How many projects do you work on at once?

[V0RT3X]

Just the right amount

[jackoo]

All of them.

That numbers differs greatly, depending on the season.

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

At last count, over 100

[Distorted Horizon]

200 or 300

[BERFAB]

To me, my projects are like sculpting in clay. I put a little on here, I take a little off there, etc. I write something almost every day, and then, I go back and play with my last few ideas and try to flesh them out more. The danger, of course, is that it seems like everything is always a work in progress. But, miraculously, I do wind up finishing things.

Overall, the answer to the question is, on average, 3 projects at a time.

Cheers
-B

[el-bo (formerly ebow)]

To me, my projects are like sculpting in clay. I put a little on here, I take a little off there, etc. I write something almost every day, and then, I go back and play with my last few ideas and try to flesh them out more. The danger, of course, is that it seems like everything is always a work in progress. But, miraculously, I do wind up finishing things.

Overall, the answer to the question is, on average, 3 projects at a time.

Cheers
-B

The first part rings true for me, also. As for finishing things: For me, at least for a long while now, I have lost interest in the whole process of recording, mixing, mastering etc. Now that I am working, I have even less inclination.

What I am enjoying, however, is playing music. I am quite happy to crank up the DAW, load up some instruments and just play. Of course, I often end up with some idea that is worth keeping, and so it gets recorded and filed away for such time as I might rekindle some interest in the process of taking those ideas to some kind of completion.

I do need to start going through those projects, though, to see how much is really serviceable. Will probably make a crude, mix-bus bounce of every project, load up the phone, and take them out for some long walks on long beaches. Anything that doesn't make the grade can be thrown into Geist as sample fodder

[Vortifex]

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[foosnark]

Those of you who say one at a time, I can only assume, have much more experience than I. I can see myself, some time in the future reaching a level where I can finish a project in one go (aside from a final mix), and maybe then, the speed with which I'm able to do that at, or the fluidity with which I understand what I'm doing, will mean that I am fast enough for every musical spark I have to be done and completed in sequence, or, sparks aren't completely necessary because of some intrinsic understanding, perhaps?

I went through many years of just occasionally jamming and making noises, and maybe once in a while recording something.

Then once I got into VSTs, I went through several years of recording albums. At first I was pretty meticulous. Participating in projects like NaSoAlMo and FAWM taught me some speed. But in between projects I'd do jack for months at a time, with no motivation to start anything, and I'd feel bad about it

So I decided I was going to finish one song per week. It was kind of a chore at first. But that was when I started to get back into hardware, which inspired exploration and made the project easier. Some of those desktop synths I had were unstable and crash-prone, which encouraged working faster and getting them captured before I lost whatever magic was going on. Then I got into modular, and by the end of that first year I was recording 3-4 songs per week, and it was flowing really easily.

After another year of exploring I had found my sound -- less experimental, generally less beat-oriented and more a sort of spooky ambient-leaning sound -- and went back to albums. I released 5 in 2018 without feeling like I rushed it.

I don't know about "spark" I often sit down in my little studio corner with a sound design technique or a crazy patch idea to experiment with, and at some point what I'm hearing flips a switch in my brain and has to become a song.

[Lotuzia]

A lot . Most of them get finished at one point. Remaining ones either doesn't deserve to be finished, or just disappeared under the pile. Anyway I don't like spending too much time on a project. When it takes too long, I always seem to get bored and can't focus to -try to- better them. I like the 70s/80s spirit for all that : have an idea, practise a bit if it's necessary, or to get it more sophisticated. Just record 1/2/3.../n parts very quickly as long as inspiration is there. And reload it when time/desire/deadlines allows/impose to finish it if the 1rst attempt needs additional work like rerecording/adding parts, rewriting arrangements and polishing a bit -or much more- the mixdown etc.