Shit im doing terrible, 1 hour a fortnight at the moment, working 6-7 days a week, married, plus i enjoy doing gym (body building) so mehhh no time

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Originally posted by skyhunter I also work on a ton of tracks at once, if one isn't coming along great, I put it aside and forget it for them moment, but I don't just go and yell at myself for failing, I work on another track. If I get frustrated with that one, rinse repeat. After awhile you have some fresh ears and you can go back to your other track without desperation!

This was a good thing for me to. It´s really easy to get frustrated with a song, specially if you are in a different mood than the song.

So a tip is to do as skyhunter says, and for me personally to also have all songs standing out from each other means I can have one song for each mood I am in instead of trying to get to the mood of the song which can be quite tricky sometimes.

Time spent on production is a lot different from time to time, but the last month have been maybe 10-20h a week.

Can go weeks, even months without doing anything, then will have a few weeks where I'll spend maybe 4-8 hours per week. I don't have the time, nor the motivation to spend long all-day sessions, nor to produce every day after work.

That said, I do still enjoy it for the most part so doubt I'll ever stop altogether but i treat this as a hobby to dabble in and wouldn't want to spend all my free time doing just this and nothing else.

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Depends on how much weed I have left.

I do maybe 2 to 8 hours a day (depending on schdule)

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Originally posted by BritishLizard Depends on how much weed I have left.

Hahahahaha hmmm yes im tryin to avoid that

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At least an hour everyday, usually 2-4, m-f that is, seeing as i work all day on the weekends (yeah its a bit backasswords, im a fucking weekend dishwasher -.-)

Maybe 3-4 hrs most nights but it's been almost a year since I finished a track.. Not good at all!!!

I seriously need to go through my project folders, must have 50 at least and most of them are just named trancebeat1, beat2 or breakdown1 etc so I've no idea what they even are..

I'm stuck in a rut (for a very long time now) of doing the same things over and over but just can't seem to break the cycle, I get a good beat/groove going but can't progress it, or get a good breakdown going with pads fx and melody but can't get a good beat/bassline going to mix it with. It's frustrating and I do try to start arranging as soon as I can so it's not just the same thing being looped over and over but I always end up with yet another unfinished project called trancemelneedbline4.7

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Originally posted by CalvP Give these a go Andy - perhaps some external instruction could be just what you need!

Thanks, I get the idea..

I spent pretty much all day on a new project today, got most of an intro laid out right up to the breakdown but already I'm like "fuck just dont know what to do now?"


I will mess about with it through the week on a night, then by the weekend I'll just be ready to scrap it and start on something new...

knocked down some serious hours this weekend, started/finished pretty much my best remix. shit aint healthy.

I work in construction and some nights I dont even have the energy to walk from the couch to bed let alone head into the studio for some creative work, but i think balance is the key. If im not in the creative mood but in the mood to boot up the computer then I'll spend a few hours trying to sort out problems/issues I have been putting off, i.e, organising samples, creating patches or working out how to do something routing wise that I've always wondered how, just a few examples. I find that this is still being productive and can be somewhat motivational cause I have usually learnt something new.

we use a particular part of our brain for problem solving and another part for being creative so I always try to stay in the one "zone" during a session. If im in a creative mood then I'll work on a song but wont stop the creative juices by searching through 50 pad patches for the part im about to put down, I'll find the right pad sound later (during a "problem solving" session). Trying to find the right sound there and then means jumping out of "creative mode" into "problem solving" mode and it can sway the session in the wrong direction.
This is what I have found works for me and since realizing this I have spent a lot more time in the studio than before. Still, never enough though!