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fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Fri May 05, 2017 10:16 pm

I can't make music drunk or if I'm overly tired ... Can't imagine anybody making a masterpiece under the influence ... I hear people say yeah they did that record while experimenting with drugs and I'm like OK sure ...

Tux · Post by **Tux** » Sat May 06, 2017 8:59 am

I would argue that a few masterpieces were written under the influence of weed. Bob Marley anyone?

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Sat May 06, 2017 9:23 am

I've recorded some of my best vocal takes when I was drunk. The only problem is how bad they sound when I'm sober.

kelvyn · Post by **kelvyn** » Sat May 06, 2017 9:36 am

The Beatles wrote most of the good stuff high

As someone who lives in Amsterdam and who has spent a great deal of time composing under the influence - not anymore however - I can definitely and empirically say that weed/hash gives one a different perspective to how one normally experiences music. This can take you deeper into a creative part of your brain that is normally just out of reach... there are naturally two sides to this, sometimes it works in your favor where you ask yourself upon hearing it sober "Where the heck did that come from." And sometimes it's just "Jeez! What was I thinking." Swings and roundabouts. It's an interesting creative game to be outside of ones normal perception and experiencing sound in a different way. It's a bit like jamming with other musicians where the influence of other players creates a spontaneous reaction that can take you out of your normal modus operandi.
I find alcohol just shuts my brain down when it comes to creativity.
I'm not condoning the use of drugs just relating my very personal experience with dope.

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Sat May 06, 2017 10:01 am

I'm yet to find a substance that is better for making music. Stone cold straight is best for me. I mix better stoned though. I get hyper analytical and can hear (or perceive) things in more detail.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sat May 06, 2017 6:31 pm

I've definitely liked music that I won't have liked otherwise while intoxicated on alcohol.
I don't want that. I don't really like the high so much anyway. I didn't always feel that way.

Working at the DAW, I'd rather be really sober. I enjoy listening to what I've done later smoking some weed, but weed costs money so I don't much pursue it.

One of the best things I ever laid down in real time on the guitar, I was just shy of nodding out on Heroin.
It's kind of the old "You can't think and play at the same time." (Sonny Rollins), and this took care of that problem.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sat May 06, 2017 6:33 pm

kelvyn wrote: I can definitely and empirically say that weed/hash gives one a different perspective to how one normally experiences music.

It's been studied, actually it improves HEARING. Smithsonian Institute studies.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat May 06, 2017 6:47 pm

I wouldn't say you can HEAR better, but I won't argue that you can FEEL better. And that's important to be able to hear the small nuances. You can focus better. Or less, depending on the mind set.

experimental.crow · Post by **experimental.crow** » Sat May 06, 2017 7:16 pm

dave's not here man ...

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Sat May 06, 2017 7:24 pm

Recording in the studio and mixing is straight only. I can play live after a few (beers/shots/lines) but never wasted.

Listening to music, it doesnt matter if im straight or not. I either like it or i dont. ( i might dance a bit more if im drunk....)

Nielzie · Post by **Nielzie** » Sat May 06, 2017 7:33 pm

Alcohol sounds more analog

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Sat May 06, 2017 7:38 pm

jancivil wrote:
kelvyn wrote: I can definitely and empirically say that weed/hash gives one a different perspective to how one normally experiences music.
It's been studied, actually it improves HEARING. Smithsonian Institute studies.

i remember seeing this all over the place c. 2011. definately smithsonian + improved hearing with weed. haven't been able to find a link or reference in a while though :/

1wob2many · Post by **1wob2many** » Sat May 06, 2017 7:48 pm

fedexnman wrote:Can't imagine anybody making a masterpiece under the influence ... I hear people say yeah they did that record while experimenting with drugs and I'm like OK sure ...

Really?

I think Bill Hicks said it best....

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Sat May 06, 2017 10:53 pm

I don't modify my brain chemistry with external substances.

However, years ago I was on an SSRI. It made me impulsive and, therefore, less self-censoring. Self-censoring is bad for artists, and I was very busy with art and music while on the SSRI, but my taste was seriously compromised and the impulsivity wasn't limited to art (the drug changed my whole personality).

Getting off the damn psych drugs left me more inhibited than I originally was (brain damage). I never wanted to use psychotropics in the first place, and I don't care to be drunk, but having had my brain modified by way of coercive "healthcare" left me even more adamant about not willfully consuming psychotropics (or getting drunk).

I'll do my work with my normal functioning or not at all.

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Sat May 06, 2017 11:23 pm

Well, we always told the crowd that anyway. "The more you drink, the better we sound!" I think that there must have been some truth to it. Everyone was generally happier when we could get the crowd to drink more. Fewer complaints, fewer requests (except for freebird), more money for the bar, more groupies (ok, I'm making that part up, we never had groupies).

So, yes.

Does (most) music sound better when you're drunk? Or is it 'cos it's the end of the working week?