I really don't understand why so many of you guys can't finish your own tracks. How do you sit down and start producing the beginning of a track if you don't know what's going to come after? I'm honestly asking, it makes no sense to me. If you regularly waste a lot of WIP's and time because you get to a point in the track, ask yourself "now what?" and nobody answers, then stop whatever you're doing. It doesn't work.

Every time you write a track, you need to stop yourself at some point and think "okay, the song is going to go in a different direction, what do I do now?". If you have no idea, then it seems a little silly that you bothered writing a 4 minute intro leading to unknown territory, doesn't it? If you have to be in this situation at some point, no matter what, why not do it first? Get the actual song written before you do anything else.

I spent 10 hours working on a track today. Fuck me, I'm tired.. got the entire intro and first half of the breakdown finished though, and it's sounding incredible so far. Can't wait to show this one off.

It totaly depends how I start a track. If I do have an Idea for a melody or whatever I'll start at the breakdown and go from there. If not I will start with just a kick and see where it takes me, usually not far but bah who cares? I'm learning, improving and still having fun.

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Originally posted by Andy28 It totaly depends how I start a track. If I do have an Idea for a melody or whatever I'll start at the breakdown and go from there. If not I will start with just a kick and see where it takes me, usually not far but bah who cares? I'm learning, improving and still having fun.

a lot of people ive talked to lay out the track as fast as possible and get the structure out, surprisingly they also reuse the same structure exclusively, something im not very happy about(i love dabbling in structure) but its their choice. could work for you, its as simple as writing out a few sections on paper and creating the space for it in your timeline. fill in the gaps, write music, and make transitions.

moral of the story? get it done, hammer it out, its easier to fix than to write from nothing. keep a fresh perspective and learn!

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Originally posted by MSZ surprisingly they also reuse the same structure exclusively

Thinking about it, is it really that surprising?

I think alot of producers if being honest will admit to doing this (or have done this). Kinda predictable in a way, hardly original I know but if it works then why not. I'm sure the format will eventually bore them and they'll try something else in the future.

one thing that may help you as i usually work this way is getting all the melodies and things that you'll use and make the intro , breakdown, outro, in short the basic structure of the track, after that all is merging the parts, adding effects sfx and mixing, i'd say that the basic structure of the track can be done in a few hours and after that you'll feel that the track is really in progress.

ive been producing since 2008, never lost the love and dont see me ever doing so cause i love to exercisw my musical mind. id say i spend about 2-3 hours a day in my studio and about 15-25 hours a week depending on what i am working on. it never affects my social life tho.

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