Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

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Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Interrobang Pie » 29 Jul 2011 11:40

Title.

If I didn't ever get into Friendship is Magic, I'd probably still be in the Mega Man fanbase (which has a really low quality of fanon shits). I probably would have picked up and I'd be attempting to make that crappy fangame I thought up a while back.

If I never got into music, I'd have no idea what I'd be doing. Famitracker really brought me into making music, so if that passed me by, I would have probably lost interest in retro video games. Before I got into the swing (hah) of music, making loads and loads of random and short games was my thing. So who knows, my loss in of interest in old stuff could have meant that I'd have developed something unique for once.
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Postby Diss Order » 29 Jul 2011 11:52

I'd probably be a lot further with my art portfolio... DAMN YOU PONIES!
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby penguindf12 » 29 Jul 2011 13:48

I'd probably be procrastinating more on my homework, instead of procrastinating on three pony mixes!
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Postby Whitetail » 29 Jul 2011 13:56

Making horrible pokemon remixes:

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I think Ponies really did help improve the quality of my work overall
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby zorg » 29 Jul 2011 14:59

Sitting in gaol for software piracy.... thankfully all's well now :3

apart from that bit, i probably wouldn't've started drawing again, not sure if this is a good or bad thing though... :3
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Makkon » 29 Jul 2011 17:39

I wouldn't have written all the music I have.

But the show has changed the way I treat people, and has impacted my outlook on life a lot. I'd be much worse off without it.
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Postby DerpyGrooves » 29 Jul 2011 18:39

Makkon wrote:I wouldn't have written all the music I have.

But the show has changed the way I treat people, and has impacted my outlook on life a lot. I'd be much worse off without it.


Same! I can't believe how cynical I was before I discovered FiM. :) Now I've found a great community of musos to riff with.
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Stars In Autumn » 30 Jul 2011 00:36

If I didn't have FiM I sure wouldn't be doing music. I'd probably be playing too many video games.
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Postby FoozogzPepperBrony » 30 Jul 2011 01:12

I'd be working on computer game projects.
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Makkon » 30 Jul 2011 01:18

Jeffthestrider wrote:If I didn't have FiM I sure wouldn't be doing music. I'd probably be playing too many video games.


I'm just as glad that you found ponies as you are. XD
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Postby Dr_Dissonance » 30 Jul 2011 01:54

Well, I'd still be writing music...but I'd be less productive outside of Uni...:P
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Stars In Autumn » 30 Jul 2011 04:04

Makkon wrote:
Jeffthestrider wrote:If I didn't have FiM I sure wouldn't be doing music. I'd probably be playing too many video games.


I'm just as glad that you found ponies as you are. XD


Dude, Vinyl Scratch bobbing her head to Skrillex literally made me want to make music.
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Overkillius » 30 Jul 2011 19:47

Ponies and Bronies actually inspired me to do more with my life.

I would have had less progress as a composer if it weren't for ponies. This show AND it's community are both INCREDIBLY inspiring to me.

Honestly not much would have changed If I wasn't introduced to ponies... I would have contributed less to the world, I would have been less skilled at what I want to do, my pony hater friends would be just as cool as they already are (they really aren't that bad), and my life would have just been that much worse (funny I say that because I was actually REALLY lucky to have the life I had in the first place).

As for if I never got into music... I really don't know. I'd probably some 100% useless gamer that spends most of his time whining on World of Warcraft forums.

If I got into ponies without ever being into music... I'd probably be making a bad name for all the other bronies.

Seriously though. I can NOT accurately imagine not getting into music.
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby zorg » 31 Jul 2011 03:50

i'd probably be further in university... not that it's not totally my fault how i manage my time :c

well, music making was always a B plan for me, in case i never learned how to make a "human level" artificial intelligence...
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Versilaryan » 31 Jul 2011 10:07

Ponies stole me from Pokemon. So I'd probably still be in that fandom. Without a lot of creative stuff I've done this summer. Something about this fandom really makes you want to make things.

I don't even want to know where I'd be without music. I was that angsty teenager in middle school.
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Postby TheSunAndTheRainfall » 31 Jul 2011 19:04

Without ponies I'd probably be as insecure and cynical and just not in a right state of mind, as I was before I discovered the community. I wouldn't have worked in the few awesome projects I've worked in, and I probably wouldn't have come across all the things that led me to rethink my outlook on life, which in turn ended up making me a happier, more productive person. That's probably corny, but eh, whatevz.

I wouldn't have started drawing again, and I probably would have carried on trying to make music, but feeling much more lost than I am right now.


Without music... I have no idea where I would be. I honestly don't. Music has been the driving force behind my life for some years now, and if I'd never found that... I would probably be a person who indulges in small, short-lived pleasures, who is in college for the sole purpose of being able to get a job that will pay enough to let me enjoy said small pleasures comfortably, but without any sort of passion to drive me, or anything. And that's a very depressing thought. D:
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Kumquaticus » 31 Jul 2011 20:20

Without ponies: More of a jerk but not really that different

Without music: insecure, unstable, wondering what the heck I'm going to do with my life, and a whole lot less happy
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Postby JackleApp » 31 Jul 2011 22:04

I'D BE DEAD.
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Postby Andy Feelin » 31 Jul 2011 23:54

I had a long hiatus in my music creation for about half a year. The last song I wrote before it was in late 2010. I believe that if I didn't become a brony I would still be wasting my time doing anything and just dreaming that one day I will finish all my projects.
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Postby Bagpipe Brony » 01 Aug 2011 03:53

Working on lame music that never gets views lol. The ponies helped me become a better composer and gave me an audience ^^. Also gave me something in common with a whole bunch of nice guys /cheesiness
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Chain_Algorithm » 01 Aug 2011 13:28

Dead. I was going downhill with everything else in my life. If I didn't make that damn remix I would have probably ended up killing myself ^_^

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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby [voodoopony] » 01 Aug 2011 14:27

Without music, I'd probably continue drawing or animating like I used to do before I got into music.

Without ponies, I'd just be some bored bloke making music on my computer that wouldn't be heard by anyone but maybe a friend or two. I got into this fanbase in a time of my life where I was a severely bored bum doing nothing but trying to squeeze out music having really nothing else to do. This community pushed me and inspired me to practice and boosted my production overall, knowing that what I was making was going to be appreciated by others.

I was really active in the LBP community, then quit after reaching my goals in it. I like this fanbase just so much more, though.
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby General Mumble » 02 Aug 2011 07:31

Before ponies, I didn't think that a show with a moral ACTUALLY WORKED.

Before ponies, I played too much video games.

Before ponies, I wasn't part of any other fanbase, ever; and I'm pretty sure I jumped straight into the best one.

Before ponies... do I even have to think about it?
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Diss Order » 02 Aug 2011 14:01

In addition to what I posted earlier, I think I would be in an even bigger depression than I am right now. You guys are better than any antidepressant, ritalin and risperdal the world has to offer. :]

Although I probably would have made it through last schoolyear with a little less stress. XD
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Re: Where would you be right now if you didn't do FiM/music?

Postby Mundius » 02 Aug 2011 21:06

Before ponies, I would be a crap composer, making Pokemon remixes. And I would hate you all.

Before music, I would probably be in programming. But music > programming, we all know that.
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