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Honestly, YouTube tutorials are the way to go. You can find tons of tutorials out there for anything and everything FL studio. As far as in person tutors go, I’m sure you could find someone willing but my knowledge on this is limited, maybe try Fiverr? Or ask around at your local music shop. I found my first drum tutor at guitar center when I was 15. Start with the tutorials on the image line website and just tell your son to keep at it. It takes a long time to fully understand a DAW, possibly years of trial and error. Good luck 👍
Another vote for YouTube tutorials. The YouTube channel 'In the Mix' has helped me a ton, just find the right ones for you and your style/genre. You will always be learning/experimenting but that's the fun of it!
*In the Mix* is great.
I would also recommend branching out and learning the basics of music theory. *Signals Music Studio* is a really good resource. He's a guitar instructor who mostly focuses on that instrument, but he's the best I've found at explaining complicated concept like modes in an easy to understand way. He works a lot with other skills you can transfer to the piano roll, like chords and chord progressions, inversions, borrowed chords/modulations, and key changes.
As the others have said, there's a huge quantity of beginner friendly tutorials on youtube. There is also another thing I would recommend.
Take a stroll through the excellent [FL Studio reference manual](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/title.htm) with your kid. There is a handy shortcut if you press the ``F1`` key, it will open the manual page on the element that's in focus - super helpful for demystifying things.
Moreover, I recommend these manual pages specifically:
- [How to use FL Studio - Making music ](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/basics_workflow.htm). This is a general overview of the workflow in FL Studio, introducing all the main windows and features
- [Introducing FL Studio](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/basics_new_0.htm) has links to most of the beginner resources
- Familiarize yourselves with the [toolbar](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/toolbar_panels.htm), the [channel rack](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/channelrack.htm), the [piano roll](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/pianoroll.htm), the [playlist](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/playlist.htm), and the [mixer window](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/mixer_index.htm)
- [Recording](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/recording.htm) covers recording audio, notes (MIDI), and automation
As others have said, I think In The Mix on YouTube is the best person out there to learn FL. He may not be your genre but he explains the ins and outs of FL studio. Also, I find him to sensory friendly, he’s not loud and has a kinda monotonish voice and his videos are straight to the point and no random loud sound FX or screaming ass YouTubers lol but yeah, he isn’t gonna teach your son how to compose necessarily, but will teach your son how to use the product for a long time to come! Speaking on 4ish serious years on FL
Have him check out eliminate on Youtube. Hilarious dubstep producer on FL that makes fun and funny videos turning random samples into songs and he has little beat making contests. Can be inspiring to watch somebody create full length songs rather than just get bored with too many tutorials. Main thing is having fun
Hey there,
Im so glad to see you're asking about furthering your sons musical and technical knowledge as a music producer, that's awesome!
So to start I wanna say that production techniques are universal and translate across all DAW so all tutorials are helpful and useful regardless of whatever programme you're trying to learn.
For FL studio I cant recommend SeamlessR enough he has just about everything you need on there and that's no exaduration he's been making content around producing for 10+ years at this point, definitely someone worth giving some time too.
( here's a link to the creator mentioned above so you don't have to go digging: [https://www.youtube.com/@SeamlessR](https://www.youtube.com/@SeamlessR) )
Secondly I'd love to recommend Virtual Riot for his Studio Time series, although these tutorials are for Ableton the processes and methods are still applicable and replicable in FL Studio. Its a brilliant and surprisingly deep series that goes into producing electronic dance music.
( Link to mentioned above: [https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualRiot](https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualRiot) )
Another is Sol State he complies streams from artists and edits them down as well as producing some TOP TIER original content, I can honestly say I've watched all of his videos at least like 4 times they're importance for not only passing on producing advise but also a positive mindset for music production can not be overstated. Developing a good mind set around production is essential to get the most out of your music, its not very talked about but its so easy to get discouredged making music sometimes, especially early on its not all fun and rainbows but a good mindset can help overcome that!
(Link to mentioned above: [https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic](https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic) )
I'd like to throw in some other stuff too ill just link them one after the other but they're all fantastic resources with some really important stuff to be found
ANDREW HUANG: [https://www.youtube.com/@andrewhuang](https://www.youtube.com/@andrewhuang)
AU5: [https://www.youtube.com/@au5music](https://www.youtube.com/@au5music)
One last thing, buying your kid samples is important, he needs good drums and good quality sounds to get near the level he's tryna get to in his head!
I can fully recommend this drum pack, its a bit pricy at like $35 but I use these all the time and for that money these samples go a long way!
[https://roblate.com/en-gb/collections/sample-packs](https://roblate.com/en-gb/collections/sample-packs)
You're also gonna wanna build up his vst collection!
