Ok, so what is the point of making music?
Why would you do it if you knew that it will be forever for your ears only ?
In my eyes there is so much more meaningful stuff to do and yet there i am producing tunes on expensive equipment hoping to get somewhere even when i know this wont happen.
Is it addiction or a way to get that proverbial pain out from the system. Can’t tell anymore so why keep trying ?
Because we all need to have a creative outlet and making music is the most fun for me. That said I don’t know if I would keep making music or at least making music so intensively if I knew no one would ever hear it. Probably not. Would probably just be happy with an Octatrack and make endless shitty drum and bass loops with it.
When I ask myself this,… it’s time to take a break. Long, short or the middle road, until whenever that feeling comes back something is missing.
Personally, I just enjoy making sounds even when nobody will hear it, ever. Just a sound created now and forever forgotten afterwards. (Just like our lives in 100 years from now 
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Whats the point of video game? Netflix?? Biking?? Going to the playa? Drawing? Reading? Writing??..whats the point of life??
There’s no point to anything. Everything is meaningless, just do what thou wilt but remember not to hurt anyone in the process.
Unfortunately I have been told my music hurts people.
EDIT: to expand this point, owning a computer or expensive piece of music gear has probably meant someone getting hurt somewhere along the line
If I wasn’t on the internet shopping for synthesizers I’d probably be on the internet shopping for assault rifles.
I think this is the issue. I struggle with this myself. It’s hard to believe in success in the world we are living in. But if you don’t believe that you will succeed you will not. But if you believe in yourself and in your creativity the chance is so much bigger!
Well, because you think that…
Personally, there is nothing more meaningful than making music . So that’s my point. Music is meaningful to me.
Even in music, what the point to buy lot of expensive gear when you can make music with almost nothing. I think it’s just the satisfaction of making something / owning something and sharing something. We here talk about music but I’m sure the same question happen in other art.
Art doesn’t need to have a goal or any sense.
Sounds like you got the music part down and need a new challenge.
Trying monetizing it rather than worry about how many or who’s ears hear it.
Edit: meant for OP…dunno why the reply didn’t work
Some people sweep the earth before them to avoid stepping on ants. I don’t judge, but my empathy has its limits.
the point for me is to make music and have a creative outlet, release music i like and think is worth it on my own – after years of releasing music just to support gigs, much of which is cringey to me now.
if the success go big boom festival bang stuff is on one’s mind, that’s totally fair but you have to confront that and be honest with yourself about it, and do the things people do to get there. hustle hard, make music people wanna hear even if you find it formulaic, hit PR stuff hard, pay for ads for your stuff, you know… “business”. Just cranking away at tunes and hoping the world hears em one one day BOOM is also fair and wonderful, but yeah can be painful and confusing and may never bear fruit at all. total chance there. especially if one isn’t making music that’s all that special. of course i have no idea what you make haha just saying. i’ve rolled this shit around my head and heart so many ways all these years.
i was able to pay rent with it all, never made it “big” i guess… saw the world ate some great food. that for me was “success” ey. now i hate the thought of gigs, i hide in my studio, buy expensive gear because i work my ass off and it makes me fucking happy to sit and jam with a cocktail on a friday night and put out a track or two when i think it’s timeless and perfect and i WONT hate it in a year.
anyway… point being sometimes you gotta confront yourself and be honest and possibly not like the answer you come away with (eg: i dont actually love this)
i hope you find it, whatever it is
Thats a T Shirt right there…
fwiw i took a long break after quitting music as main source of income. i went through many phases but came out feeling refreshed and renewed when i decided i am just gonna do it for me now. fuck em all. but yeah maybe just a break is needed. we all get to this point now and again.
I can’t tell you for sure. I’ve been tinkering with music since I was 6 years old. And from the tape cuts and a 4 - track recorder back then to the modular system of today, it’s the same desire that drives me to creation.
A lot of it is relaxation and gaining experience, some of it is purposeful to create tracks that end up being heard by a very small community.
I have a small family, a job I like, but with everything I do I also always want to take as much time off as possible to make or listen to music or watch youTube videos about new stuff.
And I think I’ll do as long as I can…
As lady Gaga said
I was born this way…
I can’t control what I’m attracted to, and its best not to repress these urges…just give in and admit it…
It gets you off! Don’t worry about who is watching you dance, just dance…
Don’t worry about who is going to listen to your tunes just crank them out you gorgeous beast…
I think that one can’t help doing it is reason enough. No need to rationalize these things.
so, what’s the point of playing chess?
it keeps your brain entertained and makes it work.
any stuff that keeps one’s brain entertained and makes it work is meaningful.
