This might not necessarily be perfectly on topic for composition/arrangement/theory, but I figure this probably directly effects the choices you make during this process, and I didn't know where else to post it.

Why do you make what you make?

I want to know what makes all of you guys wake up every morning and go to your computer to start hammering away at your DAW. I've been running out of answers to this question myself lately, and I think it would be beneficial to hear what you have to say!

I love going to festivals, I love raving with my entire squad and listening to crazy ass drops and I love partying.

I wake up every morning and want to be able to say, damn, all these people are listening to something I created and are having the time of their lives. I want to inspire people. I want to evoke emotions and happiness that people may otherwise not experience.

Of course getting to that level is not easy and means sacrifices must be made. That sacrifice is not partying now so that I can party later. It means giving up all free time to develop my craft and master this art. Sacrifice TV, video games, hanging out with friends every night, smoking weed all day (sometimes I smoke at night to have a different perspective on my art).

Work hard now, party later.

For me personally, nothing beats the feeling of creating a song that perfectly expresses your emotions at the time. Whether it is arrogant or not I don't know, but I love the music I make and want to share it with other people so that they can experience the same emotions I have when listening to the tracks.

I literally just wrote about 400 words of why I love music so much, until I realised I wasn't really answering the question.

So yeah, I really really really like music and I really really really want to be part of it.

I don't think you should look at why other people do it though. I used to do this a lot, and got really demotivated because I thought I was in it for the wrong reasons, when it really doesn't matter what reasons you have (unless you're going for world domination or something, I think there's better ways than music to achieve that).

Like probably 100% of producers. I liked music, I wanted to try and I stick to making music since.

This. I liked trance back in the days and I thought making my own songs would be nice.

Art for the sake of art. So much of our world is changing rapidly and going to shit, but music isn't going anywhere. It's exciting to be creative and expressive in a day where we have thousands of unique tools at our fingertips! And we can use those tools to spread the various emotions we feel on a day to day basis.

for all the hunnies and phat drops of course
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I love any and every form of art, you name it. Music production, composition, and performance just happen to be my favorite. I don't think I'll be more passionate about anything else ever.

Because I love solving puzzles, so making music is just an ever-more-complex series of puzzles for me to figure out. The biggest driving factor for me has always been the joy of discovery, and being able to always have something fresh and new to learn and figure out.

Also to prove everyone who said I couldn't do it wrong.