Should I work on my music theory or knowledge of audio effects? Many DJs, gigging musicians, and electronic music producers understand how to play their instruments or make music on the computer, but they lack the basic knowledge of music theory needed to take their music-making to the next level and compose truly professional tracks. Beneath all the enormously different styles of modern electronic music lie certain fundamentals of the musical language that are exactly the same no matter what kind of music you write. It is very important to acquire an und…
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you should definitely learn both. it can only help.
i don’t think you need to learn piano in the sense of learning performance. but knowledge of music theory, audio theory (as it translates into production, mixing and mastering), and sound design will definitely create efficiencies for getting what you hear in your head into your DAW and out of ur speakers.
just set a side like and hour a day, or 30 min a day, for each topic, and just stick with it.
i think that it’s important you keep the ratio between time spent producing and learning pretty large, meaning if u read an hour a day, make sure you’re producing at least like 4 hours a day. nothing is better than educating your ears.
Music Theory for Computer Musicians
2025
Should I work on my music theory or knowledge of audio effects?
Many DJs, gigging musicians, and electronic music producers understand how to play their instruments or make music on the computer, but they lack the basic knowledge of music theory needed to take their music-making to the next level and compose truly professional tracks. Beneath all the enormously different styles of modern electronic music lie certain fundamentals of the musical language that are exactly the same no matter what kind of music you write. It is very important to acquire an und…
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you should definitely learn both. it can only help.
i don’t think you need to learn piano in the sense of learning performance. but knowledge of music theory, audio theory (as it translates into production, mixing and mastering), and sound design will definitely create efficiencies for getting what you hear in your head into your DAW and out of ur speakers.
just set a side like and hour a day, or 30 min a day, for each topic, and just stick with it.
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i think that it’s important you keep the ratio between time spent producing and learning pretty large, meaning if u read an hour a day, make sure you’re producing at least like 4 hours a day. nothing is better than educating your ears.
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