Same for me, though I've never made any money off it, or even played in front of someone. About 4 years ago I started playing with synths because I needed some

Same for me, though I've never made any money off it, or even played in front of someone. About 4 years ago I started playing with synths because I needed some music for a game dev project, and have loved it ever since (at great detriment to my wallet)