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So...WHY do you produce?

I wrote this in another thread:

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles So many tracks seem like they were made by people who were producing for the sake of producing, not by someone who really wanted to transform feeling into sound or sound into feeling. It seems like lots of tracks aren't "expressions" of anything, but just the end result of semi-randomly filling in blank space in a sequencer until something "release-worthy" happens to come together. For so many electronic musicians the "electronic" part seems to be overshadowing the "musician" part...

Why do you produce?

Do you want the fame and wealth -- to be the next Oakenfold or Tiesto?

Are you simply a computer nerd fascinated by synthesis?

Do you want to try to express emotions through sound?

Do you just want to get some dance floors moving?

[Not suggesting these purposes are mutually exclusive, of course.]

i pick 2 and 4

these choices aren't mutually exclusive by any means. I, for example, love making music but also try to increase my chances of getting heard by a broader audience & aim for releases.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Do you want the fame and wealth -- to be the next Oakenfold or Tiesto?

that... plus vagina

I become insane when I don't produce for more than 2 weeks.

I start drumming on everything I have around me. Humming melodies and pretending I can beatbox. I need music production to keep me from going insane.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Are you simply a computer nerd fascinated by synthesis? Do you want to try to express emotions through sound? Do you just want to get some dance floors moving?

Those, mostly, but in reverse order.

i first started producing beacuse my mind exploded with ideas i never got out. after getting them out i was somehow empty and the results didnt end up where i hoped beacuse my knowledge was bad. bommer.

then i started just playing with loops and stuff for the fun of it with no thinking behind, and i discovered that this worked as great therapy for me. at the same time i played alot with efex like equlizers, distortion, filters, compressors etc and learned how they worked and improved my sound some . so with the improved soundquality the inspiration and motivation came back.

then i got myself some monitors, better headphones, better soundcard and i improved soundquality even more by learning more eq technics. so far everything in reason. i got some hardware synths and learned how to program them but as I only knew reason I needed to learn new sequencer which is where im at now.

inpiration is back, have lots of ideas too but i feel reason is limiting me to what i did before, so im abit stuck until i learn new sequencer better. in the meantime i use reason as therapy when i get enough of trying new sequencers and i usualy end up with a track out of it.

not sure this is a good answer but i think i produce beacuse i have alot of creativity that MUST go out, its good for me as in therapy, and I want people to hear what i make and eventualy my goal is to be a liveact playing once or twice a month and still be able to keep my other job.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Are you simply a computer nerd fascinated by synthesis? Do you want to try to express emotions through sound?

Those in addition to wanting to attain utilitarian uses for my products one day. It would be cool to listen to a track of mine while playing some less-than-famous video game. Just a dream, but that dream is not necessary for me to enjoy producing.

The fact that i can create an audible, hopefully enjoyable, and danceable peice of work, just by shuffling electrons around.

i love trance music, i wanna make it.

Because I quit drinking.

And I love DJing, better chance to DJ when you have a name for yourself.

That and vagina.

back in 1998 after hearing the judge play his friday/sat show on radio one, and wondering why this new sound (to me) i was hearing (trance ov course) just sounded bloody brill, i knew i wanted to find out more. i always wondered where they played it, then the judge came to play at time nightclub in derby and i think that was it.

theres listening to the tracks, then theres listening to teh tracks, and wanting to know who made whichs one and starting to recon the dj's/producers etc, what sounds came in when, who played what etc etc all rolled in2 one makes it an amazing hobby or past time ...ten ish years on and im about there i think, so i guess its more of a passion/hobby and if one day i do get a track out there/ hear a dj play my track...well ill cream my pants : )

i'd say i'm a mix of mostly expression and nerd. i really enjoy the process of playing with the sound and trying to make it interesting. i also have always tried to find ways to be artistic and this would just be another one. I would say make the club dance, but i'm not soley interested in making music for the club. i have an interest in several genres...so that's just one facet of it. i really don't care about trying to make a living do this. i'd rather make a living doing something else and just try to be the best producer i can be.

because I don't give a fuck about anything else but making music.
It`s just what I do. Can`t stop it and can`t avoid it.

