Any feedback and support will be appreciated a lot!

I am using the ultra high quality setting in massive so I'm sure it's nothing to do with the quality of the sound. You can still make horrible sounds on ultra high so I think it's the way I'am making it.

I don't really know how I can show you bad examples but a good example of what I'm trying to achieve is like the lead sound in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NwZdxiLvGo this song at 0:55. That lead sound has an interesting high end. It's not just annoying buzzing.

The buzzing I'm talking about is similar to just making a super saw and not having any filters on it. The high end is really harsh. I'm constantly getting a really harsh high end that is not pleasant to listen to.

Thanks guys for the help. Didn't think so many people would understand my situation.

I'm just gonna have to accept that 7 months is nothing no matter how much work I've put in because it's all about how much practice I've had. I'm also just gonna have fun with it and break my project down into smaller pieces so I don't get too overwhelmed.

Thanks guys for all the links and support!

I've been making electronic music for about 7 months. I really like electronic music, I really like djing it and I like to make it(occasionally like it) and I want to build a career out of it. Whenever I do something in life I want to be able to do it good. I've been putting in a lot of work (I'd like to think its a lot of work for 7 months whilst at school) such as learning my DAW, my synth, general music theory and other little areas of music production. But my music still sucks and I still suck at being creative musically. I want to make better music so badly and I want to show other people what I can do. I want to be proud of my work but I just can't because it isn't that good. Not only is my work suffering but so is my creative side. I always sit at a blank project not knowing what to do with it, what type of song it could be come. All I know is that the song has to be good. I want to be proud of it.

How can I fix this issue? I know its a bit weird but making music has just become so stressful and frustrating. Most of the time I don't have the effort to go further into a project because I know I will get stuck and get frustrated.

Any help would be great. I really want music production to be fun and not stressful.

Also I've heard that you should just keep making crappy music until its good but whats the point of making music if you're not trying to make good music that you like?

@Marrow Machines
Thanks for the tip. I guess it will always be synthesized to a certain degree but I'll give distortion a go.

@vinceasot
I've seen some of their tutorials, their good but you have to pay for more though =(

I have been producing for like half a year. I've learnt my DAW, Learnt some music theory and learnt what every single knob/button does on NI Massive. I know how to set up things in my DAW and I am getting a good grasp of the composition of chords and melodies. The only things that I suck at and getting really frustrated about is my sound design (specifcally designing lead sounds). Every time i just open massive and design a sound, any sound for example a pluck, pad, bass stab. Whatever. It always sounds so synthesized and so bad. Its really annoying when you have a sound or sound idea in your head but can't create it. How do I make my sounds sound better and not synthesized? I know that's a really broad question but how? Its definitely possible because I know Major Lazer actually use Massive and they make beautiful sounds with it. My main issues with sound design are:

1. What wave table(NI Massive term -> sine, square etc) do I use for a sound? and how to choose one?
2. How do I layer lead sounds properly?
3. How to make sounds that don't sound synthesized?
4. How to get rid of really high static noise in all my sounds without losing high end frequencies

Any help on any of these issues would really help me out and lift my quality of music.

Also I know practicing helps but making bad sound after bad sound is probably not the way to go.

Yeah browser must have stuffed up when posting it. I remember having a bad connection when trying to post this. Thanks for the help.

Wow Thanks. So I should just go with what sounds best and experiment.