I have no idea what to do
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- addled muppet weed
- 105769 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- KVRist
- 252 posts since 17 Oct, 2020
Consistence is the key, that includes consistent suckage.
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- Banned
- 995 posts since 4 Feb, 2021
None of you are shite. If you can model and organize white noise, giving it just a few structures, you are making music, imo, and I like it. There are just some I like more than other. Stay on the good side with your muse and respect those of your fellow men.
Tribe Of Hǫfuð https://soundcloud.com/user-228690154 "First rule: From one perfect consonance to another perfect consonance one must proceed in contrary or oblique motion." Johann Joseph Fux 1725.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105769 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
that's your opinion.
spend a day or two in a studio with me before you make such a final statement
ill show you!! 
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- KVRist
- 275 posts since 31 May, 2017
I wonder if some people simply wear way too many hats (or assume they need to), and overthink the entire process. Making music doesn't need to be remotely as complex as many make it, with no detriment to the quality of the output.
Wearing too many hats can lead to creative exhaustion, confusion and slow progress.
Wearing too many hats can lead to creative exhaustion, confusion and slow progress.
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 21 Oct, 2021
Music production, like every art takes a while to get used to. I started photography 7 years ago and still learn new techniques but I also feel confident in what I do and can reproduce different lighting situations out of my head. It takes effort to move on...keep it going...it will become second nature eventually.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105769 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
during the early part of lockdown, i went a bit weird, spent a small fortune on a lot of hats
seriously, when am i going to wear a bloody fez?
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lookingforkomplete lookingforkomplete https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=533367
- KVRer
- 20 posts since 17 Oct, 2021
It's actually great you brought this up, because this will always be a thing for OP. In music production, you can always learn something new. I've given up on music and came back repeatedly, so I know the cycle, and find it more exhilarating when I just try new things. If OP is comparing himself to others constantly, that entire mindset will be a negative, so it's best to enjoy music as an internal thing.mindgap wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:55 pm Music production, like every art takes a while to get used to. I started photography 7 years ago and still learn new techniques but I also feel confident in what I do and can reproduce different lighting situations out of my head. It takes effort to move on...keep it going...it will become second nature eventually.
OP needs to challenge themselves to keep things interesting. I've been through similar problems in a decade-long journey, and the one thing that keeps me motivated to work on music daily is the challenges and unique things I can learn. They can learn how to make a 4 bar loop into an 8 bar, then a 16 bar, then a 32 (no matter how bad they think it is). Read books on production, sampling, go over scales you don't necessarily use or think about, etc. I spend a few hours a day just working on things that slowly become performable to an audience, but the satisfaction comes in surprising myself with what my mind can come up with. Keeping things new and attempting what I didn't in the previous track provides the unknown, but I find it intriguing. Coming up with stories helps advance my production, too, so there's no limit to the creativity you can apply to move yourself out of a rut.
If you're still not feeling it, take a break and come back refreshed. Production is just like life; it's a journey. Sometimes, you have off-times, and sometimes, you're atop of the world and able to crank good stuff out in short amounts of time.
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- KVRAF
- 35405 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Hey, that's some great adivce. I will try to put that into practice.cryophonik wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 4:52 pm As for loop-itis, sometimes the best thing to do is to just finish it. One thing you can do is borrow an arrangement from another similar reference track. For example, 8 bars of intro with an atmospheric vibe on the tonic chord, 16 bars of the main theme with drum buildups and exotic percussion, 16 bars of a secondary theme, etc. Use your own musical ideas derived from your 4-bar loop, but use the reference track as a framework/road map and just make it work. Yes, it will probably feel a little formulaic, but hopefully the momentum you gain will be enough to finish it and you can always look for ways to switch up the arrangement along the way.
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- GRRRRRRR!
- 15931 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
I don't agree with that at all. I spend hours every night just playing around because I like playing around. e.g. I have spent the last week-and-a-half working up a cover of Ultravox's I Remember (Death in the Afternoon), even though I know I'll never do anything with it - it's too obscure to do if I ever get my 80s cover thing off the ground and it's not at all suitable for NOVAkILL - so eventually I will declare it finished and find something else to do. But for the moment, I am having a ball just doing it for the sake of doing it.
Once we have a new goal, it will get serious and just be hard, boring, horrible work again.
NOVAkILL : Asus RoG Flow Z13, Core i9, 16GB RAM, Win11 | EVO 16 | Studio One | bx_oberhausen, GR-8, JP6K, Union, Hexeract, Olga, TRK-01, SEM, BA-1, Thorn, Prestige, Spire, Legend-HZ, ANA-2, VG Iron 2 | Uno Pro, Rocket.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105769 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
thats my issue!
if i wear the fez, people will expect that.
then imagine i trip and break my leg, everyone stands around laughing, thinking im being clumsy. not to mention, i wear my wizards hat while performing magick (i did state i bought lots of hats)
