Tfw lost my will to make music

Same here. I have some good ideas, but i'm a fucking wagecuck, i feel empty.
soundcloud.com/despate

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>Same feeling here, almost 10years in, approx 6000hours, 3 amateurish albums done, one good track featured on sports video (15k plays).
>Now I need to upgrade my game, to reach the real lvl that can make you worth something on this saturated market.
>Music is hard work and creativity : 0.1% live decent with music, 000.1% have the best life you could ever have.
>Aiming for the 0.001% is so hard, is it worth it ?
10 years in and you don't already have a deal or a Grammy or at least a gold or platinum track lol your taste in music probably sucks. You either got it or you don't, maybe u don't. Time to uninstall fruity loops

Same here OP

luckily this was a few years ago and my career is fine.

i produced for Bones without even trying lol should have pursued music o well!

What song?

>Same here OP
>luckily this was a few years ago and my career is fine.
>i produced for Bones without even trying lol should have pursued music o well!
Bones has so many fuckin songs lol u prob gave him a beat and he threw you a 20 he's not paying any major money for his beats when he puts out so much and is independent.

Where are you located?
t. Metal drummer with some tiny bits of hope left

>you either got it or you don't

Tell me your iq user your insights are priceless

My band released 3 EPs, also youtube videos with over +20k views. Toured internationally briefly. Sold about 15-20k albums all in all through distros.

I have almost €10.000 worth of equipment just rotting away. I have not touched my guitar in 3 years, don't even know can I play anymore.

Don't even listen any music anymore.

Last time I played a live gig on some festival was in 2015. 2 weeks before I had just gotten out of mental institution, the antipsychotic medication somehow had fucked up my body, I felt totaly derealization while on stage and my fingers felt kind of mechanical and robot-like playing instead of smooth flow I used to have.

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what kind of music? can i listen to ur music?

Berlin, there are like no young people into this genre anymore and if you go to rehearsal rooms or concerts you either see the same bands or dudeweed stoner bands. Nuclear Blast destroyed the market in Germany and acts like a mafia on these music festivals.

Tfw you realize everyone is a failed musician

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You lived good moments at least, music career needs to end sometimes, you'll have good memories.
I you don't feel happiness anymore it's maybe better to start something else ?

Everyone is a failed musician

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Bern, it's similar. Almost no influx of young, talented and motivated musicians. Since years the same 500 dudes which are pulling everything in the country

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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not important

actually he found me on tumblr and messaged me

it was before he was famous and i actually was much bigger than him

i ignored him actually because i didn't think the music was good enough, he improved a lot obviously lol

music is all about being in the right scene and connecting with the right people

i was in groups with people who are now at the top of that whole soundcloud rap thing, pretty funny looking back

Hey Musicians:

Isn't 95% of music today made by corporations and labels?

Everything sounds synthetic and soulless as fuck.

They killed comedy and they are killing music next.

>bones
Sesh brother. Love chilling to his shit on the daily. He constantly puts out new music as well more than any other artist I know so I respect that.

Modern technology means the entry barrier has never been lower. But it is also easier for those at the top to use this technology to dominate e.g. via marketing. So the manufactured stuff is obviously going to be very visible, but there is probably more great new music out there than there ever has been.

Basically all good music is self-released on Bandcamp or whatever, radio is beyond a joke at this point. Nobody who really likes or creates music pays the slightest bit of attention to that

> grammys as an indicator of good music
That's one of the dumbest things I have read today and it's 11:30pm here.

I know these feels. I was into music 24/7 since I was 14. Would play guitar all day everyday. Then in college got in a band and also started making beats. The best accomplishment was getting my beats on 3 different network TV shows, so that was cool. But really it was my buddy who rapped on them that had the placement seals and then he gave me my cut. Getting some EDM tracks on small labels on beatport or whatever as well. But desu it barely even provided a dopamine rush for me.

One day I just gave up. I was about 26 or so and living in Hollywood. I just snapped out of it and never got back in. I don’t do beats, I don’t play guitar anymore. I still love to drum, and would practice on an electronic kit I had where I replaced the plastic heads with mesh heads.

But yeah, my parents were just like it’s sad. I don’t know what it is. I have buddies that will still go out and jam with bands but I lost that will.

I think if you make the leap towards being a “professional” and you don’t get far, it just kills your will and you realize fuck man all those years and years for nothing.

Also another problem is that the roadmap for beat makers is really really hard. Since everyone and their mom does it and can make something decent usually, you have to know people. If you’re just some guy trying to make it but not connected, then your shit has to be hot and get traction online, but that’s a crapshoot as well.

