I get the same shit all the time, but I don't try too hard to focus on them because that would force me to compare, which I believe is your worst enemy in music production. I learned to be satisfied with the results I synthesize from scratch, once something sounds good I record it and keep it till I need it later. One sound can be reversed, halfend, scewed, stuttered, glitched, eq'd to create even more sounds like bass and kicks etc to create dynamical loops later on. Once you do this a million times with other sounds, you already have yourself an arsenal of sounds to arrange in a sequencer. Whatever you came up with after a few months you damn better be satisfied cuz if you aren't, you got a long way to go. I produce from scratch and deal with raw elements, i never use sample programs or other loops. My friend loves Stylus RMX and it's grooves, but it's too automatic, too unoriginal and too fuckin easy, too entertaining to the point where it doesn't allow you to work for your sounds...if anyone agrees with me on this, let's be friends

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Actually, this very rarely happens to me. My tracks usually start by doodling around out of boredom.

The only instance of this happening to me are the lyrics to At The Edge Of Tomorrow - I actually woke up in the middle of the night and the lyrics were just running around in my head. Luckily I happened to have a piece of paper and a pen next to me.

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Endless Cycles [Capital Heaven]
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Actually, this very rarely happens to me. My tracks usually start by doodling around out of boredom. The only instance of this happening to me are the lyrics to At The Edge Of Tomorrow - I actually woke up in the middle of the night and the lyrics were just running around in my head. Luckily I happened to have a piece of paper and a pen next to me.

Yep, sounds like the majority of my producing exploits -- starting out completely blank and spaced out. I might not have a note in my mind, but it looks like I'm a masterful composer.

I had lyrics pop in my head at one time, but I can't sing. THe lyrics, however, inspired a good melody.

I actually recieve the vast majority of my melodic inspiration from tinkering on the piano or MIDI keyboard. I'm not a trained pianist, but it's still a boatload of joy.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations my preferred method is a portable voice recorder I use my cel phone. click click record say say say click boom.

Exactly what I do but without the clickyty click boom :P

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Originally posted by daeus Exactly what I do but without the clickyty click boom :P

clickity click is just me pushin the cel phone buttons and boom is the sound my head makes when i have it down.

I can't help these things!

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I usually get any ideas when i'm not near my computer.
Combine that with poor short term memory and.........


yeah!

Usually when I start working on a track I just work on some sounds and it all expands from that. It would probably be a bit easier if I had a MIDI keyboard.

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lol i get melodies in my head at the most random times.. usually when i'm trying to get to sleep or if i'm taking a shower. if the melody is really good, i'll drag myself out of bed at 3am and create the basics of it on the computer, so i dont end up forgetting it..

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Originally posted by DigiNut Most of my good work comes out that way. I keep a score handy so I can get it down on paper, or if there's not enough time or I feel it fading away fast, then I'll use a bit of a shorthand that doesn't convey quite as much information but is usually good enough to make me remember what I had in my head earlier. Like any other type of artist you should always have, at bare minimum, a pen[cil] and paper wherever you go. Or you can go the portable recorder route if you're into that... personally I don't believe that listening to myself humming would be sufficient to recreate the full array of sounds and rhythms I dreamt up.

What exactly do you write on that score, if you dont mind??

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Originally posted by bluebird What exactly do you write on that score, if you dont mind??

i think i can handle this one;

Notes.

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ALFI - BOHICA - DJ MIX (Stream+Dropbox)

idiot

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I usually get all my musical ideas from theme tunes to Children's TV programmes.

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Originally posted by RickyM I usually get all my musical ideas from theme tunes to Children's TV programmes.

And don't we all know it

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Endless Cycles [Capital Heaven]
The Charlatan [Morphosis]