how do i get my mind off of production?

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Posted by LoveHate on Sep-01-2010 04:28:

how do i get my mind off of production?

hmm this might seem strange, but pretty much every single day for the last year now, i always find myself either inside of my daw for a few hours day, reading up on something production related, or thinking about making a track when i am outside with friends, and i think its driving me insane.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-01-2010 04:29:

Girls.

Seek them out.

Posted by atxbigballer1 on Sep-01-2010 04:33:

Re: how do i get my mind off of production?

Posted by cryophonik on Sep-01-2010 04:36:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Girls.

Seek them out.

+1.

Also, get outside and do some sort of recreation that pre-occupies your mind, requires some sort of focus/concentration to take your mind off music for a while. For those times when getting outside or chasing girls around isn't an option, try to find another creative outlet/hobby, such as painting, photography, graphic design, or whatever to keep the creative juices flowing and possibly even complement music-making.

Posted by EddieZilker on Sep-01-2010 04:52:

quote:
Originally posted by cryophonik
Also, get outside and do some sort of recreation that pre-occupies your mind, requires some sort of focus/concentration to take your mind off music for a while. For those times when getting outside or chasing girls around isn't an option, try to find another creative outlet/hobby, such as painting, photography, graphic design, or whatever to keep the creative juices flowing and possibly even complement music-making.

+1

Posted by kevin shawn on Sep-01-2010 05:43:

I have a girlfriend who makes me want to do nothing but stay away from her and make music.

I am constantly tapping, making beats with my mouth, tapping my feet or finding ways to make music with various things I have within my reach. My girlfriend hates it and I have only recently really really started to focus on music production and all this energy is getting put to good use.

My advice to you? Make more music Music is the universal language that everyone in the world can understand and that's badass. One day you will be old and deaf. What will you do then? Daydream about when you used to make music?

Posted by cryophonik on Sep-01-2010 06:08:

Sorry Kevin, but I completely disagree. Musicians need to spend a lot more time experiencing life and (especially for EDM producers) less time staring at a computer and clicking a mouse; otherwise, where is the inspiration for music going to come from?

Posted by kevin shawn on Sep-01-2010 06:18:

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-01-2010 06:58:

Posted by CReddick on Sep-01-2010 07:05:

Posted by LoveHate on Sep-01-2010 08:06:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Girls.

Seek them out.

I dont know any.

Posted by LoveHate on Sep-01-2010 08:06:

Posted by JEO on Sep-01-2010 08:24:

quote:
Originally posted by cryophonik
Sorry Kevin, but I completely disagree. Musicians need to spend a lot more time experiencing life and (especially for EDM producers) less time staring at a computer and clicking a mouse; otherwise, where is the inspiration for music going to come from?

Totally. Most of all, get a girlfriend if there's any chance at all. Think of her as a pet who takes your time. Dedicate time to her. After a couple of weeks traveling / doing something else with your girlie, you'll be itching to get back to your computer, tweaking those virtual knobs.

I've got it all in harmony, my girl only visits me 3-4 times a month (mostly weekends) because of her school in another city.

And atxbigballer1 comes hear, that's the main thing buddy bud.

Posted by cryophonik on Sep-01-2010 08:29:

quote:
Originally posted by LoveHate
I dont know any.

What about the one in your avatar?! I'll bet she could take your mind off production for a while.

Posted by Looney4Clooney on Sep-01-2010 09:45:

go commit a petty crime.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Sep-01-2010 09:55:

Re: how do i get my mind off of production?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-01-2010 10:45:

quote:
Originally posted by kevin shawn
I have a girlfriend who makes me want to do nothing but stay away from her and make music.

Sounds like you need a new girlfriend.

Posted by G-Con on Sep-01-2010 15:00:

Re: how do i get my mind off of production?

quote:
Originally posted by LoveHate
hmm this might seem strange, but pretty much every single day for the last year now, i always find myself either inside of my daw for a few hours day, reading up on something production related, or thinking about making a track when i am outside with friends, and i think its driving me insane.

Just stop producing for a few weeks and I guarantee it will occupy less and less of your mind. Obviously you will want to occupy the free time you have doing something else enjoyable.

If making music is your life and more importantly, you are happy for making music to be your life, then by all means just keep at it all the time.

But if you actually want to live a life outside of music production and experience the world outside of sequencers, synths, mixdowns and latency, then trust me, take a complete break from it.

Posted by Stephen Wiley on Sep-01-2010 15:03:

do you have a job?

Posted by LoveHate on Sep-02-2010 06:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Stephen Wiley
do you have a job?

yeah i just got a part time job, which is helping a bit.

Posted by sako487 on Sep-02-2010 06:57:

just watch a lot of porn

Posted by Beatflux on Sep-02-2010 07:20:

Netflix.

Posted by LoveHate on Sep-02-2010 08:03:

yeah thats another thing...ever since production has tooken a hold of me..i have lost interest in the entertainment that most people enjoy..such as movies..i havnt watched a mainstream film in a year or two..never seen the movie avatar..and only ones that i can sit myself thru are obscure independant films..or movies that ive already seen from a few years back, and as far as music goes..i only enjoy listening to stuff made from "hip" electronic acts from europe...if i turn on the radio ill go insane..

anyways what im trying to say ive lost interest in what most people my age "19" should be doing....i had alot of friends in high school, but i dont share the same interest as none of them anymore...and have since slowly drifted away.

Posted by Coyke on Sep-02-2010 10:05:

Well, its kinda like this for me since 2001, when I started producing. I took some breaks sometimes when I was uninspired. I usually went outside clubbing. Had some vacation, played poker with my friends whatever. Though, the production was always there in some way. Either I just dreamed about it, when I went work in the morning, watched outside the window of the suburban and let my mind drift away, or I just read about stuff on the internet.

I just can say, my mind is into that for a long, long time. I dont work each day on songs, but most of the time I do something related to it, like testing a free plugin, reading articles, make some drumloops. I have a dedicated sound design day, where I just tweak my synths and save the patches like 5 hours or so

Maybe, ask yourself, thats just your thing? When I started producing, I also lost interest in the most activities my friends did at this time, which was getting drunk, hip hop and videogames. In the end, I always liked to be a different and dedicate my time to something that I find to be most important to me. Music became a big part of my life and I dont regret all those hours I worked on getting better instead of getting outside.

Its a different thing if you dont like to spend so much time for it and you dont want to be so stucked to it in your mind. Just leave it for a while and get a xbox.

Posted by Evol` on Sep-02-2010 10:45:

Start going to the gym (you`ll feel better physically)
Find a girl. (you`ll feel better mentally)

You need to realise that producing should be your hobby, not a way of life...

Also, for all that time, have you at least made something decent that we can hear?

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