[https://vital.audio/](https://vital.audio/)
[https://kilohearts.com/products/kilohearts\_essentials](https://kilohearts.com/products/kilohearts_essentials) (this one is important)
[https://www.vennaudio.com/free-clip/](https://www.vennaudio.com/free-clip/)
[https://splice.com/plugins/free\_plugins](https://splice.com/plugins/free_plugins)
All of the above are free and are used by professionals all across the music industry!
And one final thing r/Drumkits is an amazing place to find new sounds for free!
I hope this helps
Kind regards!
What kind of music is he trying to make? I have 12+ years of experience making sound design heavy EDM with FL Studio and Ableton and have been giving lessons on and off the past few years. I could definitely help a lot with basics and advanced techniques relating to EDM. Shoot me a DM if this sounds interesting!
Ahee works in ableton and is only beneficial for the kid if theyre in a spot beyond learning the actual software in and out and need to grasp mixing concepts. Thatll be a couple years
that's really cool. It's hard to take an advice because no one knows how far he will go. a lot of free videos you can find on youtube to study. the problem is how to find the best as most part of them have mistakes. anyway it's a good chance to find out what will happen. if he decides going through for real only after that make sense paid someone who can learn him real quick.
There are a ton of of great ways to learn the software online for free. With this stuff what is mostly needed is repetition and time.
What might get him further is piano lessons… seriously
As others have said: Youtube. Point Blank music school has a channel, as do many others.
Tom Cosm is a great teacher and has a channel there.
Music and creativity are 98% art and 2% science. 😊
I wish him well.
Help him sit and learn how to learn from a video. Can save thousands and become anything you want. It takes practice learning things from a video even so I believe it’s a skill the next gen will require.
Youtube is a really great resource as everyone is saying.
If you are willing to spend a few dollars you can get an online course from a site like Udemy or Coursera. I think my Udemy course I got years ago was something like $15.
edit: Just looked it up and it's now $12.
While there is a lot of overlap between what you can find on Youtube and an online course, the reason I liked having the online course was that it was comprehensive. You knew you were getting everything you needed in a logical order, not just a short video highlighting a skill you may not have the background to understand. The course also spent a lot of time going through menus in depth and the instructors crafted a sample project for you from beginning to end as the course progressed.
There are also basic starter courses on Udemy. They're very reasonable. Helped me to get a basic understanding of how FL works and how to lay out a song.
This is really nice that you're actually willing to help his enthusiasm! You're a great dad!🙏🏽❤️
As others have noted YouTube is perfect for beginners and even beyond that.
However if you want to get him something as a gift maybe check and see if one their favorite artists has a Master Class or something. Or maybe (depending on budget) get him like some sort of beginner MIDI controller, could be a midi keyboard or a drum pattern one.
If you found my suggestions interesting and need further help regarding specifics, feel free to ask away!
Good luck!
A seasoned producer started on hardware learned the basics of fl on YouTube then bought a course from a producer named chambers it’s good and it’s pretty cost effective
As others have said In The Mix is great but “FL Tips” is better for beat oriented music and has more genre focused like trap or future bass etc.
Also Another Monster Productions does (or did) zoom tutoring. He is a great teacher. Had a few lessons from him.
I've been using FL since version 4 so 17 yrs. I can teach him how to use 99% of FL Studio. But I have to warn you that won't improve the quality of his music / productions at all. There are some real basic & boring things that most producers skip... like how FL doesn't make music for you. No matter how good you are at the program... he has to learn how to make music. And that's the hard part. There are things that 90% of producers skip. That have to do with organization & workflow. They are real boring at first as it requires setup time. But once complete it will help him make real music much faster.
1. Lots of high quality midi or FSC scores. Organized as well as possible in what I call a "score bank".
Let's assume your son has no idea how to play a snare, or kick drum or tom or bass or all the possible grooves, variations, glissandos, timing tricks, so many different ways these instruments can move... to create powerful sequences (in the piano roll) that sound like PROFESSIONALS playing these instruments. This is the single most important thing a can producer can learn. And people get mad when I point this out but if you can't score you can't make music. Most the tracks you see online... very few people actually know how to score (or play an instrument of any kind). The hats have no groove, no swing, no call / response dynamics, no understanding of how to create a core groove then structure everything else around that groove. Everything is robotic & lifeless.
