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Beermaster · 30th March 2009

Tie the best of both worlds up - Go with Garage Band as a great starting point in being able to record and produce tracks ( one of the UKs most popular TV shows was scored entirely with Garage Band ! ! ) -

But:

LEARN A REAL INSTRUMENT ! and as keyboards are the standard input for most DAWs and systems - Learn to play the Piano. At his age it will pay dividends in the future if he actually starts to learn about MUSIC. Toys and Reason and Synths are fun to mess with and great to use as tools but If you don't really understand music you're very quickly going to be stuck in a dead end. Open his mind to what is possible and exciting to undertstand - Get some Formal Music Lessons.

Beer

30th March 2009	#40
Beermaster Lives for gear Joined: May 2007 Location: London Posts: 2,136	Tie the best of both worlds up - Go with Garage Band as a great starting point in being able to record and produce tracks ( one of the UKs most popular TV shows was scored entirely with Garage Band ! ! ) - But: LEARN A REAL INSTRUMENT ! and as keyboards are the standard input for most DAWs and systems - Learn to play the Piano. At his age it will pay dividends in the future if he actually starts to learn about MUSIC. Toys and Reason and Synths are fun to mess with and great to use as tools but If you don't really understand music you're very quickly going to be stuck in a dead end. Open his mind to what is possible and exciting to undertstand - Get some Formal Music Lessons. Beer