Damn, I feel like I gotta apologize for my last post. I have no idea why I come off so dramatic and whiny sometimes - kinda cringe.

Anyways, I'm very happy to be back on NG after so long away. Already I've had several interactions with other human beings (including old friends), which feels great. I had forgotten how diverse, enthusiastic, creative, maybe a little cringey and... neurodivergent in the (and I cannot stress this enough) best possible way this website is.

I think a big part of why my music and creative endeavors in general fell flat for so many years is because for so long it was just me sat in front of FL Studio alone. I'd spend a couple of minutes a week (at most) trying to work on something and quickly ending up over-thinking or losing interest. Since I spent so few minutes spread across so many years I was never able to improve in any way either, which just added to my lack of motivation.

So, considering all of that: I'm going to be focusing on quantity over quality (somewhat) for a while and seeing where it gets me. There might be a large amount of hard-to-listen-to noise, but a good chance that I'll learn something from it.

There's this person on YouTube I've been following who's posting their journey through 'learning music production' from the very beginning (incl. no music theory). A lot of their first attempts very strongly remind me of my early ""music"". They've made a great deal of progress in just 50 days so far by consistently making something every day and gathering feedback from comments. So that's the sort of direction I want to go. (Obviously not something everyday, my WFH job isn't THAT forgiving)...

Newgrounds is great for feedback of many different kinds, and also a really great place to check out what other people get up to as well.

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