I’m a musician and have been a musician for over 10 years. Only recently in the past 4 or 5 years have I really gotten into recording myself on a DAW and if I’m being honest, I’ve gotten to a point where I can really make some stuff I enjoy. It’s not always easy, but I can get some pretty banging tracks going.
this sub-lemmy is the only music related community I’ve seen so far, but I’m curious how many Lemmy users are also music makers? I produce in Ableton and Bitwig, and do everything from Alternative rock to ambiance, film scores, electronic synth stuff. Not going to share any links though because I don’t want this to come off as a self promotional post
Really just curious if maybe theres enough of us to warrant some sort of sub-community for music creation chat.
I think it should happen. Pushing your own music can feel spammy in the wrong community. People posting their own music often want a different kind of interaction as well such as critical feedback on the mix or writing that listening communities really don’t get into.
I think your consideration for other people is tremendous, and I feel the exact same way. I watch podcast (60 Cycle Hum) and it took me a long time to get into listening to the user submitted songs at the end.
Yet, I think it is important people be exposed to variety at every opportunity. Think about all the ambient music pushed upon you everywhere you go. All mainstream stuff, often the same handful of songs ad nauseam depending on the season, the same privileged mega stars hijacking your ears because the industry made them rich and DJs get paid to play them.
It is okay to share music. Most people are already to timid to do so, so I rather not see anyone else get discouraged.