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Do you ever get the urge to just throw in the towel? (pg. 3)
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| Richard Butler |
Sold all my hardware when we started a family, then itched for a few years and now am back in and love it immensely - I never get bored, and have never found anything else that holds me like production.
Only problem is it's eating into my time, and I'm finding midnight sessions are now 7 daus per week and I'm getting tired as I run a business and am very familty orientated plus do martial arts and excercise every day so I'm getting a bit ed-up lately.
Problem for me is I seem to work so slow - or is that normal? I mean just hour after hour night after night tweaking the bass, the kikc sound, the lead etc etc, on and on.:whip: |
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| Richard Butler |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
Getting Cubase 5 this weekend should also reinvigorate me. |
Don't want to on your cake, but cubase5 is immensely deep and I spend many an hour deep in the manual trying to get the recording click back on, finding the lost transport bar, trying to figure out the million different functions and options. |
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| Fledz |
| Back in the young and tender illegal age I used to use SX3 extensively. Shouldn't take me long to get my head around C5 :) |
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| Sonic_c |
Right now I have a track that i sent to the label I am signed too (before anyone comments i have releases coming for my label too)
Anyway the track was not finished i just sent a teaser to see what they thought I got the email back a few weeks ago saying the love it and can they sign it (before its even finished)
For some reason I have deliberately gone out of my way not to open cubase and done anything but internet games youtube whatever lying to myself saying ill get it done in a minute etc.
I must be in a similar boat. |
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| Sonic_c |
| quote: | Originally posted by Richard Butler
Don't want to on your cake, but cubase5 is immensely deep and I spend many an hour deep in the manual trying to get the recording click back on, finding the lost transport bar, trying to figure out the million different functions and options. |
like f2 and 'c' hasnt it always been that way? im still on sx3 |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
Just trashed every last one of my project files, synth banks, samples, and finished tracks, even the stuff on my backup external HD. I doubt I will uninstall the software, as it would be a hassle to reinstall if I want to make music again and my computer has lots of space anyway.
It feels good. I no longer have all those unfinished projects dating back years staring me in the face every time I open my production folders. In fact, I no longer have any production folders at all, because I just deleted them. I still have my programs if I want to mess around with sounds, but I doubt I will bother saving anything for quite some time.
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| owien |
i'm on a break from making tunes right now wilst looking after the folks house for a week or two and so enjoy just litening to music instead.
if you listen to music you will almost want to make it.
knowing you have the means cant help but keep you interested.
ideas will float around like a bee in a jar to the point when you have no choise but make it come alive. |
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| DjStephenWiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It's not exactly that I feel uninspired. I've been trying to write stuff, and succeeding to some extent. It's mainly that I'm really starting to doubt that what I get -- and will get, ever -- out of this hobby is anywhere close to the effort I put into it. Sometimes I think I am like a dwarf who is practicing basketball really hard every day and deluding himself that he can make it into the NBA. |
You have hit a brick wall it sounds like. Maybe instead of focusing on making tracks, learn more about theory or different synthesis methods. One thing that is great about EDM artistry is there are so many topics and each are very comprehensive and challenging.
Forget about making music for a while and become a master of EQing, etc. |
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| mysticalninja |
ohhhh that must feel clean.
the samples tho? i could never delete my sample folder.
i kinda of envy starting fresh like that.. i almost wish my HD would die and force me to do it hehyea
especially all my custom samples, edits bounces and exports... couldnt part with those precious recordings tho |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Uninstall the software, delete the project files, the finished tracks, the samples and synth banks, sell off the synthesizers, mics, and audio interfaces? |
Never. I get the urge to change my workflow and equipment, but I never get the urge to give it up. The difference may be in how much time a person spends working on music. My time is limited to a few hours a day, and usually late at night after the wife and kid are asleep. So, I pretty much relish any music time I can get. |
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| evo8 |
Starting from scratch might not be that bad an idea, ive got a feeling you will go back to making tunes again some time, people like us that spend so much time at it will never be gone for too long i dont think
When you come back to it, it may help you to be more creative, try things out different ways, i dunno...
Im finding it very frustrating as well at the moment, but i keep doin it cos i love it
just the fact of lookin at a blank screen and realising you could make something really good...well thats the theory anyway :p
At the moment when i finish a track (that i think is good) i end up listening to it again a few times and become fed up with it and never go near it again - yes it can be frustrating alright :( |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
...just the fact of lookin at a blank screen...
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I wonder if that's not one of the biggest obstacles to creativity for a lot of people right there. So many producers nowadays have fallen into this trap of seeing music production as something that is technical and done at a computer by "visualizing" music, rather than taking the time to learn or improve their musical skills. While it's true that some people can produce a top ten hit with little or no ability to play an instrument, I firmly believe that it stifles your creativity for the vast majority of people. Maybe try loading up a piano patch, turning off your monitor, and focus on just playing and listening. |
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