Make your own song: 4 quick ideas for learning music
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Going from wanting to make your own music to actually making it is quite a leap. There are a lot of steps along the way, and usually none of them are set in stone. There are, however, a few things you can do in order to make some quicker progress instead of just researching and learning about music.
Try some of these tips out. By doing these, you might come up with some ideas of your own, further accelerating your progress and allowing you to really get into making your music.
Idea 1: Just write the melody
If you have a whole song in your head, try writing out just the melody first. You get the general idea of your song, and it also puts a good part of the song down for you to work with later. You will more than likely want to change it around as you continue composing, but this is a great way to start out any music.
Idea 2: Learn sheet music
If you want to make your own song, a great way to start is by learning to write sheet music. Hearing the song in your head and being able to write it down before ever touching an instrument is a very powerful feeling. This alone is a great reason to learn sheet music. A lot of people don't have the ability to write down exactly what they hear in their heads, but the ability to actually write that music down gives them that power.
Idea 3: Modify other songs
A lot of DAWs come with sample songs and projects, and these days people are happy to share their files online for others to download. This means you can download a professional composer's music and look at how it was created. This is an amazing way to learn how things are done. It may seem complicated at first, but over time you will understand why the composer did what he did, or how a certain sound was made.
Idea 4: Remix other songs
Remixing songs means starting mostly from scratch, but recreating a song in your own way. This will help teach you about song structure, or it may even help you establish a basic workflow. Music is a derivative art; there's no shame in copying other people's work as you start out. Your own creativity will flourish as a result. Just don't sell your blatant copies.
Hopefully these few tips will help. The only thing you can do now is to get out and start making your own song.
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