I'm 99% sure that "one step forward, two steps back" thing is natural to a lot of things in life. If you felt like every piece you made was perfect, what would drive you to make more?
Fan count is just based on getting exposure from the right people at the right time, so it's not really the best way to measure the quality of your music. You know your song The Final Phase has at least 877k listens? Just from that one geometry dash video! Having that many people enjoy your music is an amazing accomplishment
ChronoNomad
First off, you're welcome. Happy to listen to (read) your thoughts.
You know, I think that anyone who is passionate about the music wants to learn more and more about the world of music in general, and continues to seek for that holy grail, that piece of music that will ultimately become their magnum opus.
The funny thing about that is, even then we wouldn't be content to just sit still and rest on our laurels. We would want to one up that composition, as well! And so we would continue working and learning and striving toward bigger and better heights of musical attainment. It's in our blood; our very DNA. And so nothing is ever just right, because we know that we ourselves are imperfect, thereby making the music that we create equally imperfect.
Ultimately, we will always feel as though it's incomplete in some way, like we could have done more to convey what we were trying to get across to ourselves and our audience, but in the end it's important to leave one project behind in order to move on to the next. Because constantly moving forward is the only true way to live. Not to mention how we manage to amass such impressive repertoires!
Deemo-R
I definitely agree with you. There's always a "next time I'll do this" moment at the end of each project. Having a point where one's skill or imagination cannot go any farther is probably impossible. I think the idea of having lifelong development is really exciting, as well as having something that will last even after we're gone :)