03-27-2017, 10:59 PM
Music is what I've studied so I can answer most questions you have. Just ask.
First I'd say if you know pro tools, stick with it. It's the easiest and most user friendly to use. I don't use it myself, I use cubase but I've touched to most big programs like this and pro tools is definitely the easiest. Learning a new one is hard, complex and time consuming, you might want to invest your time on something else.
Secondly, I would suggest that using Guitar pro 5 like minyatur said is a great idea, it's not just a guitar program, there's all instruments in it. I actually started with this program. I used to download the tabs of the songs I knew and I was just watching how the individual parts are composed, written, and how they work together, that's something you can't do with any other software with this much simplicity and clarity. Plus you can compose your own stuff in order to try and experiment and it's very easy to use.
Thirdly, if you want to compose whole songs, I would advise against a wind instrument because they really don't share much similarities with other instruments. You could spend a whole life learning a wind instrument and still be completely clueless how the other instruments work. On the other hand, piano/synths/keyboards/organs give you much quicker results and will also give you a sense of rhythm, melody and harmony all at the same. Plus it's a lot more visual and easy to understand compared to any other instruments. Keys instrument are intimately tied to all the other instruments, they share some aspects with the drums, just as much as the bass or the guitars. There's no other instrument that is as much all around like that. Plus it's a lot less hard on your self esteem than guitar lol.
If you want to understand the theory of chord progressions, it's possible to learn by yourself, but you need serious dedication. There are theory about that all over youtube, books etc. But I think the style of music you want to do will restrict the elements which are useful to you. I don't personally listen to Nine Inch nails, but I suspect since it is in some rock background that the chord progressions might differ from classic/jazz music theory. And so it really depends on what you want to do.
I would say learning to read music is not necessarily the most useful thing, it really depends how far you wanna go, but you should probably try and get basics on rhythms and chords at least.
First I'd say if you know pro tools, stick with it. It's the easiest and most user friendly to use. I don't use it myself, I use cubase but I've touched to most big programs like this and pro tools is definitely the easiest. Learning a new one is hard, complex and time consuming, you might want to invest your time on something else.
Secondly, I would suggest that using Guitar pro 5 like minyatur said is a great idea, it's not just a guitar program, there's all instruments in it. I actually started with this program. I used to download the tabs of the songs I knew and I was just watching how the individual parts are composed, written, and how they work together, that's something you can't do with any other software with this much simplicity and clarity. Plus you can compose your own stuff in order to try and experiment and it's very easy to use.
Thirdly, if you want to compose whole songs, I would advise against a wind instrument because they really don't share much similarities with other instruments. You could spend a whole life learning a wind instrument and still be completely clueless how the other instruments work. On the other hand, piano/synths/keyboards/organs give you much quicker results and will also give you a sense of rhythm, melody and harmony all at the same. Plus it's a lot more visual and easy to understand compared to any other instruments. Keys instrument are intimately tied to all the other instruments, they share some aspects with the drums, just as much as the bass or the guitars. There's no other instrument that is as much all around like that. Plus it's a lot less hard on your self esteem than guitar lol.
If you want to understand the theory of chord progressions, it's possible to learn by yourself, but you need serious dedication. There are theory about that all over youtube, books etc. But I think the style of music you want to do will restrict the elements which are useful to you. I don't personally listen to Nine Inch nails, but I suspect since it is in some rock background that the chord progressions might differ from classic/jazz music theory. And so it really depends on what you want to do.
I would say learning to read music is not necessarily the most useful thing, it really depends how far you wanna go, but you should probably try and get basics on rhythms and chords at least.