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and everyone hates it. i’m really struggling with where to go next but the amount of dislike and hate this release has gotten really is a downer. most people are calling it soulless and uninspired and honestly it just hurts. it’s downright discouraging and i worry whatever i put out next is going to be under extreme scrutiny. what really gets me is the fact lots of people expected some huge great release and when it didn’t meet expectations they hated it altogether. i just need some time to think and figure out what my next move as an artist is because i feel like i have put out a flop.

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Woolfwoof

Yo! I pledge on here because I want you to make music on your terms. Keep working on what you want to. Receiving a lot of negative critiques is emotionally jarring, but I’ve found them vastly more useful than pleasantries. If your goal is to please the masses, you do have a pretty useful resource. The negative, extreme, and often rude tone of opinions online can belie it’s honesty. If you want to just keep improving your craft, then failure is your friend. The best advice I got in art school was to fail as quickly and often as possible. It’s the most effective way to improve any creative skill; success teaches so little. Sorry for the unsolicited advice ^^; I hope the discouragement disappears before all the other emotions that are better channeled into art. Love your work, stay risky!

Anonymous

I agree that you always have to love what you work on in the art world as you work on it, and trying to anticipate what could be liked and disliked by an audience as broad as the entire internet is an impossible and futile thing to occupy yourself with. I'm honestly not sure where these reviews are coming from from...because even the songs here or there that you make that I can tell aren't for me still feel like they're from a personal, inspired place. Certainly no one creates in a vacuum and is influenced by the music other people create. But you, as the creator have been having fun with the music you release at the time that you make it, which is the part that matters most. That being said, it's never a bad time to try making things that could sound vastly different from everything else you've done, to the best of your ability. Even if it doesn't get shared or never leaves a demo phase, maybe it would feel fresh and help the things you make in your wheelhouse get a new perspective. In a way...I want you to fight to prove the haters wrong and bring out something very different. On the other hand, I also don't feel like your recent music is uninspired so I'm at a bit of a loss as to exactly what to recommend. Your music and your well being is important to us. Blunt criticisms are really rough on self-esteem, but keep digging for the stuff that YOU have fun listening to as you make it, and that's always good enough for me. I hope I made some sort of logical sense...Also get well soon I hope, in more ways then one.