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SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:05 am

When Richard Feynman was working out his theory of beta particle decay. he would occasionally need time and space to simply sit and think. He would go to a titty bar.

So if it's good enough for a Nobel laureate and the man who publicized the reasons behind the Challenger disaster, it should be good enough for you.

Titty bars all around.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 2:41 pm

SODDI wrote:When Richard Feynman was working out his theory of beta particle decay. he would occasionally need time and space to simply sit and think. He would go to a titty bar.

So if it's good enough for a Nobel laureate and the man who publicized the reasons behind the Challenger disaster, it should be good enough for you.

Titty bars all around.

I guess woolyloach doesn't get writers block at all then...

cornutt · Post by **cornutt** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:20 pm

Sometimes I make a loop out of what I have and then record some random soloing or drum hits over it. And that winds up suggesting something else in terms of where the melody needs to go. And bravo for trying not to fall into the loopz-are-me trap, but a certain amout of repetition is a characteristic of the electronic dance genre. Sometimes it pays to not get too clever. Instead of trying to think of that next chord, put a few random weird noises in and see if that leads you to something.

And if that fails, spend some time working on patches and sound design. It will help you reset the melody/harmony part of your brain.

cornutt · Post by **cornutt** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:23 pm

And BTW Dazzy, don't feel like the Lone Ranger... I'm 54. We probably have a lot of the same '80s influences.

Dazzyst · Post by **Dazzyst** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:25 pm

Thanks for all the great replies. One person PM'd me and suggested looking at Ohm Studio. Has anyone had a play with it?

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:32 pm

Ohm Studio is a great DAW for online collaborations. Unfortunately, it doesn't have extraordinary composing features. For composing something like Rapid Composer might be better...

d-s-m · Post by **d-s-m** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:39 pm

I just make a drum beat, then start playing around with synths and samples until I come up with decent 8 bar loop, then build the rest of the tune around that.

bronxsound · Post by **bronxsound** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:39 pm

do a remix. take it wherever you feel. it may lead you to your own original crations at the end.

Dazzyst · Post by **Dazzyst** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:41 pm

cornutt wrote:And BTW Dazzy, don't feel like the Lone Ranger... I'm 54. We probably have a lot of the same '80s influences.

Well, I'd certainly like to hear something you've created!

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:42 am

cornutt wrote:And BTW Dazzy, don't feel like the Lone Ranger... I'm 54. We probably have a lot of the same '80s influences.

Oh you kids... I got 70s influences.

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:52 am

http://ideagenerator.creativitygames.net/

Idea generators can spark an idea...

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:55 am

Dazzyst wrote:Thanks for all the great replies. One person PM'd me and suggested looking at Ohm Studio. Has anyone had a play with it?

It's got a really nice compressor and a built-in irc chat sort of thing. I found it distracting and memory-hogging but that's coming from a single-core user. It's certainly worth trying out for yourself since you get ten projects for free.

werp · Post by **werp** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:42 am

My wife ties me up so I can be a struggling artist for an hour or so.

crimsonwarlock · Post by **crimsonwarlock** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:20 pm

werp wrote:My wife ties me up so I can be a struggling artist for an hour or so.

Yeah, but you like that, don't you

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:41 pm

Find someone else to work with when you cant come up with anything good by youself ... I did this last year, and it got me writing again in no time.

Composers block...what do you do?