GET YOUR PRE-MADE MUSIC HERE!!!
I enjoyed this. I find that you can learn a lot about studios as a beginner in this "game" The mixers, drum machine, etc, it shows you what to use and which controls do what so you can create your music. Its a nice, basic learning tool for anyone over 8 years old.
And yes, you can create your own music here! If you're not a beginner and you know what does what but don't have or can afford the real equipment in your home, you can actually make your own beats and melodies. Unfortunately there's not much instruments to choose from but you still learn. Also you cannot put vocals to it but i guess the only way you can do that is have a seperate recorder to do so, etc.
The controls can be confusing at first but you will get the hang of it. Its best to take your time and understand it before you accidently erase something you make. Please read the instructions in the booklet your given!
Anyways, if you do not want to make your own music from scratch, go ahead and use the pre-made option. I do have a problem with this option, though. If you want to make rock music, I swear it sounds just like the rap music! (If you enjoy rap metal you should go ahead and buy this "game") From the drums to the guitar, there's not much of a difference. You have options to pick pre-made R&B and Spanish music and also dance. To me, dance made the most sense because they had pre-mades exactly for dance, but the rest is quite blended together. You actually wonder if you're making a R&B song or a rock song! Let's not forget their "singers". They're awful. Period. The lyrics also need a little tweaking. (I did make a really cool R&B/Rap song with lyrics and it was actually quite good)They really need to work on the pre-mades if they decide to make a Music Maker 2. It needs more variety.
You can also make "music videos". Seriously, do not embarass yourself with this feature. It makes more sense doing a dance video than with any other genre of music they offer in this "game". Its terrible and they needed to refocus their energies with this. It is quite disappointing.
All in all, its fun if you do understand the mechanisms, controls and have a general liking for music production. However, i think they needed to come up with more ideas for those who are on the beginner level.