I FEEL HOPELESS
As someone who’s spent every moment of his life around music, I started getting seriously into making music around October 2025 using FL Studio. As of the day I’m writing this, I’ve never had any formal music education in my life (although I’ll be taking music classes this summer).
At the same time, I’m preparing for the university entrance exam in Turkey (which is extremely difficult), so on average I can only spend around 2 hours a week on FL Studio.
For now I’m not recording vocals yet, I only make beats (RnB, Dance, Trap, etc.), but nothing I make really gets any attention from the people around me. Of course I’m not expecting people to react like I’ve made a hit song already, but besides my twin brother, nobody has even said “you’ve improved.” Because of that, I’ve started wondering if I’m just fooling myself.
Also, sometimes I come up with a lot of ideas in my head, but when I try to turn them into music, they never sound the way I imagined them, and that makes me feel like maybe I’m just not talented enough.
My goal is to become a genuinely successful musician — first in Turkey, then globally. My aim isn’t money or fame, I just want people to hear my music.
I’ll be turning 19 in a month. Do you think I should keep going, and what advice would you give me?
There’s also a lot more I haven’t mentioned here, but I didn’t want to make this post too long.