I'd say I've gotten 10 folds better than my last years production level. Whenever I do a track I usually compare it to the last one, so that drives me to do better and better every time. I hit producers block often and I think its great because when I come back I think I churn out good stuff. As far as production goes, I've been persistence ever since I've started although there was a time when I did this track called Fourteen and personally I thought it was the one of bests and doubted myself if I could do something better.. turns out I'm working on another one that I think is better than Fourteen. It's just a matter of deriving inspiration.. If you feel out of it .. take a break.. don't even care how long it takes. One night you are going to feel "THAT" urge of producing something and I'm pretty sure it'll be some kickass stuff.

Oh I'm pretty sure u know this but make sure you don't stick to only one genre only.. try different stuff.. I myself tried a trip-hop remix of Aphrodite.. (never completed it though).

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Technically I'd say I'm making more or less improvement on every new track. But musically it's like Subtle described; Sometimes I'm lucky and everything works together better than I could consciously make them work at that current skill level. Only afterwards (possibly years), I can understand why it worked so well.

Last edited by Chronosis on Oct-17-2005 at 09:19

One tip based on my experience.

Don't do too much reading/research without equal practice. I found myself subconsciously avoiding practical progression because when I was starting out I'd read and learned so much that my own expectations exceeded my own actual ability. Schoolboy error. So when I'd try and create something I'd know what I wanted but not how to do it. It drained my motivation quickly, and I found myself back at square one.

Last edited by Tech0rz on Oct-17-2005 at 13:54

I've been producing for a couple of years and I generally follow the same pattern regarding skill & inspiration:

I write a song with which I am very satisfied and best represents my current skill level. Then over the next few months I come up with many song ideas that I don't follow through with, and represent the same skill level as the most recent complete project. I also tend to lack the motivation and inspiration required to complete a song.

Then one day, I'll have a flash of inspiration, and begin a song that I feel is more advanced in respect of my ability. For the first time since I completed my previous song, I'll feel truly inspired, and know with certainty that I will complete this song.

Once the song is all done, I feel as though my skill & ability has evolved.

This is the general pattern, though on odd occaisions a song just develops in entirety regardless of what else I may be working on at the time.

If you feel like you've hit a wall or plateau or something along those lines, take a break and look at some titties. Not that this will help you break the block, but it's titties and they're awesome to look at - why do you need a reason? jesus.

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I'd say I've improved ALOT in the last year - but most of that could be attributed to discovering TA.

It's hard to say if I've made any progress lately seeing as I've been shifting genres constantly, from trance to breaks, to ambient, to techno, and now psy. Interrestingly enough is that I found out I'm better at producing certain genres that aren't nessessarily what I typically listen to.

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Originally posted by Tech0rz Don't do too much reading/research without equal practice. I found myself subconsciously avoiding practical progression because when I was starting out I'd read and learned so much that my own expectations exceeded my own actual ability. Schoolboy error. So when I'd try and create something I'd know what I wanted but not how to do it. It drained my motivation quickly, and I found myself back at square one.

That's very true, I hadn't even thought about that. I have done a lot of reading lately and found very little of it to be of practical use, and I think that only adds to the frustration.

Guess I've gotta keep in mind that the producers who truly amaze me with their work have generally been producing for 5 years or more. I just wonder if I'm ever going to get the hang of some of the more useful stuff, like FM and granular synthesis. Maybe you don't need to know everything, I guess...

Trevor: I'm always lookin' at titties, but I think it's more of a distraction than an inspiration!

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2009-02-21 - DJ Attention @ I'm So Popular
2009-06-18 - DJ Annoying @ People Need To Know Where I'll Be
2012-11-32 - DJ Insufferable ɸ Or At Least the Stalkers I Complain About
2048-06-66 - Spastic & Whocares ¶ Although I'm Actually Flattered
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I havn't really improoved on anything. I'm not saying I'm good because I know i'm not . I know my way around the programs, and know how to do things. I just don't know how to make it sound the way I want to.

I'm right now in the middle of a project that is FINALLY sounding good.

In the past month...I'd have to say I've definately improoved on my kicks and percussion. Making the song sound "Full".

With a few of my friends help and thanks to santiago nino for his awesome kick samples

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Originally posted by DigiNut Trevor: I'm always lookin' at titties, but I think it's more of a distraction than an inspiration!

I don't know man... your music is sounding really good these days - and I know you dig chesticles as much as I do

keep up the fine work!

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Originally posted by DigiNut That's very true, I hadn't even thought about that. I have done a lot of reading lately and found very little of it to be of practical use, and I think that only adds to the frustration. Guess I've gotta keep in mind that the producers who truly amaze me with their work have generally been producing for 5 years or more. I just wonder if I'm ever going to get the hang of some of the more useful stuff, like FM and granular synthesis. Maybe you don't need to know everything, I guess... Trevor: I'm always lookin' at titties, but I think it's more of a distraction than an inspiration!

Distraction from music = inspiration (especially titttieessss) Believe that.

Now I need to work on a deep house track (deep dish style) called titties!

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Yeah, id say ive read quite a bit but my skill level blows cause I really havent put much if any time into anything lately.

and everytime I go back I have some great idea but never can get it how I want. Guess it just comes with practice. sometime ive been avoiding. (partially cause of my slow pc)

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Well I produce since on year... and every time I open cubase or reason i get some good progress
BUt the biggest progress I made two months ago when i started to use cubase... I think reason is very limited, but i Love it just to use it as sequencer

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Originally posted by sooper keep up the fine work!

On the music or the titties?

Heh, thanks man. I think I'm picking up again a little bit, taking it slow though. I've been working a lot on atmosphere lately (the subject area, not the plugin), think I've come up with a few ideas... we shall see how well they work when they're all tied together.

Probably I've just been listening to too many of the brilliant producers lately, like BT, Autechre, Shulman, FSOL, etc. trying to get some inspiration, but it does more harm than good because I can't even begin to fathom how they create some of their effects, let alone recreate them or come up with something of equivalent quality. Ah well... maybe I'll start an "atmosphere" thread, haha.

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2009-02-21 - DJ Attention @ I'm So Popular
2009-06-18 - DJ Annoying @ People Need To Know Where I'll Be
2012-11-32 - DJ Insufferable ɸ Or At Least the Stalkers I Complain About
2048-06-66 - Spastic & Whocares ¶ Although I'm Actually Flattered
9999-45-81 - Tweaker Gimp ☼ I Probably Won't Even Go To This But I Have To Make Sure I Fill Up All The Available Space Here