focusrite
DAW
Condenser microphone
Xlf cable
Pop filter
High quality head phones

[MagnusThorJonsson-vz]

What do you suggest that we can do when we don't recognise problems as problematic or we are unable to put into words what the problem is? Since I stumbled upon your channel, it has helped me identify A LOT of problems that I didn't know where problematic until you demonstrated the problem and the way to avoid running into these problems alltogether

[jefgirdler]

As far as mics are concerned, if you're working in a room without acoustic treatment, get a dynamic microphone. The SM57 is inexpensive, doesn't need to be babied, and sounds great on whatever you stick it in front of with very little fuss. There's a reason it's the most widely-used studio dynamic mic for god knows how long.

[_Tarot]

Can u sometime talk about establishing a music label? Do you have some knowledge on this, or from talking to ppl who has one, etc? Thx

[DJ_Kiba_]

Great tips brother. Your vids have been so helpful so far

[russcontact]

Thanks for the video. Do you have a link to your production credits?

[stuartleighton]

Great shoutout for the Oscar The Great.

[mukeshpathak]

Can you make a video on staying consistent?

Especially, when one sees the result and feels down by looking at the quality of music..and doesn't feel like working on more music... And instead of making more songs just procrastinating by filling more and more information from Youtube, some of which is hardly relevant