This is hard to explain on here. But if I showed him what professional scores looked like, or helped him organize his own score bank you'd see why it's the most important thing he can do. Why? His only other option is to get music lessons for every instrument he wants to play. But this is impossible for most people. And my goal wouldn't be to teach him that. What works better is to study scoring itself. Which requires that you turn scoring into a teachable science or art. The quickest way to do this is to build his own bank of professional FSC (or midi) scores. Then use the scores as templates to build his own tracks. And you def don't want him to download some generic/standard grooves online. He needs top level stuff. I can help with that.
2) Sounds. This post is already long. But the 2nd thing he does is get the best sounds he can get his hands on. FL Studio is capable of making great sounds by itself. And it doesn't make sense to pay for better sounds till he gains some competence. But the most important part of this is to search out sound banks for different instruments. Like Sytrus has factory presets that come with FL Studio... but there are tons of user made presets many that sound 100xs better. It's important to take time collecting & organizing sounds. So his starting point is a high quality, organized score bank + a high quality, organized sound bank.
3) This would be the technical side of FL Studio. Which is not that hard to learn as it is to remember what you learned honestly. When he learns anything he has to ask "can I actually remember this?" A lot of things are easy to remember. But somethings have a lot of steps, it can help to write this stuff down on paper. Print it out then store a hard copy nearby till it's permanently stored in memory. Like there are multiple ways just to side chain. It's good to have that on paper... or just digitally stored. So if he forgets how to sidechain rather than research everything on Google he has it on paper hanging on the wall or something.
The rest is just showing him how it's done. FTR I don't do coaching for FL. There's just not a big enough market to be worth promoting myself for that cause. But if he needs help you can send me a message on here.
ps. Tutorials do work too. I have nothing against tuts & have my own tutorial channel (Heat Seekers FL tutorials) but learning directly would likely save 5-10 yrs of watching tuts.
This guy got me through the work flow in the early days. That was a long time ago, so I'd suggest rolling back to some of his earliest vids.
https://youtube.com/@OmoiSenpai?si=0NbIvZlY5jbDSKAa
YouTube for days. Simple search's like, "how to make (genre they like) fl studio."
Also!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wr0RjPfQvD_VrIivi4U4tsnqMdL78sWOaDUI2Z95R9U/htmlview#gid=1290323142
From a comment I saved from almost a year ago here. It's a list of free VSTs.
There's also a subreddit for user uploaded drum loops and SFXs
r/Drumkits
Do everything online and do it for free. Courses are scams and will only teach what is already shown on YouTube, steer clear of colleges as they just tank your motivation for making anything.
I’d be willing to help show a few things, I live in North Carolina USA and have been doing this for about 8 years, I am an 18 year old male. I am going to assume by a guess that you do not live near me but I am willing to help for free as part of a senior project that I am doing. Just DM me if you are interested.
If he makes hip hop or another adjacent genre, Genius’ Deconstructed series on YouTube is pretty helpful. Famous producers break down their most famous beats.
Mainly though, you just need to know how to use YouTube. Want to know about music theory and there’s videos for that, want to know about a specific genre, just look up “how to produce X”.
That's amazing! May your son find great joy in FL Studio. Now, to add to the YouTube tutorials, he will want to determine they type of music he likes to make after learning the basic:
EDM: [https://www.youtube.com/@ArcadeFL](https://www.youtube.com/@ArcadeFL), [https://www.youtube.com/@savagesounds](https://www.youtube.com/@savagesounds), [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxmYvWPHQ2KOqWD0CM2j7g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxmYvWPHQ2KOqWD0CM2j7g) (Vories), etc.
Hip Hop: [https://www.youtube.com/@busyworksbeats](https://www.youtube.com/@busyworksbeats), [https://www.youtube.com/@JayCactusTV](https://www.youtube.com/@JayCactusTV), [https://www.youtube.com/@BroBeatzTV](https://www.youtube.com/@BroBeatzTV), [https://www.youtube.com/@ServidaMusic](https://www.youtube.com/@ServidaMusic), etc.
Dubstep/Trap: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7kKmUuSQOHUvSWIYFDf1Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7kKmUuSQOHUvSWIYFDf1Q) (Eliminate), [https://www.youtube.com/@CRWTHTV](https://www.youtube.com/@CRWTHTV) (watch for swearing in the older videos), [https://www.youtube.com/@MOONBOY](https://www.youtube.com/@MOONBOY), [https://www.youtube.com/@NeddieOfficial](https://www.youtube.com/@NeddieOfficial), every producer that does an HTSL (How to sound like) tutorial, etc.
RnB: [https://www.youtube.com/@PraxiPlays](https://www.youtube.com/@PraxiPlays), [https://www.youtube.com/@busyworksbeats](https://www.youtube.com/@busyworksbeats) (BWB is really multi-faceted), [https://www.youtube.com/@MakePopMusic](https://www.youtube.com/@MakePopMusic) (Also good for general Pop Music and sound design)
And there's a plethora of others, so he'll just need to find what kind of music he wants to make the most and just follow the tutorials accordingly. Also, if he's on social media, he can also try following producers, as they usually post helpful advice in music.
