FLA is good. I do prefer the older material to the newer though.

They've done some good remixes too. They did an uber awesome mix of Mask by Wyndartage.

I'm mainly into almost all aspects of industrial. I love me some Trip-Hop though.

It's probably pretty hard to actually punch yourself in the throat, I'd imagine

That's what roadies are for.

Something that works good for that would be distortion pedals. I know Hocico has been known to use a pedal for live distortion.

well, talent is talent, but training can help those with less talent express themselves. not everyone can roll their face on a keyboard and get signed.

Rolling your face on a keyboard. That reminds me of Aphex Twin.

Well I am interesting in starting to develop my own EBM/industrial music on my computer and was wondering where you people think I should start with this, etc.

Thanks. =]

I think this is often overlooked but the best thing you can do is:
 
*LEARN HOW TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT* (preferrably a keyboard).

If you get serious, get into "Music theory" (at school) and you're well on your way to making great songs.

Once you know how to play an instrument, then go down to a guitar center or someplace like that and listen to all the software they have available for sale. If you can get it demoed even better!

I dont really think that matters. There are alot of artists (especially in the indsutrial scene), that dont have any music theory experience and are all self taught. Take Seb Komor from Icon of Coil and Zombie Girl for instance.

I thought my friend was pulling my leg when he said that his iPhone told him what song we were listening to.  Is there a PC program like that?

no but there is an application like that on this site, called the now playing window, heres a tip if you hear a song u like and want to remember, write it down instead of making fruitless threads such as this

I like the way you think

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I started making music when I was 14 on a laptop and thats it. How you make music depends on what your writing, and what you have to work with. The great thing about electronic music is you dont need alot to create something. You can tweak almost anything to sound a certain way.

I use FL as my DAW and my sequencer. Have been since I started. Nothing will ever take FL away from me haha. I also use Abelton Live 7.

I use alot of VST synths from companies like Native Instruments, Cakewalk, reFx, etc. I also have a Roland MC-303, a Moog Little Phatty, microKORG, and I use things like the Nord Lead 2, Nord Modular, Roland MC 808, depending if I'm at my studio or not. But again, its what you do with what you have, not how much you have.

A midi controller or trigger controller is almost a neccesity. I use an M-Audio Axiom 61 and an Akai MPD32. Both great controllers.

The quality of your sound is also a big thing when writing music. Making sure that all your sounds come through nice and clear, with as little mud as possible so a set of referance monitors is a good idea. I'm currently using a set of M-Audio BX8a Deluxe monitors.

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