Then irony is that now that I don’t do it 24/7, I feel like I can make better music because I’m not over analyzing every little part of the track. Not long ago I made a couple tracks for my buddies next LP and they were probably best I’ve done but meh. Good luck to any musician bros out there. But the truth is if you don’t make it, you probably just weren’t good enough

Everyone here needs to read “The Artist’s Way” it got me drawing everyday, which turned into 1 hour a day, which turned into 4 to 6 hours a day. This from a person who stagnated for 3 years and nearly gave up several times, producing only 2 pictures in 2017.
Also do a dimensional jump if you’re off the deep end crazy like me. It went from being intimidated by better artists and feeling like I’ve missed my chance to feeling like I have a fresh start and it’s the beginning of a more vigorous and ambitious me.

I lost my will too. Modern day wage slavery took hold and killed any creativity I had left. SoundCloud.com/enebula

muscle memory doest go away, i had a one year break but to get intro the rhythm/flow i have to play around 3-4 hours to get that feel again

Ironically, this might be a better board to post than /mu/.

Shit man...

>Almost no influx of young, talented and motivated musicians.

The fuck, I thought that was only a thing in Portugal... Is it simply that zoomers aren't into music making, much less metal nowadays?

>I lost my will too. Modern day wage slavery took hold and killed any creativity I had left.

Fuck man, the same is happening to me... I feel more and more of a souless husk of a man.

Well, I wish to thank you guys to the motivation when I posted my voice, then I started to train some songs and yesterday I made some cash singing, it wasn't perfect, it wasn't perfect singing but it had emotions and people enjoyed it.

I'll invest my time into learning how to proper use my voice, learn how to record properly and how to mix it as I dont have money to spare on studios right now. I'm kind of happy, people trully liked the way I did because they had no reason to fake it as they could make me stop at anytime.

What advice you guys can give me?

You just gotta do it.

Well OP, most people on this thread recommend just making music anyway even if you have 0 will and I intend to agree with that.

You'll have to train your self-discipline and prepare your environment in order to make you focused on that task. This means absolutely no digital electronics near you if necessary. Even if you feel depressed and dull as fuck, you just have to keep going...

>soundcloud.com/despate
this is very good fren keep it up

I’m actually going back to being a NEET because I haven’t produced a single track since I started working again 6 months ago. My happiness literally depends on it and just before I started 8-5 wageslavery I was making some good progress on my music.

I don’t even care if it’s successful or not, but finishing some good songs is my life goal, something I have to get out of the way before I can move on.

I'm 36 and I swear to God I've been hearing the same music on the radio my entire life. Same artists, same songs. Three decades.

zoomers are into covers that do well on youtube / instagram. no point in writing a song and seeing if it's good when you can cover the latest pop song and know people will listen to it. it's all for the gram (money)

sad sad sad.

and yes, i am/was a musician too:

soundcloud.com/zenkalia/moment-almost-done
zenkalia.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/zenkalia/for-you-roky-erickson
soundcloud.com/zenkalia/she-floated-away-husker-du

>zoomers are into covers that do well on youtube / instagram. no point in writing a song and seeing if it's good when you can cover the latest pop song and know people will listen to it. it's all for the gram (money).

Well, arguably most people would get into music for the attention seeking and chicks since time immemorial. But at least there was actually new music being made, so it was a win/win situation kinda thing.

This past decade this attention seeking stuff is now on steroids and you don't get really new music nowadays. And why would you make new music? Just pick a song from the huge catalogue humans have produced, make a cover, use some social media hacking and voila, you've got social capital and now you're ultra cool to your followers and thots.

I listen to some antminers humming in the background while Doc blasts me truths and rights!

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>We're better than /Mu/
A three minute song has the power to make you. Value every second.

Minor correction, this type of attention seeking went on steroids I guess around 2013 or so. Before that it was semi-tolerable I guess.

me too. After I realized how pointless it is, being ugly and socially retarded I will never be a rockstar. Also having problems with my throat so vocal practice is impossible. I actually enjoy the songs I've made so far, I genuinely think I could've made the next nirvana tier band. Too bad no one is going to hear them ever

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are you me?

The problem with music today is simple. Too many chiefs, not enough indians. Everyone is a producer, there are not enough consumers.

Radio syndication is absurd. I remember reading a study that showed that 90% of the music that is currently played on the radio is a recurring song that has been played a million times before. Sure, you'll hear "new music" from established bands on the radio every so often, but if you're a new band trying to get on the radio, you have a better chance of winning the local lottery.

If you've been in the music business for 10 years and you haven't gotten on any major label, radio station, or music channel, then you are permanently stuck in limbo as popular channels will only broadcast new "hot" tracks, or syndicate popular tracks from years prior.

If you want to get a record label's attention these days, you have to get big first, usually by uploading your content to Youtube and praying to God you get favored by Youtube's algorithm.