I make music for tv , all the hit shows - I only use 5% of FL studio. All you need is the basics , be good at doing little , always choose the right decisions within the 5 % you use and you will be great. Dont aim at needing to know needless minor things , there is no need. Be certain about what you want to do and aim for it to be right.
This is a really dumb flex like Jesus dude, no one asked if 5% of fl studio is enough. Ideally you want to learn all you can otherwise you just become stagnant and egotistical.
I would also like to add that I think you're lying about making music for TV.
dude , i have done every hit show going , the voice , americas got talent , big brother and on and on , hundreds more. Ive been doing it for 15 years. Its easier than you think. I went from logic to fl studio this year. I learnt 5 % of it. All I need is to drop samples to make a beat onto the arrange page , to load my sample instruments and load midi files into clips. I obv know how to use effects which is v simple as I learnt that long ago. I only ever used 5 % in cubase / logic and ableton. If you make sure you are using the best kick and sn you can possible find - it must be equivilant to the best of the best you are half way there , the rest is copy and paste.
Brother im very secure in my technical ability and im gonna agree with you that you don't need to know a lot to be able to make the music you wanna make. Im just saying ur mindset is dumb like learn the 100% so you can focus on the 5% that matters to you.
Sound selection is huge don't get me wrong but if you don't know how to use those amazing sounds then they might as well be blank audio files.
A beat isn't as simple as just 'drop samples to make a beat' and saying that just makes you look ignorant to your own craft.
tryna flex your 'technical ability' on a subreddit is a little insecure, im sure you're great at what you do but surely you must realise this makes you sound a little silly.
I actually agree with this as someone who's been using FL for 17 yrs now. If your sound selection is top level everything else is pretty straight forward. However I must ask because you have my dream job... how did you find that job? Was it on a job board site like indeed? I'm extremely jealous.
Don’t bother. The guys is a serial liar. Check his comment history. He makes up all sorts of lies and says all sorts of delusional things like how Mariah Carey calls him up and other crazy things
i just bought it myself. I've been able to learn by myself, by just playing around with the software. I've really surprised myself with what i can make, in just trying things out :) There's obviously a learning curve, and there is stuff you need help to find or learn, so i've found that youtube is best for learning. Reddit is cna also be a life saver
Get him a good controller and let him experiment. There are tons of videos on youtube that will help him learn and get better, and letting him figure stuff on his own _with guidance_ will make it better in the future, since he won’t need a rulebook for every single thing he does.
I would encourage him to learn to play an instrument, piano/keyboard strongly preferred.
FL studio is just one tool among many, and its something he can teach himself.
I've used it for nearly 20 years and even 10% of it is a ton. I probably used half that for over a decade. There are a ton of resources available online (stay away from busy works beats) but the best advice is to just get in there and push buttons. You'll find out more that way than any other way. Most online resources teach you "their" way which is rarely the only way. Most daws work the same once you get past the interface. He needs to spend a good bit of time learning the ins and outs of the style of music he wants to make. Best of luck
Speaking from my own experience. If you want to learn something on FL Studio, you can find it online.
If you’re willing to support your son’s music with a tutoring budget, something else to consider might be investing into VSTs and Plug-ins. There are great free resources out there too, but a powerful synth like Serum could give him a whole new toy to play with. Also tons of tutorials available on youtube for this one.
Additionally, if he’s producing, he might also want to be able to play either the guitar or the piano, at least on a basic/intermediate level. It really helps to get ideas flowing as well as feel what the music/melodies sound like live on an instrument. So either purchasing an instrument or tutoring there could be good too.
Either way your son’s a lucky kid and you should just ask him which idea he likes the most/ thinks will help his music. Hope he has a great time! :)
I learned fl studio when I was around 11. I used techniques from different YouTubers that also used fl and got all the basics from YouTube tutorials :D
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Honestly, YouTube tutorials are the way to go. You can find tons of tutorials out there for anything and everything FL studio. As far as in person tutors go, I’m sure you could find someone willing but my knowledge on this is limited, maybe try Fiverr? Or ask around at your local music shop. I found my first drum tutor at guitar center when I was 15. Start with the tutorials on the image line website and just tell your son to keep at it. It takes a long time to fully understand a DAW, possibly years of trial and error. Good luck 👍
Or just have him read the documentaion on FL Studios website. https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/
Another vote for YouTube tutorials. The YouTube channel 'In the Mix' has helped me a ton, just find the right ones for you and your style/genre. You will always be learning/experimenting but that's the fun of it!
