I was just thinking about this, when I'm facing an issue, the first thing I do is go to a search engine and usually there's a Reddit post. But I don't want to ask there. And the only way we're going to build up the info for folks to find us and come here is for us to just start asking here. On the Fediverse. We need to build up that mountain of knowledge that Reddit has and will always have. So we should be championing ANYONE asking questions here. Even if we think it's obvious and we think you can just Google it. There was a time where you literally couldn't just Google it. That was built over time. We need to build that here. So start asking your questions here! Find the answers and then post your answer to your own question. Or let someone do it for you. We need to build the knowledge here to be found. It's not just about people looking for alternatives. We need our knowledge to be more valuable than their knowledge.

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[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No I meant that positively: Lemmy doesn't seem to know about music making yet :)) I've only found my content when typing into the search bar !

I need to create this :) Let me look how to do it with Voyager

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'll say this, Owncast has quite a few streamers into music as well. A lot of folks looked for alternative music making platforms during Covid, because as Gabe Kangas told me, Twitch was cracking down while everyone was home. Maybe check there as well for a community?

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would be amazing, at the moment I feel a little down because I need to unlearn a lot of beginner things I did to progress and it's very hard.

I've been stuck only making loop and no songs, so I gotta unlearn most of what I know and start again if I want to finish my songs.

So I'll maybe go there to have some advice ehehe

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Best way imo is to talk to folks. Find a mentor. Even folks I never thought would know about X had thoughts or suggestions. Hell my wife just helped me with a thumbnail and she's not an artist, but she's been doing school presentations and had massively useful constructive criticism. :-)

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I have my close friends that help and motivate me a lot but... I originally live in France and moved to Canada for a job.

I'm completely uprooted now and don't know anyone in Toronto. In case you're wondering why someone would abandon their life to move to Canada, I'm 18 and wanted to explore the world (still do), have a taste of the possibilities.

I'm happy with it, I'm just a little bit lonely since I arrived one month ago ;) so music making is hard alone, you constantly have to reinvent yourself and have lots of self-awarness

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dude, you never need to justify why you do things. Your life is your own, no one fully understands it but you and even YOU might not understand it. I say go for it. Grow your community!

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing at the moment, I just know I've been learning a lot everyday so I guess it's better than where I was in university :)

I'm doing programming work (back-end) and having a blast but I'm a bit sweaty from all the work !

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never stop learning! Never stop growing! Never stop evolving! We're here for a short time, keep moving forward in whatever that is to you. :-)

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I was looking through my old published songs and because I thought they were pretty good I feel reassured in my ability to make stuff: https://on.soundcloud.com/U4bALULVsNwnqxoW8