> You will never be a famous musician or even make something relatively good
not if you're a bassist that's for sure
>>50925749>you will never make Sufjan Stevens style Classical+Folk+Electronic fusionI want to kill myself.
> You will never front a noisebandIt's time to fucking die
>can play and program synths like it's nobodies business>can't play a guitar for shitI'm pretty jealous of guitar players because they can show off technical skill easily and there are a ton of resources out there for them.
Well, becoming famous and making something relatively good (relative to what?) are goals in direct opposition, so maybe focus on one.
>>50925837Richard D. James can't play any normal instrument so it's not like you're in bad company.
>>50925837> TFW Can't do eitherYou're lucky.
>>50925749Not with that attitude
>implying I'm not going to get famouslel
>>50925786>Sufjan Stevenskill yourself
>>50925867I don't have RDJ sense of drum programming.>>50925877You can learn
thats the spirit!
>>50925749I dont care about being famous or making things good. Yet I managed both. Enjoy.
>Even if you make something good, you will never be famous
>>50928886stfu nigger
You can do it, OP. There's plenty of famous musicians who have never even made something relatively good.
>you will never be a critically or financially musician that releases a few obscure albums to be forgotten for decades until uploaded to a blogspot or sharethread where you gain sudden respect for your ingenuity and rejection of societal norms and become canonized in the underground when given a 4.5 by AntiWarhol
>>50929325>you will never be AntiWarhol
>>50925839I've always dreamt of being one of those musicians that is able to balance talent and creativity with fame and success, like Sufjan Stevens and Hudson Mohawke
>you will never be a successful band with your best bros, touring the world playing music you poured your heart and soul into while having adventures
But anon, I do.
>>50925749>you will never be part of a good band>your band will never get as much as attention NMH has on /mu/
It's easier than you thinkCheck out this tunehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Jwpp4ygUI
>You will never be a famous musician or even make something relatively good>Not thinking positively>Giving upGreat stance bro, with that attitude you sure wont be anything.
>>50929781I know a 16 year old kid who may end up doing that lmaostuff happens if you make it happen
>>50925749Making music isnt really that hard
>tfw even if you did make a worthwhile record, it would be obscured by the endless wave of pleb trash being put by any idtio who owns a mic and guitar>tfw you're probably one of them anyway
>>50925749You've gotta find what you're good at. Try to find new kinds of music to make. You've gotta be innovative. Otherwise, maybe you're better at another constructive activity, like writing or art. Gotta keep trying!
>you will never invent shoegaze because it was already invented.
>>50930002I have no friends though and no idea how to meet other musically inclined people.
>>50925812>you will never front a funeral doom metal bandWAKE UP BABY, ITS TIME TO DIE
>you will never have a small cult following on an anonymous japanese imageboard
>>50930412do it all yourself then
>tfw youre really good at another art form and thats what your career plan so you can become famous enough to branch into other art forms and get the best exposure
>>50925749too late ive already made very good music
>>50930482Again, its hard to get your shit out there when you don't know anyone.
>>50930507the internet and self promotion? if you dont want your name attached to it just go under a different name or something and just sell you shit to random people. they wont know who you are anyways
>the most you can hope for in the 2010s is to become a flavor of the month act that is completely forgotten in two years
>>50930552No I mean like if I wanted to play shows or something. Getting out there is all about connections. Its easy to just upload your shit to soundcloud.
>You'll never drop a mixtape that will eventually becomes /mu/core.
>>50925749>implying expressing yourself isn't the goal of music and the fame that comes with expressing yourself stems from the empathy and connection your music gives to other people
>>50925749Only if you don't try
>>50930661Send demos to promoters in your area... and get connections. Stop being such a defeatist before you even start.
>>50925749neither will you
>>50931007I'm not being a defeatist. You're not even fucking reading what I'm posting
>>50927163my man
>>50931181No, he is and you follow up with a different sad sack excuse. It honestly sounds like you just don't want to be a musician. Either work for what you want or forget about ever doing it. Either way shut up
>>50925749Speak for yourself nigga.Some of us put in the time. Some of us really enjoy playing and can play very well. It's not for everyone.
>>50930412Terrible excuse. Try Craigslist as a start
>>50925749Are you that guy that posted that story on /b/ a whole ago OP
>>50925749>tfw you opened for We Came As Romans two years ago and now they're touring the world and you're driving a tow truck and thinking about hanging yourself
But I am and did
>>50931268>You will never be in a band with your best friends>Its not hard Anon! Just send in some demos to promoters!>the city of you
>>50932011>I can come up with thousands of excuses as to why I'm a shit musician>Instead of doing something about it I'll spend more time doing nothing instead and feel sorry for myself for not attaining immediate results>the city of you
>>50932162>All this strawmanningJesus Christ why is this making you so upset?
>tfw I believe that I have the potential to achieve success in whatever I want, but I have no idea what I want.I feel like I have all of this energy that ultimately ends up going nowhere making me feel like I'm wasting every day of my life. Maybe what I DONT want is success, why am I so paralyzed by the thought of it?Potential is such a stupid wordIs putting all your effort into music even worth it in the end? What's the point of making music anyway other than to look cool? I mean sure there's a certain joy that comes with playing the guitar or coming up with something newWhat are the chances I could live a better life making shitty music over flipping burgers at McDonalds? Pretty fucking low that's for sure. So why bother?Success in what you truely want will lead to happiness and and I truely want to succeed in being happy with life, but if I won't believe that I deserve to be happy then I can't believe I deserve to be successful in anything.Everything is fucked and I'm fucked along with it.I'll get there some day, just not for a while.
