How do people start creating music?

[wispy comet]

I have zero knowledge on music theory, and play zero instruments, but I like to sing and sometimes create lyrics.

I know that (typically,) people create beats or take samples and make a melody before moving onto lyrics, and that’s all I wanna do- create a beat.

[midnight sundial]

trust me music theory is worth learning it can really help in making a melody and accompaniments I swear !!!!!

[hot ermine]

People don't always start with a beat, ideas can come from anywhere, a lot of people also start with lyrics or a melody and then build a beat/backtrack off of that, I usually prefer to do it that way. And honestly I disagree that learning music theory isnt completely necessary if you dont even know how to play an instrument or make a beat digitally, it can help once you know those things though. I'd recommend you to just start messing around in a free daw such as bandlab if you wanna start making music. If you want I could also help you out if you want since I've been doing this for years!!

[wispy comet]

Any ideas on how/where to start learning?

[wispy comet]

Thank you for the help ^^ Thanks for the offer, too, but I don’t know when I’ll start looking into this all so it’s alright!!

[limpid axle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaTLrZGlk0

[midnight sundial]

if I'm going to be honest I take it as a class and have 2 different music teachers teaching me theory at the same time but I know it's not an option for everyone

I would say start off with the basic scales, major,minor, semitones, keys