Make electronic music

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I've always loved electronic music. My earliest exposure to electronic music came from the Newgrounds Audio Portal. I loved the Newsgrounds stuff so much that I made it play automatically on FreeTheFlash.com, the first website I ever built.

Inspired by Grant Mathews's music: http://soundcloud.com/johnfn

The goal is to make 5 songs that I'm proud of. Obviously this is subjective; only I will know if a song is good enough to make me proud. A good approximation is: would I share it on Newgrounds or SoundCloud?

Things that will help me make electronic music:

• Download Ableton Live
• Take the Introduction to Music Production course on Coursera
• Learn how to play 5 new songs on the piano, in addition to Fur Elise
  • Golden Sun Theme Song
• Watch the 10-part Ableton tutorial on YouTube

Ideas:

• I like the melody and synth sound in "Space Robot 5" by Five Iron Frenzy