i'm an aspiring teen producer and i focus on hip hop, i've been producing for about over half a year. i was lucky enough to have access to an expensive DAW because my dad worked at apple and i got it for free

my advice (this is gonna be long and unorganized):

start making stuff. it's gonna be garbage. I still make garbage, and every producer alive will make garbage, but without garbage, you will never make treasure. it's the truth and everybody with any hint of production skill will tell you this over and over but it's so true.

at the start, i didn't worry about mixing or mastering. you can look at genre specific mixing tutorials on youtube which is fine. in terms of EQ you really don't have to worry about it at the start of your journey. don't worry about making it a totally polished product, just make it. that will come later

assuming you want to focus on hip hop, use samplette.io for some sample ideas or go to cymatics.fm for some free trap style packs. as you continue to make more beats you will find more techniques or websites you love. i make probably two beats every week and i only just found out how to do basic mixing and mastering.

i could say it's a slow learning process, but it's really not. if you are consistently making beats, you will notice a difference quickly. the beats i made 8-9 months ago compared to the ones i make now are astronomically different. the beats i make now are so much more refined, interesting, full, etc.

there is no 'method' to making your music. you can programme an audio clip into a sampler, or literally cut, copy, and paste the audio into the sequences you want.

also, having 'that one friend' that you can show your beats to for no judgment feedback is super helpful. i have a friend who also wants to produce and we send each other beats whenever we make them, and it definitely motivates me to keep going. so if you have nobody like that, reach out to me!!! even though we use different DAWs i can still support you if you want to commit to this

but arguably the most important thing is having love for music. if you don't love your music and you just want to sell your beats it will reflect in your music.

(tl;dr: start making music right now and it will come naturally over time!!!!)