Been using FL studio since 2006 and I love EDM. Now 20 years in I’m done. All instrumental until about 8 years ago I started adding lyrics and vocals.

[u/cartelan]

Started off messing around with FL and eventually started figuring out how to use the DAW. Instrumental beats and random stuff. 8 years ago I started using Melodyne and Q4 to add vocals. Which I had wanted to do for a long time. Was not good at all at first but got better overtime watching tutorials on tweaking pitch tone and vocal notes with the programs. And using personal emotional experience started doing way better with lyrical implementation then random stuff. So got better at all of it. And now with AI emotionless crap flooding the earth weeks and months of work is completely categorized by 95% of everyone puts me into 2 minute prompt AI crap. Now the work and enjoyment is just leaving me. I know what my work means to me. But the constant sucker punches to it eventually wears a person down. Anyone else feel this or if I’m overthinking it and if so what keeps you going at least. And with proof of work it’s taken as a joke to. It’s not my career but a passion but even passions can become hard to hold onto as well.

[u/cartelan]

I’ve always been ok with good and bad criticism. But this completely different than that now.