What Music Are You Making??? Options

[b-hamcomposer]

Okay everybody, I admit I am one of the worst gearheads I know. I spend hours researching new equipement and software when I could be making music instead. After a recent gear blitz I have realized that I am better at research gear than sitting down to compose, as usually happens in certain cycles. Anyways, I'm interested in what music people are working on.

A. Do you do mostly recording, sequencing/composition, or sound design

B. Where are you on the hobbyist-professional line?

C. Do you make money from your music? How and how much?(optional) enough to pay for all the crap you buy?

D. What do you hope to do in the future?

I know this one has probably been done before but this is really what I'm wondering right now.

Eager to hear your responses,

Chris

[zelen0]

I generally don't give a damn about new gear or software.

There are people who still use OS 9 with the old Cubase version and they make much better music than a log of today's artists who use OS X with Logic Audio

it's not the tools that matter.

The only time you sould go out and bother with gear is if it's your JOB and someone's paying you to do it..

or.. if you've tried and tried for a month to do something and can't find any other solution than to waste money AND YOUR TIME.

Every new piece of gear requires going out of the creative zone for a long period of time, to learn the new gear, to integrate, and most important of all, to master it. It's like someone retuning your piano to different cents every few days... you gotta get used to the new feel again every time.

Stick to writing music if you love it so much. You're either a music head or a gear head... being in between will hurt you.