Help me to continue to make music...

Aim: I would like to raise money for an upgrade of Fl Studio, a new laptop and a proper microphone to make better music/content.

I am a female 48 from the UK and I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Hypermobile type, Chiari Malformation.  I was diagnosed with EDS around 2010 after my health started declining in my late twenties, seemingly random at first but getting worse over time till around 2009 when I heard about EDS and was later finally diagnosed so I at least knew what was going on with me.  I had also had problems with severe headaches since I was around 11 years old and was then diagnosed with Chiari Malformation in 1013 and had brain decompression surgery for this in 2014, it definitely helped but is not a cure and it really did take a few years I feel for me to completely recover.  

I haven't been  able to work or really do much of anything and now I am mostly in the house and only go out to medical appointments or the ocassional visit to my daughter or at christmas visiting relatives.

I started making music in early 2020 while I was in temporary homeless acommodation which was totally out of the blue but found I really enjoy it.  I do have some music on Spotify but I don't make any money from it.  I would like to be able to but I really don't have the money for a decent laptop, a DAW (am using a really old version of fl studio) and a microphone.  

I would like to take some kind of college course online for music production to lean more, everything I have learned has been through watching online videos, entering competitions and just making music to the best of my ability, not amazing but I am improving and have a load of music to finish and release but not having much disk space a daw that doesn't crash a lot and a laptop that can render videos without also crashing would be really really helpful.  I've also recently started singing which has also improved a bit but again a decent microphone would help.

I am on a very low income surviving entirely on disability benefits which have recently been reduced a bit which hasn't made things any easier and I don't have any spare money for anything.  Am sure there are a lot of others in my position too, anyway here I am looking for some help to be able to buy the latest producer edition of fl studio, a laptop with decent processor and space for creating audio and video and a microphone. 

I probably won't upload a picture of myself which am sure won't help but I really don't like how I look these days I look like crap even on my best days so I'd prefer to stay anonymous, it would be nice to be able to make a little bit of money from my music to be able to get my teeth fixed, carpet and decorate my flat and pay some bills.  

I would like to be able to just go back to work but recently my health has declined further and am in a lot more pain than even just a few weeks ago, am hoping its a short lived thing but it really just restricts me more physically :(  

Anyhoo heres my spotify... https://open.spotify.com/artist/3awO5Wyv8qsnvsMqE4abgw?si=fplno8eLSdKFuOvsgc33gg

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 16th July 2025 at 2:33pm