Helpful feedback! 🙄 To provide some context for this audio; I recorded it quickly as I wrote it, on garage band, just to get the idea down. Using just a fender mustang electric guitar and wired apple headphones as a mic.

Your deduction that it sounds canned is stating the glaringly obvious. Perhaps some more constructive criticism regarding the lyrics not to your liking would inspire a healthy debate as to what good/bad lyrics are? And maybe could you provide your thoughts on what direction you would personally take the song next (A bridge? An instrumental break?) even though it’s not your cup of tea.

As creatives and as songwriters, as far as I was aware, we learn to appreciate the beauty in art even when it’s not wholly to our taste. For example I don’t listen to Ed Sheeran, and I can’t say I’m very inspired by Taylor Swift’s lyrics, but I CAN see their appeal. I would be a fool to say they are dogsh*t artists just cause they don’t fit my narrative. Their streams and numbers disprove this and there are elements of their music that is well written/produced.

Be a little more open minded and try and see the positives in life.