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| SPAWNmaster |
Hey all, been working hardcore the past week on a new track...literally ever waking hour ive spent is on this project (i have a fair amount of free time on my hands).
so anyways, the track was coming along fine and little by little im hitting more road blocks. to make a long story short i basically butchered the track and im not sure if its worth it to back track a bit and redo a lot of the original stuff that was working?
i feel like its a classic case of overproducing...i sort of over did it and now its garbage...time to move on? what do you all think?
cheers |
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| lowski |
| i always go back and over produce. once i get a tight drum essemble and bass line. i try tons of things until im happy and even when i think im done i go back and change some sounds. the main thing is the beat and bass once you get that, yer golden |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| Do you have any idea what you'll need to do to get it back in shape? |
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| SPAWNmaster |
i went and got some breakfast and came back to it...im thinking to get rid of the extraneous effects that might be distracting from the melody....shorten it up a bit, and certainly fix some percussion issues thats im facing.
basically it was good to go and i just made a mess tonight, so im gonna sleep on it and see if its worth revisiting tomorrow. |
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| echosystm |
Finish it as quickly and half assed as you can and forget about it. It wont be good, but its important to finish everything you start.
Some good advice I should follow myself :p |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| My absolute deadline is always 2 weeks - if it takes any more than that to do a tune it's a lost cause and it'll get abandoned. |
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| Ray_Chappell |
Take a break on it... start on the next tune, come back in a few weeks and you'll know if there's anything worth salvaging.
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| mysticalninja |
| quote: | Originally posted by lowski
i always go back and over produce. once i get a tight drum essemble and bass line. i try tons of things until im happy and even when i think im done i go back and change some sounds. the main thing is the beat and bass once you get that, yer golden |
easist part for me. |
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| SPAWNmaster |
well its amazing what a good night's sleep and a fresh ear can do...i woke up and had another listen to see if what i had was salvageable...
i can definately work with it and will proably finish the production tonight...this has certainly been an experience for me where the creation has evolved into something i hadn't expected, but not necessarily bad (as i now can tell with a fresh ear).
thanks for all the input guys! |
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| richg101 |
| i always export the project and its audio components into a new folder and backup onto a cd. its always good to go back to tracks that you couldnt complete due to a lack of skill, once you have learned a bit more in the months since starting it. i think i have only started about 5-10 tracks that are unfinished. most get completed sooner or later. my latest track im working on is a project file from 1.5 years ago that never got completed. |
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