The best thing about the advances in technology is the fact that it opens up the doors to all sorts of things that you could not normally do ten years ago.
For instance if you wanted to make rap beats at home on a computer 10 years back you would need a recording studio and that of course would mean renting one and having to actually go into proper music production and it could takes years of learning before you get your first beat out there.
Well the good news is that it is not that hard to learn how to make a beat on a computer and there are a few options that you have.
The first is to follow the advice above, but instead of going to a recording studio you can actually use a high-end program like Fruity Loops or Cubase.
However this will require a lot of musical knowledge and can be quite hard to get to grips with to start off.
The other way is to search for a good entry level beat maker and these can actually be quite good as they allow you to get up and running quickly making beats with some good sounds but without having to go through all the painstaking task of learning musical theory.
Then of course if you like it you can move on to the more advanced solutions.
There are also a few free ones out there but these are not that good and although they are quite good for messing about with or if you just want to have a bit of a laugh if you are serious about making beats you will try the first 2 options instead.
I hope this article has helped explain how you can start making beats on a computer.
