Well, to start it off, i have been a learning a lot..on and off this forum. I can clearly see an improvement in the way i produce music and although i am light years behind making a decent track, i can safely say i am on my way. But there's a problem(and i am sure many might have touched this topic before...but nevertheless)...i am becoming restless and impatient while producing tracks.
I compose an element in my production which is pleasing and when i decide 'ok lets get on with the next one' and i mix it fairly well too. I do have an elementary idea about adding buildups and bringing up the excitement in my track too and i even incorporate those. EQ,compressors,reverbs,delays later ....yes it does sound good to my ears. I like my track and i am satisfied. and then BOOM !
I listen to some really good tracks from Mistique or some other good label and then its back to square one. I find a trillion faults with my track. I go back,work on these and whatever character and emotion my track has...gets lost. I try to bring them back and i end up creating something entirely different from what it began as. In the process iam getting extremely frustrated. I do take occasional breaks and my day job gives me ample time to breathe and absorb other things, but i am loosing my patience.
How do you guys cultivate patience? I have no intention of putting aside this hobby as this is something dear to me. I live and breathe music.
Am i creating high standards for myself? Is it really a good thing?
btw i am nearly 7-8 months into music production and you can check out this track of mine(which i produced a month back) to get an idea of where i stand correctly.
P.S - I am not asking feedback on this song per se...i do know where to post it for getting feedback.This track btw has no buildups...cool FX etc....just a skeletal progression i drew up.
Beatflux
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Originally posted by sylvannas
I listen to some really good tracks from Mistique or some other good label and then its back to square one. I find a trillion faults with my track. I go back,work on these and whatever character and emotion my track has...gets lost. I try to bring them back and i end up creating something entirely different from what it began as. In the process iam getting extremely frustrated. I do take occasional breaks and my day job gives me ample time to breathe and absorb other things, but i am loosing my patience.
You have to put in the time if you want to be good, and if there's nobody showing you then its going to take much longer.
Julz
Just focus on finishing the track to the best of your ability and move on to a new one.
MSZ
this game is all about dedication, some get rewarded more than you but it doesn't change the first.
sicc
Same thing used to happen to me quite a bit, but I just take a breathe now and let the track grow to places IT wants to grow; When I try to exert control over its flow, it usually splinters to pieces I never return to. Surrender to the sounds.
sylvannas
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Originally posted by sicc
Same thing used to happen to me quite a bit, but I just take a breathe now and let the track grow to places IT wants to grow; When I try to exert control over its flow, it usually splinters to pieces I never return to. Surrender to the sounds.
Hmmm....really interesting the way you put it. But doesn't that mean you usually loose control of your production?...Basing your music on a 'sound design' principle will just be a 'sound design' example....not a music piece IMHO.
Well i guess ill have to put in the time.Lots of it.
Thanks for the replies. Appreciate it !
sicc
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Originally posted by sylvannas
Hmmm....really interesting the way you put it. But doesn't that mean you usually loose control of your production?...Basing your music on a 'sound design' principle will just be a 'sound design' example....not a music piece IMHO.
Well i guess ill have to put in the time.Lots of it.
Thanks for the replies. Appreciate it !
Not necessarily, i try let the track as a whole, all elements included go where it wants to. i commented on your track ocieanic, you can check out some of my music if you would like, nothing special, but its defiantly not out of control xD
dj_alfi
imo get down all the tracks you can when you're creative, and don't worry about small flaws until later. you can always go back and polish a sound, but you cant go back to when you were creative.
i very often get stuck making everything sound perfect from the very beginning, and after a couple of hours of tweaking a 32 bar loop it get's boring, and not very rewarding at all, for my ears got tired a long time ago, so i cant really trust what im doing anyway. so yeah, cool if you can get anything from this or whatever.
sicc
No i got someting from your post alfi; I completely identify with you. I've learned that rushing the process a bit and not perfecting everything can be a big help.
Looney4Clooney
Have goals
Short and long.
Set a routine.
And follow it.
Start small, then build.
And use your time effectively. Do one thing at a time. And crystal
-FSP-
Lots of songs are 99% sweat. If you keep at it, you will eventually make a song, maybe even a releasable one. A monkey on a keyboard will eventually type Shakespeare given enough years. You are smarter than a monkey, and you're on a keyboard. If you make enough songs, you'll make something great. You won't even understand how you did it, but you will do it. Just be prolific, work hard, and do your best.
Energy_3
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Originally posted by sicc
Not necessarily, i try let the track as a whole, all elements included go where it wants to. i commented on your track ocieanic, you can check out some of my music if you would like, nothing special, but its defiantly not out of control xD