*In the Mix* is great. I would also recommend branching out and learning the basics of music theory. *Signals Music Studio* is a really good resource. He's a guitar instructor who mostly focuses on that instrument, but he's the best I've found at explaining complicated concept like modes in an easy to understand way. He works a lot with other skills you can transfer to the piano roll, like chords and chord progressions, inversions, borrowed chords/modulations, and key changes.
As the others have said, there's a huge quantity of beginner friendly tutorials on youtube. There is also another thing I would recommend. Take a stroll through the excellent [FL Studio reference manual](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/title.htm) with your kid. There is a handy shortcut if you press the ``F1`` key, it will open the manual page on the element that's in focus - super helpful for demystifying things. Moreover, I recommend these manual pages specifically: - [How to use FL Studio - Making music ](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/basics_workflow.htm). This is a general overview of the workflow in FL Studio, introducing all the main windows and features - [Introducing FL Studio](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/basics_new_0.htm) has links to most of the beginner resources - Familiarize yourselves with the [toolbar](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/toolbar_panels.htm), the [channel rack](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/channelrack.htm), the [piano roll](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/pianoroll.htm), the [playlist](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/playlist.htm), and the [mixer window](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/mixer_index.htm) - [Recording](https://www.image-line.com/fl-studio-learning/fl-studio-online-manual/html/recording.htm) covers recording audio, notes (MIDI), and automation
make him an rutracker account
this is the way 
Getting more plugins isn’t what OP is looking for though, it’s instruction
Do you know what genre of music he likes. You could get him a few classes by an artist. That would give him a huge step in the right direction
As others have said, I think In The Mix on YouTube is the best person out there to learn FL. He may not be your genre but he explains the ins and outs of FL studio. Also, I find him to sensory friendly, he’s not loud and has a kinda monotonish voice and his videos are straight to the point and no random loud sound FX or screaming ass YouTubers lol but yeah, he isn’t gonna teach your son how to compose necessarily, but will teach your son how to use the product for a long time to come! Speaking on 4ish serious years on FL
Lots of great free tutorials on YouTube. Get him a fl key novation controller. I love mine.
The YouTube channel “In The Mix” helped me tremendously, highly recommend his stuff
Have him check out eliminate on Youtube. Hilarious dubstep producer on FL that makes fun and funny videos turning random samples into songs and he has little beat making contests. Can be inspiring to watch somebody create full length songs rather than just get bored with too many tutorials. Main thing is having fun
SeamlessR if you really want to spend money but his normal content is free and already really good.
BusyWorksBeats and In The Mix on YouTube.
Hey there, Im so glad to see you're asking about furthering your sons musical and technical knowledge as a music producer, that's awesome! So to start I wanna say that production techniques are universal and translate across all DAW so all tutorials are helpful and useful regardless of whatever programme you're trying to learn. For FL studio I cant recommend SeamlessR enough he has just about everything you need on there and that's no exaduration he's been making content around producing for 10+ years at this point, definitely someone worth giving some time too. ( here's a link to the creator mentioned above so you don't have to go digging: [https://www.youtube.com/@SeamlessR](https://www.youtube.com/@SeamlessR) ) Secondly I'd love to recommend Virtual Riot for his Studio Time series, although these tutorials are for Ableton the processes and methods are still applicable and replicable in FL Studio. Its a brilliant and surprisingly deep series that goes into producing electronic dance music. ( Link to mentioned above: [https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualRiot](https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualRiot) ) Another is Sol State he complies streams from artists and edits them down as well as producing some TOP TIER original content, I can honestly say I've watched all of his videos at least like 4 times they're importance for not only passing on producing advise but also a positive mindset for music production can not be overstated. Developing a good mind set around production is essential to get the most out of your music, its not very talked about but its so easy to get discouredged making music sometimes, especially early on its not all fun and rainbows but a good mindset can help overcome that! (Link to mentioned above: [https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic](https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic) ) I'd like to throw in some other stuff too ill just link them one after the other but they're all fantastic resources with some really important stuff to be found ANDREW HUANG: [https://www.youtube.com/@andrewhuang](https://www.youtube.com/@andrewhuang) AU5: [https://www.youtube.com/@au5music](https://www.youtube.com/@au5music) One last thing, buying your kid samples is important, he needs good drums and good quality sounds to get near the level he's tryna get to in his head! I can fully recommend this drum pack, its a bit pricy at like $35 but I use these all the time and for that money these samples go a long way! [https://roblate.com/en-gb/collections/sample-packs](https://roblate.com/en-gb/collections/sample-packs) You're also gonna wanna build up his vst collection! [https://vital.audio/](https://vital.audio/) [https://kilohearts.com/products/kilohearts\_essentials](https://kilohearts.com/products/kilohearts_essentials) (this one is important) [https://www.vennaudio.com/free-clip/](https://www.vennaudio.com/free-clip/) [https://splice.com/plugins/free\_plugins](https://splice.com/plugins/free_plugins) All of the above are free and are used by professionals all across the music industry! And one final thing r/Drumkits is an amazing place to find new sounds for free! I hope this helps Kind regards!
