One of the best decisions I've made in the past few months was to start studying music theory and composition. For the people that don't know, I've been producing since 2017. Doing mostly drums, mixing, recording... even for major labels here in Brazil. This year I made the complete switch on my career and started focusing on sample making and composition.
If you find yourself in the same situation there's really no way to go around it, learning theory and the basics of composing are key for getting a more efficient workflow. So today I decided to bring y'all a couple resources that I found to study those.
Note that I'm not a tradicional musician, didn't come from a family of musicians and have never touched an instrument before I installed Fl Studio back in July 2017. So if I did it, YOU CAN DO IT TOO.
- A good starting point is this series from the channel "Tabletop Composer"
I'm not gonna lie, I haven't finished the whole series LMAO but you can really get your foot on the door with the fundamentals of harmony. Bonus points for having a "course format", each episode builds up on the last one.
- This one is a must
This channel is much more known, and cover all bases to help you get better at playing and composing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CON8DReThc
I randomly found this video when I was searching about modes and it helped me soooo much to understand modes more. It's a super simple explanation with plenty of examples from pop culture, easy to understand
- For all your gospel needs
I've started to play around a lot with gospel this last few weeks and this channel helped me a lot on getting my foot on the door.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv7T0G02dl0&t=4s
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