I think my biggest reasons are being able to FINALLY spew the sounds in my head onto a tangible, real thing that everyone can understand. I also love being able to see people's reactions to my stuff. Finally, I like to make music that I like to hear- it's awesome to be able to create, finalize, and output a product of perfection that I would go out and listen to on a normal basis.

Good question.  For me it's like answering with another question: Why is water wet?  It just is and I just do I guess!

For me it's the marriage of my two greatest interests: computers and music. 

davdud101


 it's awesome to be able to create, finalize, and output a product of perfection that I would go out and listen to on a normal basis.

I've only made songs in an amateurish manner for 45 years, 20 years of that with the help of computers. So I don't dare to dream about perfection in any field, yet. :o) :o)

What fascinates me in the actual creating  and arranging process with computer is the way you never know if 1+1 is 2,3,5, or maybe 6. 

 I don't always enjoy music production.  Playing music. Getting my music chops together(or trying ),playing music with others and writing music are all enjoyable to me.

 The production part can be fun but it can also be a royal pain... Those songs don't just magically sound great once you record them. Even well played and tracked parts need some decent mixing and engineer skill to make them sound half decent and I'm not completely there yet. Using the right things in the right places with the right techniques is a whole lot more complicated than simply buying Sonar and a few plug-ins.

 It can be satisfying to see the end result if it went well....or it can be aggravating to see that changes need to be made, parts need to be re-tracked or the mixing isn't up to par. Welcome to reality.

 

It's kind of pitiful for me to admit but I really enjoy the modern ability to have total control over every aspect of my music from start to finish if I so choose.  Being a self-absorbed dimbulb...that ability is a real plus. 

Nothing else really manages to engage the infantesibly (This is word seems to have crippled the translator's matrix) small amount of enthusiasm I have.

yorolpal


It's kind of pitiful for me to admit but I really enjoy the modern ability to have total control over every aspect of my music from start to finish if I so choose.  Being a self-absorbed dimbulb...that ability is a real plus. 

+1
 
(regarding the dimbulb part.....YMMV)

 Its the dimbulbs who make the world go around....

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