I have been making music for many years. I don't really have a style; I list most of my music as "Outsider"- music that the I (the creator) thinks is really great but everyone else thinks is rubbish. I like a lot of stuff - see the list below. When it comes to music listen to everything even if you don't like it - because you can still learn something. The chances are like me you came to Soundcloud to get your music listened to. There is some great music here that should inspire you (rather than making you give up)

Equipment - mainly an Ensoniq EPS 16+ no scsi, I use short samples and play / sequence the individual notes. I have a windows 3.1 machine to format the Ensoniq discs and I and using Audacity running on Ubuntu to manipulate some sounds and to render MP3's and WAVs. I have an old Akai reel to reel that I sometimes sample from.

Audacity (Its free as in free beer) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Ubuntu (its free as it FREE) http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu 12.04 has just been released!
Ensoniq EPS 16+ http://www.vintagesynth.com/ensoniq/ens_eps16.php

To those pushing the boundaries of sound in new directions I salute you.
Stuff I listen to....

009 sound system _ Beat of the moment
Album Leaf _ On Your Way
Aphex Twin _ Jynweythek Ylow
Automatico _ Souleance
Beck _ Already Dead
Beck _ Around the bend
Billy Miller _ Ra Ma
Black Sabbath _ symptom of the universe
Captain Beefheart _ The Past Sure Is Tense
Comsat Angels _ Independence day
Cop shoot Cop _ System test
Cop shoot Cop _ She's like a shot in the arm
Cop shoot Cop _ Traitor / Martyr
Cop shoot Cop _ heads I win
Cop shoot Cop _ low com denom
Cop shoot Cop _ surprise surprise
Crystal Castles _ Air War
Crystal Castles _ Knights
Culpepers Orchard _ Hey You People
Daddy Freddy _ Daddy Freddie's In Town
DAF _ Der Mussolini
Daft Punk _ Robot Rock
Daft Punk _ Short Circuit
Daft Punk _ face to face
Delays _ Lakes can be lethal
Devo _ Mr DNA
Devo _ Wiggly World
Devo _ Beautiful world
Devo _ Enough Said
Didjits _ Killer
Didjits _ Fix some food bitch
Didjits _ Beast Le Brutal
Didjits _ Jerry Lee
Didjits _ Evel Kinevel
Dinosaur Junior _ Out there
Eek a mouse _ wa do dem
Frank Zappa _ apostrophe
Gene _ Where are they now
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci _ Spanish Dance Troupe
Grand Master Flash _ The Message
Jesus Lizard _ Puss
Jesus Lizard _ The best parts
Killing Joke _ Eighties
Killing Joke _ Money is not a God
Ligabue _ Tutti vogliono viaggiare in prima
Mad Proffessor _ Beyond the realms of dub
Mad Proffessor _ Bengali Skank
MC Blade _ The Coming Is Near
MC Blade _ The signs
MC Mello _ Wise
MC Wildski _ Warrior
MC5 _ Looking at you
Ministry _ Jesus built my hotrod
Ministry _ deity
Mistabishi _ Printer jam
Mum _ Smell memory
NIN _ Only
Red _ On my knees for you
Orbital _ Desert Storm
Ozric Tentacles _ Lemon Kush
Ozric Tentacles _ Lost in the sky
Pale Seas _ Something or nothing
Pendulum _ Through The Loop
Pendulum _ Girl in the Fire
Pitch Shifter _ Diablo (remix)
Public Enemy _ B side wins again
Residents _ Sinister exagerator
Residents _ Semolina
Revolting Cocks _ Union Carbide
Scat Opera _ About time
Scientist _ Plague of Zombies
Sir Lord Baltimore _ so pumped up
Spicy box _ Music
Stevie Wonder _ Superstition (Sesame Street Version)
Strokes _ Soma
Swans _ The Sound of Freedom
Swans _ The Other Side Of The World
Ten Benson _ I don’t buy it
Ten Benson _ Robot Tourist
The Reverend Horton Heat _ Psychobilly freakout
The Smiths _ There is a light that never goes out
Þeyr _ Rudolph
This Is Menace _ The Nameless
Throbbing Gristle _ Hamburger Lady
Throbbing Gristle _ Convincing People
Underworld _ Parc (the bells the bells remix)
Underworld _ dubnobasswithmyheadman
Warsaw _ Novelty
Young Gods _ Gardez le espirit
Young Gods _ Charlotte
Young Gods _ Alabama song
Young Gods _ pas mal
Young Gods _ Strangel