You've got to understand that music is a real language by itself with his codes and rules.

If you plan to just be a beat maker(making beats is in fact program drums patterns over a sample),you don't need it because you're not a composer,you don't create music,you remix something who does exist already.So you're limitated to hip hop and production(which comes after the composition)

But if you plan to be a composer,so create music of your mind(like Stevie lol),you need to learn musical theory and to play an instrument(I suggest piano,which is great for composing because of the polyphony),then you'll enter to a all different world:MUSIC,rich music not based on samples and loops.You'll know the language and you'll really express yourself,your vision of music(it's very important to have an identity in your music and in your sound).

After that you'll learn how to produce.

But great production with wack composing don't make great songs in fact your ears are flatted by the sounds but not by the music itself,for example Timbaland.

But great composition with great production:wow for example Pink Floyd or the beatles,more recently the Neptunes on NERD or on some Kelis:"Rolling through the hood" is a perfect example,but to understand what I'm talking about you've got to know about music and be able to identify the chords changes,the subtility of the play on keys...or listen to Off the wall,"I can't help it" is a strong example too,or try to see this video on youtube about frontin' played on piano,you'll understand that's a great song because of the different levels of composing:melodies and harmonies:you'll understand that the vocals harmonies are great too and in fact that's a jazz song.

So if you plan to make songs and not beats you have to learn and play.

Tell me what you think about it.

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