I tend to disagree with people saying "music is shit nowadays". If you can find real artists there is so much good things everyday.
Lorn, haywyre, koan sound, gesaffelstein, 1788-l, owsla, kill the noise, spore / feed me, rezz and so one
Market is saturated af with good music so you need to surpass yourself and be innovative.
soundcloud.com/naholive/the-walking-dead-remix

Thats actually a good thing. Music is vane.
Only when you sing to God is it not.

not typically into D&B but this was a refreshing page to visit. Even if you don't make it, you can tell you've learned lessons and had fun from the music you made. God speed user.

>soundcloud.com/despate
Heatwave is funky, nice one.

this
and instruments are haram and should be forbidden

Reading non-fiction is peak NPC.

>SoundCloud.com/enebula
this isn't bad, it's not great but you seem to be above my level and if you haven't made it then wtf am i doing

spend more time on getting the mixdown and mastering right, compress more and equalize the unneeded frequencies away

This. When you finish the trial, it will let you use it without limitations forever so it's basically free and kick ass.

read the dip by seth godin
or watch some youtube video that comes up if you search for it.

>ith hobbys I do them for years and then I lose my will right when im closing in on singularity
If you know this is true, why do you give in and quit anyway?

You're not in your workplace 24/7. you have your own time. fuck you.

I loved this

fuck you too

nice to see you are all making music still... keep it up guys.
t. bitcointalk oldtimer, only been on biz a year or two, been making electronic music since I realised despite being in a group I actually couldn't really play bass...
www.thepro.bandcamp.com
enjoyed listening to your tunes anons, keep hope alive!!

Lol I haven't written a single song since I started wagecucking 2 years ago. Shit drains your creativity so bad

Do you plan out your weekends?
How much time do you set aside for yourself?
Is there a spare hour or two where you watch tv or scroll Jow Forums?
Can you wake up earlier or go to bed later or something?
Have you talked to your boss about working less hours?

or did you just resign yourself to the wageslave mindset. oh i'm a bit tired now, guess I'll go watch a movie now.

or rather why does wagecucking slow you down to the point where you're not doing (thing you want to do) at all anymore

Can't you like, use the wagie money to buy courses and books and to go out and do fun shit?

Everyone here is a special snowflake. If you wanna make it in the music industry, you have to rap if youre Black or make gay pop music if youre White, helps if you're gay too.

Other than that, you're not going where the demand is and wasting your time. Now, its not that hard to even make a pop song. The hard part is developing a brand around your music and appealing to a niche audience. Then you can blow up by getting a record label behind you to produce the music. Its vrry difficult to produce yourself. After that, you're basically a celebrity and your job is to attentionwhore.

Stop talking shit you niggers
None of you is a real musician

Maybe it's the working, maybe I'm just not that inspired by anything anymore. I guess I should be going out more and looking for new inspiration....

>go to biz to shitpost about scams and failed schemes.
>music thread.
>it's even more depressing than normal biz.

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you are a garbage human, nothing more than a lonely sad crab in a bucket. fuck off and kill yourself.

try listening to your local indie or college radio, pleb

Yeah I can't do photography anymore. I use to really enjoy the whole process of editing photos for hours making but now I feel completely apathetic to these kind of things.

We need to harness this depression to play some crypto blues.

Use the emotion you feel. Push the emptiness into the world with your song.

There's a biztard who's sure all the shitcoins are gold
and he's buying some Chainlink and Ripple.
When they dump he will know, that he was a fag,
and with weak hands he sells quick in panic.
Ooh, ooh, and he's buying another crap shitcoin.

There's a fellow user warning him to stay tethered
'cause he knows the Bogs will dump it again.
In a thread about SV, there's a corecuck who whines,
saying Segwit and Lightning is better.

Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get when I look to the past,
and I dream of another moon mission.
In my thoughts I have seen ETH at fourteen hundred,
and Monero at five hundred forty.

Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it's shilled here that soon, if we all buy in now,
then Satoshi will lead us to lambos.
And a new ATH will dawn for those who hold long,
and the blockchains will echo with profit.

If there's a loss in your blockfolio, don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the bullrun.
There's many Bitcoins you can buy now, but in the long run
you'll fomo in for Satoshi's Vision.

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know,
McDonald's calling you to join him,
Dear faggot can you not realize, that you must,
wagecuck the remainder of your life?

And as we wind on down the road,
our losses bigger than our gains,
There walks a Russian boy we all know
who shines green light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
the gains will come to you at last.
When we've got one terabyte blocks
and Bitcoin's global cash for all.

But for now all you have are some shitcoins.

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inspired

I've actually started writing a song cause of this thread. It will never be played. I'll post it if this thread is still alive when I'm done with the first draft

Delete this thread RIGHT NOW REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE