KVR Audio

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:46 am

A good exercise for me is to vary my approach to making music. Being a creature of habit it's easy to rely on tried and tested methods to build tracks. My usual approach (given the sort of music I make) is to build the beats, then a bassline and then everything else. My last track was a result of doing this in reverse order. It's also fun to work with synths you haven't used in a while, that can be quite inspirational.

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:01 am

I sometimes set myself the task of recreating a certain sound or synth line.. in the process I usually stumble upon something completely different that gives me inspiration for a track

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:27 am

spaceman wrote:I sometimes set myself the task of recreating a certain sound or synth line.. in the process I usually stumble upon something completely different that gives me inspiration for a track

yeah that's a bit like my 'Idea Transforming Stairs' (patent pending) - usually when DJ'ing or listening to tracks downstairs I hear something I like and proceed upstairs to attempt it, only to discover that the idea has mutated (and also due to a lack of ability) and it sounds totally different. On the rare occasions that I do manage to recreat it, it feels like cheating so I don't end up using it anyway

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:46 am

CypherOne wrote:
yeah that's a bit like my 'Idea Transforming Stairs' (patent pending)

that sounds like some faulty functionality no one asked for that steinberg would include in the next version of cubase

duncanparsons · Post by **duncanparsons** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:00 am

peppy197 wrote:But I usually travel 1000 km to Steve's Music Store in Montreal and drool on their synths and things.

That's a long way to go to dribble.
I hope you take a cloth to clean up after yourself...

I had a break for about 5 years after getting married when I barely wrote a thing. Over this last year I have completed just over 30 pieces, some of which are finishing ideas I had around 8-10 years ago, and never got to complete..

I've never really been worried, tho' the monthly contest has been a great impetus for getting stuff done!

DSP

esden9 · Post by **esden9** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:48 am

I'm in one now..worse than ever...not just musically...I don't want to write...i don't want to draw...I don't want to play video games...I don't wanna code...all I ever do is think about her...and when I try to do anything else she distracts me. But she isn't even here...dammit.

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:49 am

esden9 wrote:I'm in one now..worse than ever...not just musically...I don't want to write...i don't want to draw...I don't want to play video games...I don't wanna code...all I ever do is think about her...and when I try to do anything else she distracts me. But she isn't even here...dammit.

I hear cats can do that to a man...

esden9 · Post by **esden9** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:51 am

fuckin a

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:52 am

cat?

esden9 · Post by **esden9** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:56 am

cat, kitty, pussy...isn't it all the same? a metaphor for the horrible virus that infects the hearts of men?

or were you refering to the irritating way that Felis domesticus tends to interfere with work with razor sharp claws?

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:58 am

no I was just completing your sentence.

esden9 · Post by **esden9** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:03 am

"Fuckin a" is a complete sentence

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:04 am

needs a full stop.

esden9 · Post by **esden9** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:06 am

FlounderEye · Post by **FlounderEye** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:24 am

I had a dry spell of a good 8 or 9 years. I was working in the corporate world and miserable. But I got laid off!

After which, I quit drinking, wrote 2 hours of music for various projects, and had my first child. Dry spell over.

Work your way out of it (meaning, work on MUSIC and don't feel too precious about it, or yourself).

what's the longest dry spell you've ever had