nothing, its just the stereotypical first-choice program for noobs so it gets a bad rap
Define amazing. You can have good bits and pieces very easily, but getting the entire piece (be it music or a drawing) to meld and flow together as a whole is a completely different story. I have never seen anyone produce a truly impressive piece without some sort of training, it simply does not happen. Every single child prodigy artist I've seen has started out mediocre, with only disjointed "good" pieces here and there on their canvas, and because everyone is kissing their ass they never try to improve.
Then again I have really high loving standards so most people disagree with me entirely when it comes to "objective" quality of artwork. Nonetheless, if you'd like to try and prove me wrong, I'd love to give some of your work a listen.
Well, my work wouldn't prove anything, as I never claimed that it was amazing. It's ok, but not amazing. Here's a link if you want, though:
http://soundcloud.com/lloid-1 (Also, people sometimes tend to say my music is "bad" when in reality they just don't like that style of music.) And when I say amazing, I mean amazing; truly and wholly remarkable. I understand that things and people like that are usually pretty few and far between, and for you, maybe even further. But that was simply an example. Most people without training are less than mediocre, some are ok, a few are great, and even fewer are legendary. And, those who keep training their minds and continue with their art will improve, regardless of whether or not they have been taught anything. After all, someone had to figure it out. There are many (and I mean a TON) of fairly successful electronic musicians (as well as some not so successful ones) who make good music - without ever learning music theory. Music theory was built off of what we considered to be good music. We discerned this with something we call "having an ear for music". So really, with enough practice and simply understanding what sounds good, you can be genuinely good at your art. I think the problem is this; many people can't discern the good from the bad. They refuse to take their time and practice. I was like this myself for the first few years of me making music. As a result, I haven't gotten as far as I would have liked in that time.
Anyway, I hope this had helped you understand what I'm getting at a bit more.
