Yeeah, the age-old dilemma of artists and comparing themselves to other people -- not quite in this case though. For a while now I've been feeling off about this whole thing, taking several breaks, trying out new sounds, genres but nothing seems to stick & I've been circling around the same issue, wanting to quit. Of course, I wasn't able to do that so I just keep making songs, vibe with them for a while and then completely hate them.
The Truth?
I don't have any real talent or skill. No music classes, no real understanding of theory, can't play any instruments, no nothing. Laptops and DAWs are incredibly accessible nowadays and anyone can make relatively decent music, I just know to stay in a scale and whatever I'll click in will always sound good. I take shortcuts with various samples and can never really nail the genre I'm making. The truth? I'm not a hard worker, I am honestly incapable of learning all of this.
What point am I trying to make?
I mean, even with this in mind, as long as I'm having fun with music as a hobby and occasionally upload my stuff online, what's the harm? Well, I'm not really having fun anymore. Before I listened to actual musician's tracks and envied them because I knew I'd never get to their level but now I started to enjoy them. I don't get bothered as much by the fact that I don't enjoy producing music as much.
Conclusion?
Am i gonna quit? Nah, I'll most likely still be around. I just wanted to air out some thoughts and give insight into why I feel this way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ lemme know ur thoughts.
Djjaner
Hello, I have been through this period of demotivation several times, it will come back to you again and again even so your will to make music not just break and over time you will find a lot of positive energy to create great music again, so I can recommend taking a short break. Otherwise your latest Synthwave music is really Excellent! You are a genuine in this genre. I've been experimenting with music all my life, creating my own genre of music, try combining several genres, maybe you'll be more successful. To summarize, there are millions of musicians who have the same goal of becoming more famous and suffer from the same problems, why is their music more listened to when my music sounds better? If I knew the recipe for success, I would share it with you, but there is no such thing, everything is just a coincidence, nothing more. Have a nice day. John