To create music for its own sake it probably the best reason. I feel like self-expression through music is pretty pointless, nobody is ever going to understand your point of view.
I know how much work recording is too. I didn't realize until I formed a band in my 20s and my friends/band turned out to be so lazy that it ended up being all for nothing. I don't even play anymore.
Its not necessarily 'being lazy'.
I never got access to either classical music or music technology education, I had to spend my whole life self learning how to make my songs.
I didn't mean you being lazy, I was talking about my bandmates from back then. Getting them to practice was like pulling teeth. I would spend day after day recording tracks and then they wouldn't even run through them for more than a half hour, ended up being all for nothing.
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