i remember there is a good thread about that...
my tip:just forget about producing,go and do something completly different,try to chill out,give yourself a time,refresh ears..and you will come back with better creativity...that work for me...

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yeah producing is 98% of the time depressing, 2% you are happy with what you created

i'm thinking of quitting, because each night i go to bed i have a bad feeling after a few hours of useless work

havent produced shit for a month.. hoping new monitors would help..
if not, i might try drugs..

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Originally posted by Subtle i might try drugs..

Any links?
same here,i keep downloading new VSTs,sometimes i get some
insperations,but now with the demo of NI-Metaphysical and some
Speedy jay presets,i fell i should do something else!

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i'm getting into doing my producing in bursts

i wont do anything for a few weeks, but then just get bang on it for about 3-5 days non stop, and produce a tune right thru to the end and master it and everything.... then not do anything for another 3 weeks....


keeps things fresh

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Hey. I know the feeling . I'm in the slumps right now actually lol. What I do is just keep producing. Keeo churning out some super naty shit, that way when you do produce something worthwhile, youre like WOW :P. Just my way of coping. I'd also suggest getting into other hobbies. I also take a lot of pictures and do a lot of graphics design, both 2d and 3d so when I'm in the slumps with one thing, I'll try another. What really sucks is if I'm just plain in the slumps . In cases like that, I just watch TV and movies... None of this may really apply to you though. Youll just have to find out what is best for you but atleast you have some ideas.

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you know whats working for me? ive almost completly stopped listening to music other than my own. that makes for hardly any constant outside influences. also, ive learned to (personally) only get up and work on something when im really really bored. like really bored. i find myself putting more work into the track then i usually would. and it just tends to flow alot better. im really going to separate the time i spend listening to music with the time i spend creating it. i need to make them two completely different things, because they both seem to interfere with each other. im not sure why though. i just find when im in that "ok, i think i feel like making a track" state of mind, nothing ever comes through. but if i really push myself to wait long enough, there is this unexplainable time, where its just the right moment to start a track. usually, in this state of mind, i REALLY get things done. probably wont work for anyone else, but it does for me.

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if i would listen just my music i would lose objectivity
i listen other music not just trance but all good music for inspiration

drugs sounds like good idea

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I just came out of a "writer's block", in fact a few weeks ago I made a thread about it, I think.

I honestly don't know how I got out of it, I just did. So my best advice... give it time? I don't know I didn't do anything special like stopping producing to refresh myself, i just sat down one day and it came back to me.

Not very useful or helpful, I know. But it's my 2 cents

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Originally posted by messytechie i'm getting into doing my producing in bursts i wont do anything for a few weeks, but then just get bang on it for about 3-5 days non stop, and produce a tune right thru to the end and master it and everything.... then not do anything for another 3 weeks.... keeps things fresh

I'd say that's some of the best advice on this page. Everybody's different, but for me, when I'm particularly inspired I can finish an entire track in less than a week - but when I'm not in the mood it can take forever.

And it's true that listening to *only* your *own* tracks might compromise your objectivity, but IMHO, objectivity is best saved until a track is ready for editing/remixing/mastering. Being too much of a perfectionist (as I often am, which is not to say that I'm perfect, just picky at times) really only slows you down and blocks the flow of creativity.

Objectiveness is, by definition, uninfluenced by emotion. Try to produce with no emotion or love and you'll end up with a track that's pretty sterile.

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So let's get this straight, you make crap most of the time, and only once in a while you making something less crappy? Or are you making something marketable?

I'm going to assume it's the former. Now when you stop and think about that, you realise you're not a professional (in most cases), and that you have a technical skill level that you're still working at. You might be super creative and have the sweetest god damn cutting edge tracks in your head. When it comes down to getting them made, it's not really happening.

If you feel like you're just making crap, I recommend that instead of just stepping away and thinking that will solve it, you should instead try to learn new things about producing. Crack open your favorite VST, initialize the patch (clear the parameters) and try and sculp some interesting shit. Play with your effects until it hurts.

I use to just make tracks that sucked and every time i made a track, it sucked a little less. Seemed like progress..... but it's really not.

Now I like to spend the bulk of my time working at only one element. Drums, or bass, or leads, or atmosphere or effects. Getting those drums sounding crisp and spacey. Then at the end of the week I try and hammer out a track. I'm never happy enough with a track to send it out, but I often look at the track and think "Yah, I nailed that ______ (insert aspect)." Learn, Learn, Learn! Get books on synthesis (there is a sweeeeet ebook around here i HIGHLY recommend called How to make a sound").

If you can't THINK up anything good, yah, sure, writers block, take some time to clear your head and come back. But if you simply can't make anything good, you're probably not happy with your skills. Which is good, because you know in your head you can do better. All the music in your head is good, you just ain't hammering it out the way you want it.

I'm gonna end that shit here, I just worked 10 hours so this might be a little pessimistic and contradictory.

Just a point of view.

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