Hey guys...

It's 12:39am and I've been working on a new track for the last 9 hours without a break. The thing is, I do this often. I have been making trance for 3 or 4 years now and seem to be getting no where. This is the 1st time I have felt like giving up. Do u guys ever feel the same?

I know not everyone can be a superstar but I can't even finish a complete track. I have never been too good with my synth/lead work so I have mastered my percussion and drums and think I am pretty good with my basslines.

I took an electronic music production course a year ago with my mate and I learnt a hell of a lot. But I still can't seem to get any decent melodies down!! I also admit I never did too well with chord theory and all that kind of stuff so I'm always manually correcting with my mouse.

I feel so shit right now, music is the only thing I know and love (apart from basketball but hey I'm only 5'7" so I didn't get as far as I'd like ;-)

Usually I don't care how crap/good I'm doing, I always have a lot of fun trying to make my own tunes. But today is the 1st day I Have felt like I am wasting my life away....

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More or less every single time I try to do something. You just have to get over the feeling somehow. I think it's mostly because you usually tend to be your own worst critic and in reality your work is far less shit than you think.

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I guess try doing some remixes, as that way the melody etc is done already for you??

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Originally posted by THE_Chris I guess try doing some remixes, as that way the melody etc is done already for you??

That's an idea.... I have over 60,000 .midi files waiting patiently to be inserted in to my sequencer :-) Basically that's most half decent songs since the 50's.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery More or less every single time I try to do something. You just have to get over the feeling somehow. I think it's mostly because you usually tend to be your own worst critic and in reality your work is far less shit than you think.

+1, i don't produce as much but i have a lot of mental blocks when i try to construct a solid demo/mix.

If you're having trouble with melody, why not try making something that isn't dependent on it? Tech house, bangin' techno, glitch, drone ambient, musique concrete, scouse ( ).

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Can't force it, man. It's gonna sound like dry, soulless crap. Also, 9 hours straight is bound to kill anyone's imagination...

yeah i think giving your ears some time to breathe is always a good idea...

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Originally posted by Allied Nations yeah i think giving your ears some time to breathe is always a good idea...

I've never produced and haven't been DJing that long but in general in life I find... have a two week break from things you love. After that you will rediscover how fun or cool it is and will probably have a few new innovations to bring to the table.

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