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Sometimes things just dont work
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| shpanda |
Producing gets on my nerves sometimes.. 3 hours slicing loops, trying different hats/toms/grooves/samples. And you finnish with oompah-oompah offbeat open hat and lame saw bass. Dont get it, sometimes you just throw in basic kick, couple loops from vengeance library and first bass you find from nexus and got very uplifting groove and track half ready in few hours.
And then are days like today, using 3 hours for nothing.. this ! |
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| DJRYAN™ |
| always move forward in your productions. Then build up. Layers sound good when a foundation is there. Too many elements can cloud the idea of the track. will always be . |
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| Looney4Clooney |
unless you have a schedule to meet. Relish those moments. I've spent 40 hours on just a bass sound. Sometimes you chase your tail and realize you went too far but you will remember and learn what works and how next time around.
And don't always move forwards. Sometimes you have to go back. Sometimes you need to completely change course. Unless it is a commercial project with a deadline, you don't need to work so linearly.
People that use presets develop a sort of anxiety to actually do something original by themselves. I think that is the worst part of it. Not so much the using of the preset but rather how it trains your mind in a bad way.
I've done both ways. I find exploring and wasting time doing things , I suppose the actual process more rewarding. |
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| tehlord |
| Every time I sit down, magic happens. |
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| shpanda |
| Sometimes its just better to start over. Its just so frustrating when nothing seems to work.. Then magically you find a cowbell sounding just right and get the groove going. Lol. |
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| vercetti |
| Bloody hell. It's not uncommon for producers to spend a couple of weeks just on drums alone. Waste 300 hours, then moan. |
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| shpanda |
| quote: | Originally posted by vercetti
Bloody hell. It's not uncommon for producers to spend a couple of weeks just on drums alone. Waste 300 hours, then moan. |
Well that is stupidity or lack of any kind of talent.. Post some of your releases. |
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| vercetti |
Well I *am* talentless, I'll give you that.
Here's a post from a semi-famous band, they must be absolutely talentless and stupid though:
Quote:Originally posted by project
Out the tunes you have made which took the longest and which one is your favourite?
lately we have been spending a lot of time on tunes, it started with 'meditation', we knew it was a special opportunity for us so we wanted to do our absolute best, i think we spent about 3 months on that tune. then messiah remix, if it counts, took us about 4 months, a week for the intro orchestration, a month or two on the main groove (drums and sub work) and trying all sorts of ideas and angles out, a couple of weeks making reeses for it, edits etc...then sequencing it out and finishing it up.
right now we are working on a thing called 'the tide' which has already taken us about 5 months, we want it to be special so we're gonna take our time... |
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| wayfinder |
| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
Every time I sit down, magic happens. |
whoopee cushion? |
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| MSZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by shpanda
, sometimes you just throw in basic kick, couple loops from vengeance library and first bass you find from nexus and got very uplifting groove and track half ready in few hours.
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LOL, sounds like an amazing track bro. |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by wayfinder
whoopee cushion? |
My secret is out |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Danyella
i know how that feels.. frustrating! took me forever the other night just to pick the perfect percussions for my intro perc loop.. and then ended up deleting half of it. but then on some other nights i work away just fine. when i notice that im stuck (happens a lot) i just save the draft and work on another. |
That's how it goes sometimes and it's best not to force it.
I've posted it before but still it's relevant:
"Trevor Horn saw Frankie Goes To Hollywood on the TV show, the Tube, loved their look and signed them to now legendary label, ZTT.
He started recording "Relax" in Sarm studios with his usual programmers and percussionists.On the first day they laid down a kick drum,bass and hi-hat.
Over the next few months the perfectionist Horn created hours of similar recordings, then wanted a live feel so got The Blockheads in to play it.
He scrapped that, flew to America and spent more weeks in the studio. Still not liking any of it he jetted back to London.
One day back in Sarm, Trevor just lies on the floor smoking a huge joint, seeking inspiration. The programmer gets out a tape. The sound of a kick-drum, bass and hi-hat echo around the studio. "That's it!" shouts Trevor. They use it for Relax and It becomes one of the most recognisable sounds in pop history.
That tape was the very first thing they recorded on the first day at SARM" |
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