I fancy trying something new because I always start projects and end up getting stuck in a never-ending mass of tweaking e.g. changing melody notes, synth settings, looking for the perfect kick and so on.

The idea I have is to set a deadline for myself on TA to pressure me into finishing a complete track. I'm gonna post it for some feedback no matter how good/bad I think it is.

If anyone else fancies joining me I'm setting my first deadline for JULY 1st 2006. I'm busy with college until June the 16th so that gives me about 15 day's to finish a track.

We could set the deadline for the 1st day of every month. One track a month shouldn't be too hard and after a year we'll have an album!

There's only one rule - you have to have fun!



BTW. Please try to use 'savefile' or 'putfile' to post mp3's, they are really good sites. 'Yousendit' has limited downloads and a few people have problems with 'Rapidshare'.

so, what if you don't make a deadline?

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Originally posted by Pjotr G so, what if you don't make a deadline?

This is just an idea I had to try and motivate me to finish more tracks. If anyone else wants to join me that's fine, if they don't - that's fine

Well the last track I have finished is back in August 2005! For some reason I cannot finish any tracks anymore. Also I get bored of it after a while and I quit.. start a new one.. I like it really much and after so time I am not satified with it anymore.. and I start again.

Hehe so I've got the same problem that's really frustrating in my opinion maybe I also need to set deadlines.

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Originally posted by Drazzic Well the last track I have finished is back in August 2005! For some reason I cannot finish any tracks anymore. Also I get bored of it after a while and I quit.. start a new one.. I like it really much and after so time I am not satified with it anymore.. and I start again. Hehe so I've got the same problem that's really frustrating in my opinion maybe I also need to set deadlines.

Sound's a lot like what I'm experiencing!

Why don't you aim to write a track by 1st July like me, and even if our tracks are crap we'll just pretend they're great and compliment each other!

Only kidding, I'm sure they'll be monsterous!

This is a good idea, I also have that problem like most I guess and end up tweaking, changing kicks, synths melodies etc and end up making slow progress. Sometimes I end up searching for refills, samples, reading tutorials then I'm demotivated to carry on producing, or simply just dont have the time or dont dedicate enough time on producing (very annoying). I guess knowing that others may want to listen to your progress by an agreed deadline motivates you to carry on and hopefully improve your technique at the same time. Count me in.

Im currently working on a project that i'd love to finish , can I use that?

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Originally posted by music2dance2 This is a good idea, I also have that problem like most I guess and end up tweaking, changing kicks, synths melodies etc and end up making slow progress. Sometimes I end up searching for refills, samples, reading tutorials then I'm demotivated to carry on producing, or simply just dont have the time or dont dedicate enough time on producing (very annoying). I guess knowing that others may want to listen to your progress by an agreed deadline motivates you to carry on and hopefully improve your technique at the same time. Count me in. Im currently working on a project that i'd love to finish , can I use that?

Hey mate, of course! Like I said - There's only one rule - you have to have fun!

All good hopefully then I'll have it done by 1st. What style do you make by the way?

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Originally posted by music2dance2 All good hopefully then I'll have it done by 1st. What style do you make by the way?

No style in particular, I guess most of the stuff I listen to is uplifting trance, but I'm in the mood for a dark melodic style in a minor key right now.

For this track, before I do anything else, I'm going to write 3 riffs in the same key that compliment each other. After that I'll lay down the bass, kick etc.

Anyone here heard of "Nanowrimo.com"? It's a forum dedicated to maddening the month of November; making it legal to be insane. It's where the goal is to write at least 50,000 words of fiction in 30 days! I did this once, and I think it helped me somewhat.

Perhaps We could host something similar here... In the month of November write a track per week (or something likened that)! It's the trancewrimo month!

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Originally posted by Four_On_Four-er Anyone here heard of "Nanowrimo.com"? It's a forum dedicated to maddening the month of November; making it legal to be insane. It's where the goal is to write at least 50,000 words of fiction in 30 days! I did this once, and I think it helped me somewhat.

Helped you become insane?!

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Perhaps We could host something similar here... In the month of November write a track per week (or something likened that)! It's the trancewrimo month!

Well If I stick to my plan of writing at least one track a month, hopefully by november I'll have a good enough workflow sorted out to try this idea

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Originally posted by Pjotr G so, what if you don't make a deadline?

you`re dead haha :-D

(i hate pressure) no deadlines for me :-)

but it isn`t really a deadline, how it`s stated here.
It`s more of a funline, with a little despair on the backhand.

i used to have that too, very frequently, untill (sorry for the language mistake, i used "since" which gives the gives the thing a whole different meaning) a few days ago i started working on a song, there`s almost no beat in it, but it is my intention to finish it, because it has a nice flow (with more vst`s
and tweaking it could be a fine track)
The only thing holding me back is my cpu (intel 1.9) which can`t handle the job.
And i don`t like freezing/unfreezing, because i need to work on all parts when i want to, without freezing/unfreezing the whole thing again.
(and need a lot more power for extra vst`s/plugins, even when i freeze most of it, i do not have the power hahaha
So i got to save first, for a amd x2 4800+.
Meanwhile i tweak a little.

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