I know there are are some musicians who can’t tell their own talent. Who can’t tell whether or not you’re a good musician like myself, but do you really need to go asking other musicians for feedback or honest critique when you release a song? No. Why is this you may ask?
Sure, other musicians will give you some kind advice on trying to fix the song better and make a few little improvements, but they won’t exactly say whether or not they actually like the song itself. That’s how a lot of musicians are around here. They pretend to like your music and you can tell they really don’t, by simply reading between the lines. That’s how musicians are people. If you’re not getting any positive feedback from musicians about your songs or saying they don’t like your stuff at all, it’s just an opinion. Not factual. Musicians like to treat opinions as facts when it comes to criticizing music, it’s crazy.
Somebody in facebook told me that you should only release the songs that you like and don’t have to rely on feedback from other musicians. You’ll know your music is good, when you start seeing people responding to it positively, like giving your song the thumbs up in Facebook or simply say, “Good job, I like it”. So if you want to tell if you’re a good musician or not, just put your music out there and see what happens. If you don’t get much of a response, that’s okay. You don’t do music to please everyone. You do music to please yourself. Like I said before, if you write a song that makes you smile, chances are, other people will too. So only, release the work, you think is best.
Musicians are really horrible when it comes to feedback in music. A lot of them can be mean and offensive. Only very few can give smart and intelligent criticism. The best people to get feedback from are people who are not musicians. They don’t know anything about being a musician, and if they say you’re good, then you probably are. I’ve had non musicians actually like my music before.
I’m about to watch Metallica’s 2nd night at Orion Fest. I’ll review it after.
Kev
K'Brocking 
Kev,
You got my point halfway LOL. Aside from not relying on other musicians to tell you if you are good or not, I honestly don’t think you should rely on fans either! Think about how many bands are out there who don’t have that many fans. Does that mean they aren’t talented? Of course not! Otherwise you could say the Backstreet Boys are more talented than My Bloody Valentine since they sold more records. The only gauge that matters is YOU…do YOU think you wrote a good song? You can’t sit down and write a song with the intention of it being a “hit” because then it won’t come out sounding genuine. Write what’s in your heart. For musicians like us, that is what’s most important.