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?

Thanks for the help.

I did play drums for like a year a couple of years ago, pretty much forgot most of though aha. Getting more musical skills would be great but I don't have enough time to learn a new instrument. I've got school, work and producing and djing. how else can I learn these musical skills?

Thanks for all the links, I'm gonna read/listen to them now.

rusty, i've been producing for something like 7 YEARS and I still struggle with what you're struggling with. That empty, anxiety-filled feeling of an empty project or when I've not produced in a while. I want to do music so badly that I feel it in my bones and I feel it in my soul in a way that I don't feel about other things. Not everyone cares about electronic music, but I feel I've been given a passion for it and so I trudge on.

What I'm learning (and any producer will tell you that the learning never stops) is to "go with the flow" and don't be too critical.  This advice is for both micro (riffs, sound design) and macro (producing as a whole).  When you're not so hard on yourself, you free yourself to have more FUN, and thus fulfillment. 

So the next time you open your DAW, don't set some unrealistic or pressure-packed goal.  Instead, do something FUN - something you want to do.  Maybe it's just going through the presets of a new synth, or trying to make a 4-bar drum loop.  Keep rolling with it, even if it isn't what you thought would happen. Just because it isn't a "4 on the floor banger" or an "uplifting, ethereal 9-minute trance anthem" doesn't mean it can't be fun and fulfilling. 

This is something that my wife tells me and I try to tell myself and it goes for both music making and life:

DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

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!