I’d rather not use Manjaro, as I’ve read some negative things about it. I’m pretty tech savvy but I’ve never actually used GNU/Linux before beyond very surface level tinkering in VirtualBox. Just wanted to know if this distro indeed has this reputation for this sort of creative work or not, and if not if you had any other recs for distros more suited to my audio production/music composition needs.
I don’t think it is more appropriate or otherwise better for musicians than it is for anyone else, but one great thing about Endeavour is the package availability will be equivalent to Arch Linux. That means excellent package availability (with the AUR), and very up-to-date software. Whether or not those features are beneficial to your musicianship depends on how you use your computer.
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I am a musician (an amateur, but I do have formal high school music education) and I use EndeavourOS. It’s good enough for me. 
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As long as you’re an intermediate termain centric musician, I’d imagine Endeavour would be a fantastic choice.
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You can install EndeavourOS and then add all the packages you want for music production such as those used on any other distro’s Studio Edition. There are many packages that can be used.
i finally took the plunge and have everything working here now in latest endeavouros… thanks for the answers everyone. if anyone has any recommendations for music making software i should try feel free to let me know 
You can check here: https://alternativeto.net/category/audio-and-music/
Click on a category, like “Music Production Apps”, then use the filter and select “Linux”.
Example: https://alternativeto.net/category/audio-and-music/music-production/?platform=linux
You can also check the Arch Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications/Multimedia#Digital_audio_workstations
My recommendations are Ardour, Audacity, Handbrake, and either Reaper or Tracktion Waveform if you are willing to spend some cash.
This DAWs are proprietary and a no go for real GNU/Linux-Musicians! 
Ardour was the first app mentioned in the list. It’s your system. Use what you want. 
To update my recommendations, though: the last time I checked, the Arch devs have officially included Tenacity in their repos. So, I’d change Audacity to Tenacity.
Same app, just without telemetry.
GNU/Linux, the FOSS way → DAWs: Ardour, Qtractor and LMMS. For Effects LSP-Plugins and Calf. Try serching on this site → https://linuxmusic.rocks/
I would use the filters and consider only LV2, LADSPA and CLAP FOSS plugins. Free licenses only! Enjoy!
Which ones do you donate to? And do any of them allow cash donations?
I imagine pipewire would be great for musicians, it’s very conducive to low latency audio and works well with JACK too I believe.
The fact that this is standard in endeavouros (and many other distros) is probably a nice boon for musicians, at least theoretically.
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I don know if Arch distros is the best for it, i know Ubuntu offers a distro for it; UbuntuStudio, https://ubuntustudio.org/
But Endeavour is sweet
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thanks for the replies everyone. i went full endeavour and im having a great time 
mostly using zrythm and vital/vitalium
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Nice to know you are enjoying EOS, @arisumego .
In case you did not yet discover these threads: there are other people in this forum who make music:
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