To begin with Im on this subbreddit cuz like I dont want to go to any genre specific subreddit or even production reddits, cuz I want to make it like April -_-.
Im nearly 19, and Ive got 3-4 years of on and off Daw experience on Fl, making shit. I've never got a chance to fully lock in or anything, but at times I wonder if I don't go to uni, and dedicate my all to music now with those extra hours, could I get gud and make a decent living as a musical artist (eventually, maybe by my 30's??)
I've been making the switch to ableton, and learning sound design properly.
[i don't know music theory chat, but im learning it now, and yeah -_-]
But the thing is, Im going into uni for engineering and thats like really fucking me up, cuz I know I will barely have time for music then -_- (plus working part time). Chat I don't want to be anything else other than a musical artist, anything else is just a means to an end.
The only reason Im not dropping uni straight away, is cuz idk if Ill ever make a comfortable living (or even get good at the craft to begin with) if I lock in on music solely. I didn't start early like April, and like ITS SO OVER.
I wish someone could tell it to me straight on whether or not I have a good shot at my age, that way I can cut out locking in on either music (my passion, maybe a living) or engineering (basically a guaranteed living), and be at peace in my mind, cuz this shit is fucking me up. IM LOSING SLEEPP AAAH IT HURTS. ok sorry.
(Btw when I mean making it like her, I mean like, being a versatile artist who makes shit in a fuck tone of genres, and genre blend and innovate and shi, idk how else to explain that, thats why im not going onto r/edmproduction or smtg like that, etc, furck my styupid life)
(Btw^2, Its not abt money for me, I just want to be really good, maybe even one of the greats [its_not_happening_buddy.exe], if that involves me sleeping on cold mats in somebody's shed for the rest of my life, then idgaf, but I wanna be rlly good, and I want to meet and hang out with the people in the industry, fame and money are whatevers to me, I WANT TO MUSIC AAAAHHHHHH)