Basically what Limit said there.

I never chose to start producing, it's something I've been involved with ever since I was a kid. It's all I really know.

I'd be producing even if nobody else in the world would get to hear the tracks, it's just something I need to do.

To be honest I do not know why this my primary hobby. I don't really listen to music, yet I spend all my time and money on gear and learning more about the trade.

I think if I sat down and figured out why, I would come up with a blank and flip out to the fact I've spent so much time and money doing this.

Mostly for my own entertainment. I have always enjoyed learning how different things work and having a good final result feels really great. You know, kind of like "that sounds pretty damn good, and I made it!" I don't have any musical talent and I'm not that creative, so I know I won't become famous with it (neither am I trying to).

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Originally posted by Storyteller I become insane when I don't produce for more than 2 weeks. I start drumming on everything I have around me. Humming melodies and pretending I can beatbox. I need music production to keep me from going insane.

haha have the exact same problem...

music is our life. without it, we cant live.

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Do you want to try to express emotions through sound? Do you just want to get some dance floors moving?

Those two and I just simply love producing. At first I was one of those "wow, this is cool, I gotta try it too" guys but later I fell in love with it.

Haven't had very many ideas in a while so I have been taking a little break from producing.

I do it because its fun. It is also something where I see constant improvement and development and that in itself is a satisfying experience to relive frequently.

I also like building things and making things and find this rewarding in itself. It doesn't feel like work and its a fuck sight more productive than playing counter-strike all day.

I've asked myself this sometimes.

Producing is my therapy. As much as I work and go to school, producing is the one thing I do to get away and relax. I love music (in general, edm in particular) and I think the other thing that motivates me is the non-stop learning - it's challenging and I like that. I would love to get some dance floors moving, and sure, some money would be great, too. But I already make really good money so this is more of a "hobby" I guess... but it's been the most expensive and time consuming hobby I've ever had. I've kicked around the idea of building a professional studio - but not entirely decided on that yet.

I enjoy trying to make music, trying to put the ideas in my head into something that sounds good, the way I want it. Sadly it doesn't always work out that way, but I've still got A LOT of learning to do. And it's fun to have others listen to what I've come up with.

I originally started to produce for fame and wealth, during this phase, I solely produced rap, hip hop, and R&B instrumentals.

Sometime during the beginning of last year, I began to produce trance music as a hobby. It was then, that a few friends of mine asked me to throw some of the tracks I was working on onto a CD. This had me leaning more towards the reason of moving dance floors and evoking emotion into my tracks. I also enjoy programming synthesizers and manipulating sound.

I use to play guitar in a heavy metal band (local) the progression into electronic music just seemed like a natural fit for me.
The music fascinates me, every aspect of it, the more I learn about making electronic music, the more addicted I become to it.

I really have no intentions of 'making it big' I have a great day time job that pays the bills, for me it's all about expressing my thoughts through music and overcoming the challenges involved with learning the art form.

I can literally burn off hours and hours when I'm creating music.

First and foremost I produce because I love making music. I have pictures from 1993 with me wearing grunge band t-shirts. I must've been all of 12 or 13 at the time. I play guitar, keyboards, and violin, and music has always been my emotional outlet. I produce to try to touch people's lives. Most of my songs tend to focus on deep-seated emotion and unconditional beauty. I feel that if my music can reach even one person, then it is all worth it.

well i first started when i was using octamed for the amiga if anyone can remember that far back yes i'm a that old.

as far as i can remember i've always had a keyboard of somesort lying around.

keept at it until around 18 doing all sort of stuff djing and producing had some realy cool gear some moogs, tb303 and all that then another career got in the way, sold all my stuff (fool that i am), and only since i came back from staying in Oz not soo long ago getting back into it, got a new lease of life.

so loving it at the moment but it's bloody changed in the way we produce now so technical, i've had a big learning curve to do all again and lots of reading.

but loving it all again.

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