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I think you're right. It's going to be like dubstep, where it existed for a while then caught a bunch of attention (probably due to mary anne hobbs playing it on BBC's radio one), then blew up. But then certain artists came along (ahem I'm looking at you skrillex) and people started associating them with dubstep even though it was really something else. And now what people consider "dubstep" is completely different than what it started out as.

So as much as I want more people to become interested in it, at the same time I don't. I'm afraid it's going to get twisted up and made into something else so that it's easier to consume by the general public. Much like dubstep, since most people probably haven't even heard of Skream, Benga, DMZ, Loefah, etc. but everyone has heard of Skrillex, Rusko, Boregore.

/rant haha

I think this sort of thing is talked about here from time-to-time. I think that some music education is very helpful to writing decent sounding music. Music theory exists because there are certain "patterns" in music so to speak that generally sounds good in certain ways. Such as chords, scales, arpeggios, etc.

Then there is knowing about pitch, tone, dynamics, etc. Knowing about all these things is useful in making a song the way you want it to sound.

Understanding sheet music and notations (can) make it easier to write and also transpose songs for different instruments.

If you're having trouble writing down music that you want to play is sort of tricky. It wold probably be best if you could use music software to enter in notes and have it play back to you.

People who have zero music education can still produce music of course. If using a program like LSDj you could just play around with the note and stuff until you get something you like or think sounds good. It might take longer, and be more frustrating, but it's possible.

Dang, this was a really good deal. I'm not surprised it went so quickly!

Wow, I just read through your whole post and wanted to let you know that I'm sorry about your whole situation, and really sucks that you had to go through so much. I can't imagine having such bad luck all the time.

Unfortunately I don't know much about GreyHound or gettng your stuff/money from them, but for a job you can try searching Cragislist. People often post different gigs or jobs there that could be pretty easy. You can also post that you're looking for work there.

You seem fairly tech-savvy, you can try contacting certain recruiters, such as Robert-Half, and they will try to find a job for you. Sometimes they are only contract, or contract to hire, but at least it will be some money.

If you have a keyboard with numpad, I know that the 2,4,6,8 keys act as arrow keys to jump between screens, instead of "select + Directional pad"

Indeed

And thanks LazierGunz for that post. I think it brings up a lot of nice things to think about. I definitely need a to-do list. I'm so scatter-brained that it's definitely hard to keep track of things I need to remember.

For only a month using LSDj this is pretty good! I've been playing around with it for the last two months and still can't make anything musically coherent.