So... you're quitting why? You sure that you're not just frustrated with having to learn how to use all the gear? What gear did you buy?

Maybe you're right, but I've burned so much time trying x, y, and z and I can never come up with anything I'm really all that proud of. I have poured so much time into producing that it has negatively affected some other areas of my life. When I try to listen to other music for inspiration it has the opposite effect 

Last school year it was my instrument of procrastination. Maybe I do just see it in a negative light, but regardless of that something has to change, and I'm not willing to chance not getting into the school I want because of producing. 

The "fleece" that I put out is that God will send a reasonable buyer if he really wants me to get rid of it.

That's one more thing... it's coming in clearer and clearer that God would have me do other things with my time. I can really say that I've "been there and done that".
My gear is easy to use stuff: Studio monitors, amplifier, audio interface, etc... so it's not that I'm frustrated with learning. Cubase is the most complicated part of my setup, but I've also had that for a while longer.

From now until next school year this is what I have going on:
- Studying for and taking the GRE (General and Physics Subject test)
- Research with the Mars Climate Sounder (MCS on board MRO)
- Research with the Phoenix Lander accelerometer data
- Applying to graduate schools
- Presenting my MCS research at AAS/DPS convention in NY in October
- Finishing my summer class
- Working on my classes during the school year (15/16 hours)
- Working in an interoperability project between NASA and the ESA.

Good point. To be honest I'm not sure that it was God's will for me to get the stuff, I would just like to think that I'm somehow justified for making that decision.

Thanks, I will pray some more about it. I just can't see a purpose to all of this. Producing annoys me more than anything these days.

yeah i agree with most of what was said already, but i just wanted to add that selling gear sucks if you ever might want to buy it again. used gear for sale usually barely brings any cash in, unless the gear itself is like rare or still sealed in boxes or something. if it's just regular old used production gear, its hard to get much money out of it.

but also, it doesn't really matter though if you aren't selling it with intention of making money. since you are selling it with the intention of just giving up producing then the money doesn't really matter i guess.

I think I tell my wife at least once a week that I should sell all my kit and pay a chunk off the mortgage. It's just life getting frustrated with this stuff and you are probably you own worst critic. These guys are giving good advice by the way

Over time I have learned that producing isn't for the faint of heart.  Also being a good producer just means you overcame loads of days when you wanted to throw all your gear in the trash.  Yeah it takes time, I can't tell you how many hours I have logged in the studio, I mean its literally thousands of hours, it doesn't come easy, but yeah it takes time and committment.  Its not for everyone...


Your "fleece" is ridiculous.  A buyer for gear? Its like asking God to confirm direction if you find apples at the grocery store this time?  I wont be using a sale on ebay to confirm God's path for my life anytime soon.   

haha Jamey? *sigh* I miss Jamey.

You know... He almost had me convinced to by a micro-modular. Then he discovered Reaktor and suckered me into one of the best purchases I've ever made. 1 synth = everything.