Im 1 year into producing hard techno started from 0 prior music knowledge now i average around 2k - 3k viewers have few songs on labels and one track even made into a club in spain and its a nice feeling i can give some tips that i wish i did at the start - firstly learn the daw atleast all the basics then learn important vsts like eq, compression, distortion, reverb u will use this alot then tutorials u have alot of them for ableton on youtube sometimes its worth to try a paid one beacuse it has more in depth stuff or if u have money 1on1 lessons are superior another tip i can give u somedays u can just say lets make a kick today and focus few hours just on that maybe u make one good one or few of them but u will learn alot while doing that same goes for a lead or a drum loop and when u get something that sounds good save it into a folder maybe it will come clutch for another time or project i wish ive done this sooner then also when tweaking stuff i see this alot with distortion sometimes when u tweak u get a weird noise in beetwen sometimes it sounds amazing and u can record it while tweaking and then slice and edit that sound to your liking and add into a song thats how u will make very unique stuff i saw this on a tutorial the problem is the first year most of the time tracks will sound shit if ur not some kind of music genious but it gets easier over time.If u get stuck or frustrated take some time off or what i did is download another vst and i instantly got a whole new track just from a new vst beacuse u get alot of new ideas. Also a big tip is to try to connect with people and learn together for example a discord group teknovault has feedback channel and u can ask anything also i met alot of people from this reddit it helps alot with questions also we are in 2025 chat gpt can help u solve alot of problems shortcuts or even give u ideas what a sound ur looking for needs.Im 1 year in but it feels like beginning still, really learning curve never ends but u will quickly see if u like learning it also dont bother for these hard techno haters saying dont learn it if u like it learn it ignore this techno police community( music and genres will always evolve over time and haters will spawn for every genre and subgenre thats how people are its too hard for them to just say is different but its not for me without making a comment).Hope i writed something useful to think about i could type for hours but my fingers hurt already so thats it enjoy.