Matt I have never made cracks about you being out of tune.
I have said that you have a love of music and are enthusiastic.
You have potential but need to learn. I recommended that you take music lessons and basic recording and music production techniques and a course in personal computers may not do you any harm.
I have listened to most of your stuff and have given you my honest appraisal and encouragement. There are no short cuts to learning. This business is hard. You have to learn the basics.
Artistic and soulful expression is all about pushing a button. You have to learn what all the buttons do so that you can push the right ones to make your own kind of music. Then people will say yeah that is good this guy knows his stuff.