Whats your experience of sketching musical ideas in a cafe with laptop and headphones?
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 1 Mar, 2023
Actually I do like to split up the production process into two parts sometimes, the creative part which can happen basically everywhere outside the studio and of course the mixing and mastering part in the studio.
For me working at a cafe is very inspirational, looking at people running around outside or simply being in a different environment than usual helps to let my creativeness flow. Sometimes people look at my laptop and simply don't understand what I am doing, that's actually quite funny. Also had some interesting conversations and actually met other musicians who recognized that I am using Ableton.
But I personally think you have to choose the cafe wisely. I live in a big city and sometimes it's just too loud, no matter which cafe I decide to go to. Using noise cancelling only helps to a certain extent haha
Unfortunately sometimes when I work at a cafe, I feel way better about what I am producing - and when I get back to the studio I realize that my sketch wasn't really that nice.
I wouldn't do it everyday but overall it's a great experience I think!
For me working at a cafe is very inspirational, looking at people running around outside or simply being in a different environment than usual helps to let my creativeness flow. Sometimes people look at my laptop and simply don't understand what I am doing, that's actually quite funny. Also had some interesting conversations and actually met other musicians who recognized that I am using Ableton.
But I personally think you have to choose the cafe wisely. I live in a big city and sometimes it's just too loud, no matter which cafe I decide to go to. Using noise cancelling only helps to a certain extent haha
Unfortunately sometimes when I work at a cafe, I feel way better about what I am producing - and when I get back to the studio I realize that my sketch wasn't really that nice.
I wouldn't do it everyday but overall it's a great experience I think!
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- KVRAF
- 4554 posts since 12 Jan, 2019
Beautiful French women are always approaching me, interrupting my creative process. I can't tell you how many I have told to piss off.
Doing nothing is only fun when you have something you are supposed to do.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111292 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
i got sacked as i should have been serving customers.
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35446 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
ah, shit... headphones 
i never thought of that, got banned for using a 2KW PA. 
i never thought of that, got banned for using a 2KW PA. An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- addled muppet weed
- 111292 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
the closest cafe to me has a sign
"no dogs, no djs, no producers, no authors, no writers, no bloggers"
"no dogs, no djs, no producers, no authors, no writers, no bloggers"
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- KVRAF
- 1791 posts since 17 Sep, 2002
Anytime I take a laptop to a cafe, after about an hour i start to feel bad about loitering so i order more coffee and inevitably up, uh, producing elsewhere.
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- KVRAF
- 7001 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
edward snowden and julian lagrange has hacked all internet cafes.
they will release your musicmaking methods to the world.
and the world will have less crappy music?
they will release your musicmaking methods to the world.
and the world will have less crappy music?
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