>>50925749not with that attitude
>>50925749/mu/ would still shit on you anyway
>>50925749I was in a band that had fans and played local shows around here. Then we broke up.I don't care about being famous. I would just like to make enough money to live off of playing music and touring the world, even if it means I'm fucking poor.Trying to get a few projects off the ground now, but in the meantime I'm writing raps that border between MF DOOM-esque lyrical masturbatory nonsense, or depressing that. Maybe I'll finally ask my producer friends to let me record one of them and hopefully blow up off of that (although I know that won't happen).
>part of a 5 piece noise rock/black metal/doom metal band>on guitar and vocals>we end up sounding like burzum with a few doomier sludgier songs>we sounded pretty cooland then>our drummer went to university>other guitarist is better than me at guitar so i have to rely on him to do everything technical while i wail on an instrument >bass guitar doesn't like the music we play and wants us to go more buttmetal>i want us to become noisier, doomier and more abrasive>other guitarist has no real input and isn't really dedicated to the band>band has fallen apart and i don't think we'll be active in the following months>tfwI'm not overly attached to the band but music we were playing sounded pretty good to me.Still, i'm sad to see it go. Just as i thought we were getting a sound that could have been cool
>>50934302oh i meant 4 piece
I JUST WANT TO SING!!
>tfw every time I try to write lyrics it just feels so insincereI dont think I can ever put anything into words
>>50934418Write the music first, let the lyrics come with
>>50934444That's the thing though. I sit and make jams all day and really feel it but the second I try to write any type of vocals to go with it everything just feels so fake and wrong.
>>50934460I kinda know how you feel. For me it just comes and it's hit or miss. What do you play? What do you write over? Do you heavily emphasis the vocals?
>>50930474Unless you make oceangrunge music.
>>50934503I play a lot of stuff but lately I've been playing kinda surfy garage rock. I've come closer to writing things I actually like lately but it's all very esoteric.I've also been enjoying playing some very spaced out type post-rock stuff which does not really require any vocals so I'm cool with that.I'd just like to make some actual like, complete feeling tracks, you know?
>>50934418Focus less on meaning and focus more in imagery and form. Write words that sound cool and/or interesting and don't worry about the meaning.
>>50934418>>50934460Oh I'm like this too it sucks, everything I try to say sounds so ingenuineWe're over thinking it m8Idk sometimes as I'm drifting off to sleep a good line or image will come to me and I'll write it down on a notepad I keep next to my bed. I've got some decent stuff that way but yeah generally I just feel like I have nothing to sayIts frustrating :/
>>50934536Vocals aren't needed to make a track complete. You can get across the same feel/atmosphere with minimal to no lyrics.I've never really had to worry much about lyrics because me and bandmates would either scream or chant some stuff i wrote.Write about something means something to you and don't focus completely on the meaning. Shroud it in imagery and detail that adds to the atmosphere created by the music
>>50934553Actually reading poetry and lyrics without music has helped me get outside of my own head when writing my own stuff
>>50934657>>50934536Sounds like you need to go rambling
>>50925749>implyingtalent + Practice + time + drive + imaginationdont be one of those musicians, if you are then just quit, in your mind you already have.
>You will never be a famous musicianlike I care>or even make something relatively goodright in the feels
>>50929325>more than likely going to happen in my musical careerfeels depressingly ok man
>>50930049>not being considered the next Daniel Johnston........
>>50925749First stop playing meme instruments like the guitar.
>>50934696I'm a much better speaker than I am a writer, there's something about putting stuff down on paper that gets my perfectionist itch going. While when I'm talking I don't over think it so much because I'm in the middle of a conversation with another person/people and what I'm saying comes out much more fluid if that makes any sense.Lol its funny in school I was always way comfortable with presentations cause its like just learn the shit and go up there and talk about it ezpz. Papers always stressed me the fuck out cause I needed to structure it, make sure grammar/syntax is correct, provide sources, etc.
> TFW you opened to Teengirl Fantasy and now get shows regularly and money for playing> TFW still feel mediocre
>>50925749>tfw have the drive to put everything on the line to make a career out of music>Live in Australia>Everybody wants to make shitty metalcore for fame in the emo community
>>50925749According to whom? (Oh, right... the feels!)>>50925760Says who? I have played bass instrument for about 4+ years, and there is neither nothing wrong with it, nor is it what you claim it to be.Now, i also play Guitar as-well (Broading my music creativity)
>>50934870I've been bragging about playing music/getting paid for years. /mu/ hates it, and will ignore you because they know they're forever stuck in soundcloud threads.You tourin' at all, brah?
>>50934922Being a guitarist, i must say. Bass is underrated
>>50934900where do you live and what do you play/want to play?
>>50934940Well ye, mostly in the same city tho, sometimes across the country. Also im having a show abroad soon, too.Usually get about 80 bucks for a nightlmao
>>50934976Adelaide and I play bass mainly (I suck at normal guitar). As for what kind of music, anything really. Been dabbling in modern rock and indie shit.
>>50934948Good bass is underratedAfter playing guitar for 10yrs and picking up a bass a few years ago I've realized how fun it is to play and how shit all of my past bassists have been
>>50925749I like the music I make and being famous is overrated.
>been producing for a couple of years>invited my mate over last night to try and work on some stuff together>he's a great guitarist and produces a bit>made the best shit I've ever created>tfw his strengths are all my weak points
>>50935035aye, Adelaide here as well. I can play whatever, whats your postcode?
>>50934922Enjoy being forever a nobody, bass faggot.
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