1. It must have a certain foundation of music theory and certain musical ideas. Of course, the richer the connotation of music, the better. For this, we need to continuously absorb useful knowledge and enrich ourselves. You can’t be proficient in all the four treasures of music, but you have to know a little bit about them - orchestration, musical form, and acoustic polyphony
2. If you are a producer, you need a very good computer foundation and computer skills Hardware, accessories, software and other related knowledge. And learn and master the use of related software, including: audio editing, mixing software, MIDI, music workstations, etc.
3. Have a good interpersonal network. This is also very important. No one is perfect and no one is superhuman. Many times, we need help from others. The more friends a person has in his circle, the more capable he is. Even without the help of others, it is very necessary to cooperate with each other and learn from each other's strengths.
4. Have certain financial support. It’s impossible to make music without money. This is my deepest experience. It is also true that MONEY is needed to engage in art. Especially for producers, everything requires money, including sound cards, monitors, mixers, keyboards... To give a very simple example, making music requires tone, so buying some good tone disks is prohibitively expensive. Most of them are Calculated in U.S. dollars, even if it is 50 U.S. dollars, you will calculate it as RMB. However, if you have good interpersonal relationships, you can copy some from other musicians. This once again confirms my third point.
5. It requires good psychological quality. This is also the key to being important! You have to be very patient and don't rush. It takes half a day to make a mix, and N weeks to make a sophisticated one. In addition, you need to have a clear head. It is absolutely impossible to be confused when making music. Persistence and perseverance are also required. The last and most important point is to be optimistic and open-minded. Those who engage in art are unlikely to receive proportional rewards for their efforts. If you are engaged in music just for the reward, then you should not engage in it, because it will waste your time. It is very stupid to engage in art purely for fame and fortune. We must face the facts with optimism, and humbly accept criticism from others, so that we can continue to work in a long-term and progressive manner.
6. Have a keen heart and eyes. When creating music, if you don't have a deep understanding of it, it will be difficult for people to resonate with music that is completely imagined out of thin air. We must pay attention to all emotions and changes around us, and experience them with our heart. We must pay special attention to life and delicate emotions. In this way, your emotional world will be expanded virtually. At this time, you must be able to endure loneliness and loneliness. Others say that being a poet or a writer is very lonely. In fact, being a musician is the same inside, and you will feel very lonely. But in order to make good music, you have to learn to make trade-offs.
7. Humility and sincerity. Learning requires a humble heart. You cannot be proud or even look down on others just because you have some achievements. This is completely undesirable. When we see the success of other people's works, we should encourage others with the most sincere attitude. We must know and appreciate the efforts of others behind the scenes that no one can understand.
8. About learning. As a musician, you always have to learn to the end, or you will easily be eliminated by the times. There are generally two ways to learn music: from a teacher or by yourself. Both have its advantages and disadvantages. You can learn knowledge easily from a teacher and avoid going astray, but you have unknowingly accepted the teacher’s way of thinking and musical ideas. If you want to make your own music in the future, if you don’t have some self-awareness, you will become a clone of the teacher. Taste it. Self-study is actually a good method, but it is not easy to understand everywhere. It takes a lot of time, and it is easy to go astray and deviate from the real theory. However, you can have many of your own thoughts and opinions, and it is not Be a yes-man for others. If the two methods are combined and done well, I think it should still be possible.
9. Just knowing the theory is not enough. It is not enough to understand the things in the book without mastering them through practice.
When making music, you should talk less and do more. Use your own abilities to prove yourself, but don’t be so pushy. In the end, you will understand that it is useless