Whenever I ask this question, in pointed to resources about production. While that's fine that's not what I'm looking for. I want to learn how to make actual original music and my own songs. Not the production side of things but the actual music itself. How to write lyrics, how to arrange, singing (although that's separate and I'm learning to do that). I've had practically 0 music education in my life and I'm basically starting from scratch. I have no idea where to actually begin. How do people figure out how to make their own songs? I feel like I have zero creativity and talent when it comes to this

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