davedavidson
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About 20 odd years ago you got primitive software called ‘trackers’ to produce music on a computer. I used to make music with the ‘tracker software’ of the day and thought it was great fun. Now 20 years later I want to get into making music on my PC again as a hobby or perhaps a way of making a small extra income.
At first I tried music magix – wow, what a piece of buggy crap. After some research I settled on learning FL Studio and spent a whole lot of time learning it. What I’m now busy with is to search for free VST’s and samples and putting down some early tracks which sounds far from professional. (I like composing my own music.) Some of the free instruments and samples are good but I soon realized that if you want to do really cool stuff you will need to buy instruments like KONTAKT or get some paid VSTs and samples – Would I be correct in assuming this?
It would seem that it is very easy to start spending a lot of money on instruments and other paid things but before I start spending a lot of money I would like to know how people actually make money with music they produce? Are there lots of people who actually make money with the music they produce and how?
I’d like to buy some more things like KONTAKT and other instruments but if there is no prospect of earning anything out of it then it only looks like an expensive hobby.
At first I tried music magix – wow, what a piece of buggy crap. After some research I settled on learning FL Studio and spent a whole lot of time learning it. What I’m now busy with is to search for free VST’s and samples and putting down some early tracks which sounds far from professional. (I like composing my own music.) Some of the free instruments and samples are good but I soon realized that if you want to do really cool stuff you will need to buy instruments like KONTAKT or get some paid VSTs and samples – Would I be correct in assuming this?
It would seem that it is very easy to start spending a lot of money on instruments and other paid things but before I start spending a lot of money I would like to know how people actually make money with music they produce? Are there lots of people who actually make money with the music they produce and how?
I’d like to buy some more things like KONTAKT and other instruments but if there is no prospect of earning anything out of it then it only looks like an expensive hobby.