jamesg1213
You can rephrase your initial post as many ways as you like, but it just reveals the same thing: you have a very strange concept of why creative people, in any discipline, are driven to create.
 
I doubt that you'd find any musician, artist or writer who approached their art in the manner you're describing.
 
If you truly have no other passion for music other than 'putting it on YouTube to be recognised' (I can't think of a more lame ambition to be honest), don't bother with it.
 
You say you're 'learning to compose' - how exactly have you started that process? On what instrument? I'm curious.

 
He doesn't have a strange conception!  HAHA. 

SuperMarioGamer
 
I see no contradiction.  It is no different than a job and getting paid.  If there was a great paycheck for you, then you would have a passion for doing the job.  But if there was no pay, then you would have no passion for the job and would just give up on it.

You obviously have never worked a real job. Its also obvious you have never held a management position. Paying people over and above the going market rate for a particular job will keep those people from quitting. But it will NOT under any circumstances motivate them to bring any kind of passion to what they're doing. That's just not how it works. 


Here's another dose or reality for you. Every single minute you spend posting here is another minute that you're not getting yourself even one inch closer to your goal of youtube success. Not one inch. If you had even half as much passion as you claim you do, you'd be spending every waking minute with your hands on an instrument learning the craft. But you're not which makes all your other claims suspect to say the least. I'm sure you'll try to deny this is true but please don't. Instead PROVE its not true by putting your computer down and picking up an instrument. And then when you want to come back later and deny my claim, don't. Instead go put your hands on that instrument. And keep doing that until you have music on youtube. 

SMG you are dead on.  Do what you want, not what you need viz music.  It's filled with narcissistic sociopaths, arrogant fools who carry on making s***** music.   They do it because they WANT to.  Leave it at that.

This thread has gone on way too long.
 
It is very simple really.  If you want to follow the path of composing  (as I have done professionally since 1980!) if you have to ask yourself whether to bother or not then it is simply not for you.  That fact alone means you are not decided.
 
It is a bit like should I marry this guy or girl.  If you even have to ask that then obviously you are not ready for such a thing.  Same thing with composing.  For me a light bulb went on when I knew that is what I had to do.  I have never stopped since and nothing will get in my way of continuing doing it either.

Jeff Evans
 and nothing will get in my way of continuing doing it either.

Well there is ONE THING that will stop you dead cold from continuing.

bapu

Jeff Evans
 and nothing will get in my way of continuing doing it either.

Well there is ONE THING that will stop you dead cold from continuing.

Posting here?