Yes. I started out using a cassette 4-track. I made music all the time. Then I upgraded to a roland 8-track that used zip discs! Still made music all the time.

Yes. I started out using a cassette 4-track. I made music all the time. Then I upgraded to a roland 8-track that used zip discs! Still made music all the time. Eventually I was creating with Cool Edit Pro. Before getting into software, I worked as a recording engineer for 7 years. Got to use many large format consoles, 2inch tape, great rooms and mics. Over 20+ years I collected a decent amount of gear myself. But creating has slowed way down. It’s not just computers, I was deep into making electroacoustic/computer music composition in college. There is paradox of choice, but also how we live as a society now, and the damage being connected to information has done to my attention. So my current solution to this has been meditation, and consistently sitting down at night to get a little more music done. To get songs finished, I use a combination of a notebook to sketch out structure, concepts and forms. Then sometimes trello, and sometimes org-mode.