Hey Matt. The fact that old rock bands and groups like the Beatles made such great ground breaking music without the modern digital technology WE TAKE FOR GRANTED is more about their playing and songwriting ability than the basic technology they used. Any band of the sixties or seventies would and could have produced much better music either live or in the studio given the modern equipment and techniques. Despite this technology very few bands in the last few years have produced anything truely original or mind blowingly brilliant.
Matt your flaws are just simple inexperience and lack of knowledge. Learn to play properly and learn about PCs and the proper equipment needed to play and record music.
There are no short cuts to learning your craft. You have to develop talent it just does not simply appear. Like picking up a guitar for the first time and expecting to play mind blowing riffs and chords.... it just cannot happen.

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