
You may not have ever heard of me, but I’ve been making my own beats for over five years now. I started when I was younger by recording sounds into Windows Sound Recorder and using the basic mixing features available to mix VERY crude acapella beats. I mean very crude
. Anyway, I’ve evolved slightly since then, having mastered all the major music production studio programs like FL studio, Reason, and Cubase.
For somebody who has been making beats for years these programs are great: they allow unlimited customization. However, this customization comes at a cost.. I’ve realized that it’s nearly impossible for people to learn how to make beats with these kinds of music production studios. They require extensive technical audio knowledge, which makes for an extremely steep learning curve.
My business depended on teaching people how to make their own beats, and I was having trouble doing that with the available software. Fortunately, some really smart guys changed all of that not too long ago. With the advent of social media and community-based websites, they developed one of the best music production communities around. Unlike most sites, which would become popular for about a month and then disappear off the face of the earth, they planned ahead, and they planned to offer much more value than these “other” sites. Since the day they launched, the Sonic Producer website has been an astonishing success.


