what's the longest dry spell you've ever had
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- KVRAF
- 7936 posts since 18 Feb, 2003 from out there somewhere
true and erm, I don't have a solution. Have you tried making some folk music or something?Kriminal wrote:Well, going from one track about every two weeks for two years to nothing is a bit of a slow down
- GRRRRRRR!
- 17786 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere you're not!
I didn't write a song for about 3 years between 1994 and 1997. I couldn't so much as be bothered trying for much of that time and the more I worried about it, the worse it got. I eventually squeezed one out but I never really got back on that horse until I started working with SiK on NOVAkILL. Even now though, I am nowhere near as prolific as I used to be. In the late '80's and early '90's I was writing a dozen good songs a year, many of which are now lost forever after so many hardware upgrades and failing floppy discs. I don't even have decent copies on tape of 20 or so songs that I can recall fragments of.
NOVAkILL : Legion GO, AMD Z1x, 16GB RAM, Win11 | Audient EVO 8 | Lumi Keys | Studio Pro 8
Korg Odyssey, bx-oberhausen, Proxima, PolyMax, GR8, JP6K, Union, Atomika,
Invader 2, Flow Motion, Olga, TRK 01, Thorn, Spire, VG Iron
Korg Odyssey, bx-oberhausen, Proxima, PolyMax, GR8, JP6K, Union, Atomika,
Invader 2, Flow Motion, Olga, TRK 01, Thorn, Spire, VG Iron
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- KVRAF
- 4738 posts since 20 Feb, 2004 from Gothenburg, Sweden
I'd probably say never. I almost never actually _finish songs_ but I'm constantly starting on new ones and work on them until it's time for the last final touches, that's when they get boring to work on and I start new stuff. I have probably composed around 100 songs per year since I started making music. And hell yeah, a lot of them are lost by now, one old song I made, called "8888", often springs back into my mind and I start humming on that frenetic melody 
I made plenty of songs on Amiga. I never owned an Amiga, ofcourse those are lost now, same goes for the stuff I made using my own printer port DAC back in the days.
No regrets though.
I made plenty of songs on Amiga. I never owned an Amiga, ofcourse those are lost now, same goes for the stuff I made using my own printer port DAC back in the days.
No regrets though.
Stefan H Singer
https://dropshotaudio.com/
https://dropshotaudio.com/
- KVRAF
- 8700 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
30 years but I'm getting there
My other host is Bruce Forsyth
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 11 Jun, 2002
I was going to start a post to this effect last night. I am hitting a dry spell right now and it is killing me. My problem is, I feel like I am always taking a break. Everyone says, "You are trying to hard. Take some time off." When I come back to start something I am motionless. I know what I want to do but can't translate it into something musical. I feel like giving up. I've stopped buying software and instruments because I don't think more gear will help. I've taken a music theory class and I have looked for inspiration everywhere. I'm doomed.
- addled muppet weed
- 111294 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
6min9sec.
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- KVRAF
- 4738 posts since 20 Feb, 2004 from Gothenburg, Sweden
The biggest inspiration for me is usually clubbing or sounds
So, if you're having trouble composing shit, go clubbing... 
Stefan H Singer
https://dropshotaudio.com/
https://dropshotaudio.com/
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- KVRAF
- 7936 posts since 18 Feb, 2003 from out there somewhere
baby seals?stefancrs wrote:The biggest inspiration for me is usually clubbing or soundsSo, if you're having trouble composing shit, go clubbing...
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- KVRAF
- 1954 posts since 15 Nov, 2003 from London, UK
CypherOne wrote:baby seals?stefancrs wrote:The biggest inspiration for me is usually clubbing or soundsSo, if you're having trouble composing shit, go clubbing...
- KVRAF
- 8700 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
they can be surprisingly musical while having their skulls smashed inCypherOne wrote:baby seals?stefancrs wrote:The biggest inspiration for me is usually clubbing or soundsSo, if you're having trouble composing shit, go clubbing...
My other host is Bruce Forsyth
