Unless you have a huge and money-filled promotion machine backing you,
it really doesn't matter. No one is listening to small artists anyway.

If one gets around the software hoarding
and actually produce something to the stage of releasing
in bandcamp, spotify etc.,the next stop will be,
the no one is listening to my stuff.
Even if you send links to friends and your mom,
you'll get few listens once and then that's it.

The part of marketing the stuff is even more painful than the one producing the songs,
so you might be better off at the stage where you are and not having done anything
as you still have the possibility of doing something.
After releasing stuff and realizing that nobody cares,
there's not too many possibilities to go to anymore,
than realizing you'll never going to make it big, or at all;
unless you know the right people and have tons of money for promotion.

The only reasons for making music/mixing/producing,
is that you want/need to do it for your self.
You like doing it, you like your own songs, you want to experiment,
you are interested in the technology and how it works,
you want to learn the theory.

These are the reasons you do this stuff.
Not for the fame nor the money,
as those, for the most, are never going to come.

Done this for 30-years and been lucky enough to appear on numerous singles, ep's and albums,
but the fame and the fortune, they never came knocking
and have finally realized myself, that was never the goal.
Only the journey mattered.

 

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Maybe you should consult the psychiatrist and ask for ADHD medication, Ritalin, Concerta, or maybe Amfexa.

 

Maybe the OP figured out some good ways to handle this problem in the 5 years since he last posted here.

 

i replied to another thread about a similar topic and im gona use it again here because it works.

Have you ever been trying to find your keys or some other thing but you cant remember where it is?
you look everywhere, search up and down, retrace your steps and still, nothing. Then you say FUCK IT and give up. And then BOOM its right in front of you, where you could swear you checked before.
Inspiration is the same.
Very rarely can you force inspiration. Occasionally it will produce good results but more often than not it does not.
Food for thought.

 

dont take meds they will mess up with your head. better stay away from meds.. meds sucks! haha, they fucking make you dumb and numb - you could probably reach your dream but the medication is holding you back

 

everyone got their issues. he is not presenting himself as perfect