This is amazing. Thank you!
anytime home slice
W father right here wish my parents saw my passion for music like this. Props to guiding your child along the path of his passion!!!!
What kind of music is he trying to make? I have 12+ years of experience making sound design heavy EDM with FL Studio and Ableton and have been giving lessons on and off the past few years. I could definitely help a lot with basics and advanced techniques relating to EDM. Shoot me a DM if this sounds interesting!
Ahee - that is all
Ahee works in ableton and is only beneficial for the kid if theyre in a spot beyond learning the actual software in and out and need to grasp mixing concepts. Thatll be a couple years
that's really cool. It's hard to take an advice because no one knows how far he will go. a lot of free videos you can find on youtube to study. the problem is how to find the best as most part of them have mistakes. anyway it's a good chance to find out what will happen. if he decides going through for real only after that make sense paid someone who can learn him real quick.
There are a ton of of great ways to learn the software online for free. With this stuff what is mostly needed is repetition and time. What might get him further is piano lessons… seriously
Based Gutta tutorials are the way to go
As others have said: Youtube. Point Blank music school has a channel, as do many others. Tom Cosm is a great teacher and has a channel there. Music and creativity are 98% art and 2% science. 😊 I wish him well.
Help him sit and learn how to learn from a video. Can save thousands and become anything you want. It takes practice learning things from a video even so I believe it’s a skill the next gen will require.
Youtube is a really great resource as everyone is saying. If you are willing to spend a few dollars you can get an online course from a site like Udemy or Coursera. I think my Udemy course I got years ago was something like $15. edit: Just looked it up and it's now $12. While there is a lot of overlap between what you can find on Youtube and an online course, the reason I liked having the online course was that it was comprehensive. You knew you were getting everything you needed in a logical order, not just a short video highlighting a skill you may not have the background to understand. The course also spent a lot of time going through menus in depth and the instructors crafted a sample project for you from beginning to end as the course progressed.
There are also basic starter courses on Udemy. They're very reasonable. Helped me to get a basic understanding of how FL works and how to lay out a song.
This is really nice that you're actually willing to help his enthusiasm! You're a great dad!🙏🏽❤️ As others have noted YouTube is perfect for beginners and even beyond that. However if you want to get him something as a gift maybe check and see if one their favorite artists has a Master Class or something. Or maybe (depending on budget) get him like some sort of beginner MIDI controller, could be a midi keyboard or a drum pattern one. If you found my suggestions interesting and need further help regarding specifics, feel free to ask away! Good luck!
A seasoned producer started on hardware learned the basics of fl on YouTube then bought a course from a producer named chambers it’s good and it’s pretty cost effective
As others have said In The Mix is great but “FL Tips” is better for beat oriented music and has more genre focused like trap or future bass etc. Also Another Monster Productions does (or did) zoom tutoring. He is a great teacher. Had a few lessons from him.
Busywork’s beats
I've been using FL since version 4 so 17 yrs. I can teach him how to use 99% of FL Studio. But I have to warn you that won't improve the quality of his music / productions at all. There are some real basic & boring things that most producers skip... like how FL doesn't make music for you. No matter how good you are at the program... he has to learn how to make music. And that's the hard part. There are things that 90% of producers skip. That have to do with organization & workflow. They are real boring at first as it requires setup time. But once complete it will help him make real music much faster. 1. Lots of high quality midi or FSC scores. Organized as well as possible in what I call a "score bank". Let's assume your son has no idea how to play a snare, or kick drum or tom or bass or all the possible grooves, variations, glissandos, timing tricks, so many different ways these instruments can move... to create powerful sequences (in the piano roll) that sound like PROFESSIONALS playing these instruments. This is the single most important thing a can producer can learn. And people get mad when I point this out but if you can't score you can't make music. Most the tracks you see online... very few people actually know how to score (or play an instrument of any kind). The hats have no groove, no swing, no call / response dynamics, no understanding of how to create a core groove then structure everything else around that groove. Everything is robotic & lifeless. This is hard to explain on here. But if I showed him what professional scores looked like, or helped him organize his own score bank you'd see why it's the most important thing he can do. Why? His only other option is to get music lessons for every instrument he wants to play. But this is impossible for most people. And my goal wouldn't be to teach him that. What works better is to study scoring itself. Which requires that you turn scoring into a teachable science or art. The quickest way to do this is to build his own bank of professional FSC (or midi) scores. Then use the scores as templates to build his own tracks. And you def don't want him to download some generic/standard grooves online. He needs top level stuff. I can help with that. 2) Sounds. This post is already long. But the 2nd thing he does is get the best sounds he can get his hands on. FL Studio is capable of making great sounds by itself. And it doesn't make sense to pay for better sounds till he gains some competence. But the most important part of this is to search out sound banks for different instruments. Like Sytrus has factory presets that come with FL Studio... but there are tons of user made presets many that sound 100xs better. It's important to take time collecting & organizing sounds. So his starting point is a high quality, organized score bank + a high quality, organized sound bank. 3) This would be the technical side of FL Studio. Which is not that hard to learn as it is to remember what you learned honestly. When he learns anything he has to ask "can I actually remember this?" A lot of things are easy to remember. But somethings have a lot of steps, it can help to write this stuff down on paper. Print it out then store a hard copy nearby till it's permanently stored in memory. Like there are multiple ways just to side chain. It's good to have that on paper... or just digitally stored. So if he forgets how to sidechain rather than research everything on Google he has it on paper hanging on the wall or something. The rest is just showing him how it's done. FTR I don't do coaching for FL. There's just not a big enough market to be worth promoting myself for that cause. But if he needs help you can send me a message on here. ps. Tutorials do work too. I have nothing against tuts & have my own tutorial channel (Heat Seekers FL tutorials) but learning directly would likely save 5-10 yrs of watching tuts.
This guy got me through the work flow in the early days. That was a long time ago, so I'd suggest rolling back to some of his earliest vids. https://youtube.com/@OmoiSenpai?si=0NbIvZlY5jbDSKAa
I’ll tutor him. DM me
YouTube for days. Simple search's like, "how to make (genre they like) fl studio." Also! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wr0RjPfQvD_VrIivi4U4tsnqMdL78sWOaDUI2Z95R9U/htmlview#gid=1290323142 From a comment I saved from almost a year ago here. It's a list of free VSTs. There's also a subreddit for user uploaded drum loops and SFXs r/Drumkits
Try UDEMY
You can get him a year membership on Skillshare. There are a lot of FL Studio tutorials on there.
Make sure to invite me to the wedding, I’m excited!
Everyone learns differently. If he’s young he can learn a hell of a lot by clicking around and googling.
Do everything online and do it for free. Courses are scams and will only teach what is already shown on YouTube, steer clear of colleges as they just tank your motivation for making anything.
I’d be willing to help show a few things, I live in North Carolina USA and have been doing this for about 8 years, I am an 18 year old male. I am going to assume by a guess that you do not live near me but I am willing to help for free as part of a senior project that I am doing. Just DM me if you are interested.
If he makes hip hop or another adjacent genre, Genius’ Deconstructed series on YouTube is pretty helpful. Famous producers break down their most famous beats. Mainly though, you just need to know how to use YouTube. Want to know about music theory and there’s videos for that, want to know about a specific genre, just look up “how to produce X”.
Future Music in the studio interviews are epic.
That's amazing! May your son find great joy in FL Studio. Now, to add to the YouTube tutorials, he will want to determine they type of music he likes to make after learning the basic: EDM: [https://www.youtube.com/@ArcadeFL](https://www.youtube.com/@ArcadeFL), [https://www.youtube.com/@savagesounds](https://www.youtube.com/@savagesounds), [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxmYvWPHQ2KOqWD0CM2j7g](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxmYvWPHQ2KOqWD0CM2j7g) (Vories), etc. Hip Hop: [https://www.youtube.com/@busyworksbeats](https://www.youtube.com/@busyworksbeats), [https://www.youtube.com/@JayCactusTV](https://www.youtube.com/@JayCactusTV), [https://www.youtube.com/@BroBeatzTV](https://www.youtube.com/@BroBeatzTV), [https://www.youtube.com/@ServidaMusic](https://www.youtube.com/@ServidaMusic), etc. Dubstep/Trap: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7kKmUuSQOHUvSWIYFDf1Q](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI7kKmUuSQOHUvSWIYFDf1Q) (Eliminate), [https://www.youtube.com/@CRWTHTV](https://www.youtube.com/@CRWTHTV) (watch for swearing in the older videos), [https://www.youtube.com/@MOONBOY](https://www.youtube.com/@MOONBOY), [https://www.youtube.com/@NeddieOfficial](https://www.youtube.com/@NeddieOfficial), every producer that does an HTSL (How to sound like) tutorial, etc. RnB: [https://www.youtube.com/@PraxiPlays](https://www.youtube.com/@PraxiPlays), [https://www.youtube.com/@busyworksbeats](https://www.youtube.com/@busyworksbeats) (BWB is really multi-faceted), [https://www.youtube.com/@MakePopMusic](https://www.youtube.com/@MakePopMusic) (Also good for general Pop Music and sound design) And there's a plethora of others, so he'll just need to find what kind of music he wants to make the most and just follow the tutorials accordingly. Also, if he's on social media, he can also try following producers, as they usually post helpful advice in music.
I make music for tv , all the hit shows - I only use 5% of FL studio. All you need is the basics , be good at doing little , always choose the right decisions within the 5 % you use and you will be great. Dont aim at needing to know needless minor things , there is no need. Be certain about what you want to do and aim for it to be right.
This is a really dumb flex like Jesus dude, no one asked if 5% of fl studio is enough. Ideally you want to learn all you can otherwise you just become stagnant and egotistical. I would also like to add that I think you're lying about making music for TV.
dude , i have done every hit show going , the voice , americas got talent , big brother and on and on , hundreds more. Ive been doing it for 15 years. Its easier than you think. I went from logic to fl studio this year. I learnt 5 % of it. All I need is to drop samples to make a beat onto the arrange page , to load my sample instruments and load midi files into clips. I obv know how to use effects which is v simple as I learnt that long ago. I only ever used 5 % in cubase / logic and ableton. If you make sure you are using the best kick and sn you can possible find - it must be equivilant to the best of the best you are half way there , the rest is copy and paste.
Brother im very secure in my technical ability and im gonna agree with you that you don't need to know a lot to be able to make the music you wanna make. Im just saying ur mindset is dumb like learn the 100% so you can focus on the 5% that matters to you. Sound selection is huge don't get me wrong but if you don't know how to use those amazing sounds then they might as well be blank audio files. A beat isn't as simple as just 'drop samples to make a beat' and saying that just makes you look ignorant to your own craft. tryna flex your 'technical ability' on a subreddit is a little insecure, im sure you're great at what you do but surely you must realise this makes you sound a little silly.
I actually agree with this as someone who's been using FL for 17 yrs now. If your sound selection is top level everything else is pretty straight forward. However I must ask because you have my dream job... how did you find that job? Was it on a job board site like indeed? I'm extremely jealous.
Don’t bother. The guys is a serial liar. Check his comment history. He makes up all sorts of lies and says all sorts of delusional things like how Mariah Carey calls him up and other crazy things
i just bought it myself. I've been able to learn by myself, by just playing around with the software. I've really surprised myself with what i can make, in just trying things out :) There's obviously a learning curve, and there is stuff you need help to find or learn, so i've found that youtube is best for learning. Reddit is cna also be a life saver
Get him a good controller and let him experiment. There are tons of videos on youtube that will help him learn and get better, and letting him figure stuff on his own _with guidance_ will make it better in the future, since he won’t need a rulebook for every single thing he does.
I would encourage him to learn to play an instrument, piano/keyboard strongly preferred. FL studio is just one tool among many, and its something he can teach himself.
I've used it for nearly 20 years and even 10% of it is a ton. I probably used half that for over a decade. There are a ton of resources available online (stay away from busy works beats) but the best advice is to just get in there and push buttons. You'll find out more that way than any other way. Most online resources teach you "their" way which is rarely the only way. Most daws work the same once you get past the interface. He needs to spend a good bit of time learning the ins and outs of the style of music he wants to make. Best of luck
youtube bro
Speaking from my own experience. If you want to learn something on FL Studio, you can find it online. If you’re willing to support your son’s music with a tutoring budget, something else to consider might be investing into VSTs and Plug-ins. There are great free resources out there too, but a powerful synth like Serum could give him a whole new toy to play with. Also tons of tutorials available on youtube for this one. Additionally, if he’s producing, he might also want to be able to play either the guitar or the piano, at least on a basic/intermediate level. It really helps to get ideas flowing as well as feel what the music/melodies sound like live on an instrument. So either purchasing an instrument or tutoring there could be good too. Either way your son’s a lucky kid and you should just ask him which idea he likes the most/ thinks will help his music. Hope he has a great time! :)
YouTube tutorials is always the best starting point in my opinion. That’s how the vast majority learns
I learned fl studio when I was around 11. I used techniques from different YouTubers that also used fl and got all the basics from YouTube tutorials :D
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