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Do you listen to your own music?
I'm in a weird situation. I listen to my music every now and then and sometimes I think it's okay and sometimes I don't. I get discouraged because I usually play it after I listen to my favorite artists. To me it doesn't sound nearly as "good."
I don't know, a lot of people (not just my friends) seem to like it and have given me pretty good feedback. Hardly any negative. They've never complained about it not sounding professional/up to par. And I've been signed on a few occasions, not that I really care about labels.
I'm wondering if I'm feeling this way because I am the creator of the music. That and I've heard the track 1000 times! So naturally I am bias and perhaps overly critical of my own work. I'm sure some of you can relate to this no?
dude I feel the same way sometimes. I just remixed Ferry Corsten's - Beautiful. One of the greatest songs of all time. I'm lost in the idea that I failed miserably. That I could never do it justice. Yet I listen to it and see nothing wrong with it. I question whether or not I'd spin it out in the club or whatever but I'm with you and no, your music will never sound as good as your favorite artist. Why? Because, your favorite artist is not you. You have a crazy bias towards the things you like versus the things you create at least that's how I think of it. Anyways, here's my rendition of Beautiful if you wanna check it out:
Ferry Corsten - Beautiful (DJRYAN REMIX) by DJRYAN�
i usually put them on the ipod to listen to them thouroughly in order to improve what i am not satisfied with but after 1 week i am bored of them, you have to be moderately satisfied with what you have done, you should have some trustworthy friends who know about music to tell you when it's ok and when it is not, sometimes you think one song is crap and it rocks other times it happens the opposite thing...
Remixing a hit it's actually difficult but not imposible to accomplish, specially considering that old hits were made under that period trends and modes (bright open hi hats, snarerolls, crashes on the build up , funky basslines etc...) so you can reproduce almost the same song but with the farty sidechain , powerful kicks and pitched build ups (for example) and keep the hook while making it different.
Theory of course 
I listen to my songs, even the really bad ones from when I first started.
Some people like to look at mirrors for fun. I like to listen to my own songs for fun.
Don't judge me!
That said, I do feel that most of my songs have blemishes on them. Even the ones that were signed. I get two answers when I show my songs to people: it's either A)Good B)It needs vocals. I personally don't mind a bit of truth, I am too vain to say that my songs suck, and I really need to find people who love music from clubland and people who aren't afraid to tell the truth. It hurts my feelings more that one is dishonest.
i cringe pretty hard at some of the stuff i've put out early on but as i've slowly increased the quality of what i'm making, i've been able to actually enjoy some of my own music (and even had the guts to play some in some live sets).
also, it helps working w/ other people as it eases my mind that not all of it is crap
Yes, I listen to my own music all the time. At least once a day. I have 30-some songs on various websites and, sometimes when I'm at work, I'll listen to all of them.
This thread is stupid and applies to everyone in the universe except Beethoven.
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| Originally posted by CalvP Comparing yourself to anyone is always futile imo as it's only gonna be a negative exercise & anyway i would always argue that sounding like somebody else is actually a bad thing  |
Ofcourse I do, I find it to be an essential part of the track DEVELOPMENT process. I get the best ideas on how to improve the track when I listen to it who knows where and when. Just my $0.02.
Naturally, I am my own worse critic. But, the tracks I have show my friends and some other people, all got positive feed back, but its hard to believe them sometimes.
Sure. I would think most every producer does. A lot of times I'll listen to it when I run in the mornings since a lot of what I write has high BPM.
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| Originally posted by sicc Naturally, I am my own worse critic. But, the tracks I have show my friends and some other people, all got positive feed back, but its hard to believe them sometimes. |
I'm the same way. I listen to my own stuff on occasion, because even though I'm a scrub compared to the likes of Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk, etc. I still wouldn't want to make anything that I personally wouldn't enjoy. I don't think it's weird at all to listen to your own stuff, but I definitely understand the "not feeling up to par" thing. :P
I don't think it's weird at all and in fact is quite constructive.
As a writer I was fortunate to have one of my favorite writers in the field (and a true pro) we were in, as my mentor. One of the best pieces of advice he gave me (among many great pieces over time) was that you have to intimately know your material before you can see what's wrong with it.
And that requires a lot of listening/reading to it in both the 'critical' and 'recreational' context. Including it's effect on others.
Another thing he said was (in the context of style mind you, not technical execution), Write (or produce in this case) as if you were the only guy doing it. In short, learn from, but copy nothing. It's a mindset thing. Don't try 'putting your spin' on an idea you hear because that's all it's ever going to be...your take on someone elses idea. Have YOUR OWN ideas formed from what you've learned (technically speaking) from others and blaze your own path in the application.
The result will be loved or hated, but it will NOT be just another spin-off.
FWIW YMMV IMO ETC.
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