Actually i disagree with you, i use the demo version myself, simply because i don't want
to crack Fruity Loops and because i 'm not sure how to buy it exactly etc., if they just
sold it in stores i would buy it but i work with the demo version anyway.
And i have to say, because of the functionality of the demo version, the fact that the
only thing you can't do is saving projects, makes the demo version pretty good, no actually
excellent for a demo version.
But let's get back to the topic, when i started with music, i spent 2 hours on making
a song with like 5 notes maybe?
I think i spent a lot of time in instrument choice by then.. i have no clue what else.
But these days, i make an average sounding song with some variety, and with a lot more
notes in the same 2 hours.
It's not about your software, it's not only about yourself, it's about your experience,
about your motivation, about the people who help you, the kind of people who help you
and the most important, constructive critique.
If i didn't get constructive critique at my songs, i would still make bad songs, but
i can see the votes at my songs in 2007 are much higher then the ones in 2006, simply
because the great tip to don't use pre-sets anymore hehe.
I think that people who say you can only make bad music with Fruity Loops are wrong,
since on-yx and i find that you can make as good music with Fruity Loops as you can make
with Reason, simply because you can import audio clips, add effects and you can add
automation clips, and i think those three are really important things to be able to do
in music software.
But another important thing is to listen a lot to music of other people, to get
inspiration, the idea's for the music genre you want to make, and to improve your musical
hearing.
It isn't that hard, it's just a matter of discovering music, searching for how you want
to make YOUR music, and listening to others their music, accepting their music taste,
and trying to give them critique too.
You will automatically get better at giving critique, the same happened with me while i
don't know anything about chords and that kind of things, but just saying what you think
of the mood, if the bass plays right etc. is constructive already.
To come to a short answer: Having fun in music is the first step (Like listening to DJ Tiesto).
Well, i think i said what i wanted to see, and i feel like i want to add a lot more but
i will keep it like this.
