Posted by Psycher!

I can tell you the basics of music composition and use of effects, but it's good to learn from experience. I've been thinking of making a tutorial on it. For programs, I would recommend FL Studio, since I use it. With any program, it's good to have a good idea of what certain effects do. There are a few essential effects, like limiting, compression, reverb, an delay. I could get into quite a lot of detail with the first two, so you google those. Reverb is essentially adding a natural echo to the music. Presets are usually based on different environments, like cathedrals, studios, rooms, etc. Delay is a sort of extra hit on notes of a song. For a better idea of what delay does, listen to the intro of F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X by Fall Of Troy. It's a good example of delay.
Some tips would be to not leave empty spots in your music like I did in White Reprise. Unless you're trying to achieve some kind of effect, it'll make the song sound boring. Always try to keep a song in key, since off-key notes sound weird. A lot of what I can say is basic musical knowledge.