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Posted by SPAWNmaster on May-31-2007 01:17:

when to abandon a production...

Hey all, been working hardcore the past week on a new track...literally ever waking hour ive spent is on this project (i have a fair amount of free time on my hands).

so anyways, the track was coming along fine and little by little im hitting more road blocks. to make a long story short i basically butchered the track and im not sure if its worth it to back track a bit and redo a lot of the original stuff that was working?

i feel like its a classic case of overproducing...i sort of over did it and now its garbage...time to move on? what do you all think?

cheers

Posted by lowski on May-31-2007 01:22:

i always go back and over produce. once i get a tight drum essemble and bass line. i try tons of things until im happy and even when i think im done i go back and change some sounds. the main thing is the beat and bass once you get that, yer golden

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on May-31-2007 01:36:

Do you have any idea what you'll need to do to get it back in shape?

Posted by SPAWNmaster on May-31-2007 01:46:

i went and got some breakfast and came back to it...im thinking to get rid of the extraneous effects that might be distracting from the melody....shorten it up a bit, and certainly fix some percussion issues thats im facing.

basically it was good to go and i just made a mess tonight, so im gonna sleep on it and see if its worth revisiting tomorrow.

Posted by echosystm on May-31-2007 01:54:

Finish it as quickly and half assed as you can and forget about it. It wont be good, but its important to finish everything you start.

Some good advice I should follow myself

Posted by Mr.Mystery on May-31-2007 02:04:

My absolute deadline is always 2 weeks - if it takes any more than that to do a tune it's a lost cause and it'll get abandoned.

Posted by Ray_Chappell on May-31-2007 03:39:

Take a break on it... start on the next tune, come back in a few weeks and you'll know if there's anything worth salvaging.

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Posted by mysticalninja on May-31-2007 09:33:

quote:
Originally posted by lowski
i always go back and over produce. once i get a tight drum essemble and bass line. i try tons of things until im happy and even when i think im done i go back and change some sounds. the main thing is the beat and bass once you get that, yer golden

easist part for me.

Posted by SPAWNmaster on May-31-2007 14:27:

well its amazing what a good night's sleep and a fresh ear can do...i woke up and had another listen to see if what i had was salvageable...

i can definately work with it and will proably finish the production tonight...this has certainly been an experience for me where the creation has evolved into something i hadn't expected, but not necessarily bad (as i now can tell with a fresh ear).

thanks for all the input guys!

Posted by richg101 on May-31-2007 21:47:

i always export the project and its audio components into a new folder and backup onto a cd. its always good to go back to tracks that you couldnt complete due to a lack of skill, once you have learned a bit more in the months since starting it. i think i have only started about 5-10 tracks that are unfinished. most get completed sooner or later. my latest track im working on is a project file from 1.5 years ago that never got completed.