Thinking of Quitting
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- KVRian
- 1411 posts since 25 Sep, 2003 from The Dirty South, USA
Listen to ther music genres BESIDE YOUR speciality.CypherOne wrote:***This isn't a 'love me, love me, I need my ego massaged' type thread***
I seem to be completely stuck lately. I seem to be suffering the worst creative block (i.e. longest period) I've ever had. Couple that with less and less time available to make music and I am really thinking of quitting.
I don't seem to be learning anything, don't know what I'm trying to achieve and where there used to be enjoyment, there's now just frustration.
Like I say this isn't intended to be a 'tell me I'm great' thread, cos I'm not. I just don't know why I bother really.
Just wanted to get that off my chest. Chances are I'll come up with something half decent soon and look like a right tit
Don't get me wrong I'm not feeling suicidal about it just stuck in a rut.
There, that's better.
Go to a concert.
Go to your very next rave in your local area.
Read a book.
Go take a early vacation.
Your writer's block will go away. Don't quit!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7936 posts since 18 Feb, 2003 from out there somewhere
I like that.mayan wrote:The creative spirit doesn't die...it may curl into a foetal position or be made to leave home...but it doesn't die.
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- KVRAF
- 3139 posts since 6 Sep, 2002 from United Kingdom & Opinions Will Travel :O)
Full quote DBSpe3D wrote:Try re-mixing this
http://audioshots.com/auditorium/viewto ... 08&start=0
Got some ambiance in there too (I think baboons)
Best regards,
Spe3d
:O)
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- Banned
- 6127 posts since 1 Apr, 2004 from Et in Arcadia Ego
take up doing giffs in OT..
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- KVRAF
- 2935 posts since 14 Dec, 2003 from Edinburgh
Well don't just decide to quit, just don't try to write anything until you feel like it again. It would be stupid just to quit because you're having writers block, just leave it on the back burner til you feel like getting back into it.
You write good stuff so just wait for it to come back.
And I'll kick you in at vurtstock if you give up
You write good stuff so just wait for it to come back.
And I'll kick you in at vurtstock if you give up
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
Time for me to bore you all with a more or less irrelevant anecdote from my childhood...
I've always been a computer geek. I ran a BBS (aka Bulletin Board System, a pre-internet computer/modem based discussion forum for all you kiddies out there ) for ten years, first on the Apple ][ and then on a Mac. Several of my friends also ran BBSs back in the Apple days. I got to be friends with a kid named Reid, who went to my school. Reid was a couple years younger than me, but we shared a common interest in computers. During the time we were friends, he got really into the whole BBS thing. His parents were well-off, and they bought him the best modem, the biggest hard drive. He also got interested in phreaking, subscribed to 2600 magazine, and so on. Then abruptly one day, he posts a message on my BBS, something to the effect of "Computers are for geeks. I'm getting rid of all my hardware. Goodbye, losers!" I never saw him again.
Music (and computers) is a fundamental part of my life. I can't imagine deciding one day to just give it up forever. I've been through periods where I don't feel inspired, but I always know I'll get back to it eventually. I simply cannot fathom the type of person who would make that kind of decision.
For anyone who has seen the movie Adaptation (or perhaps the book it was based on?):
"Done with fish."
I've always been a computer geek. I ran a BBS (aka Bulletin Board System, a pre-internet computer/modem based discussion forum for all you kiddies out there
) for ten years, first on the Apple ][ and then on a Mac. Several of my friends also ran BBSs back in the Apple days. I got to be friends with a kid named Reid, who went to my school. Reid was a couple years younger than me, but we shared a common interest in computers. During the time we were friends, he got really into the whole BBS thing. His parents were well-off, and they bought him the best modem, the biggest hard drive. He also got interested in phreaking, subscribed to 2600 magazine, and so on. Then abruptly one day, he posts a message on my BBS, something to the effect of "Computers are for geeks. I'm getting rid of all my hardware. Goodbye, losers!" I never saw him again.Music (and computers) is a fundamental part of my life. I can't imagine deciding one day to just give it up forever. I've been through periods where I don't feel inspired, but I always know I'll get back to it eventually. I simply cannot fathom the type of person who would make that kind of decision.
For anyone who has seen the movie Adaptation (or perhaps the book it was based on?):
"Done with fish."
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
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- KVRist
- 133 posts since 22 Apr, 2004
during those phases i just try not to do music. instead, i just go and do other things like what everyone suggested here.
however, sometimes when i don't feel creative but still want to stay in touch with music things, i read old issues of sound on sound, especially articles on how certain classic tracks/albums were made and so on.. in meanwhile i try to do extra work during these periods (i do some freelance translation works) and save up money for buying new gear in future. the logic is... when i'm in my creative phase i want to spend as much time on music as possible, so while i'm not feeling creative i just do other work that bring me money so when my time comes, i can literally buy myself some time for music and music gears i want.
basically, like everyone else pointed out, you ain't gonna quit permanently - so if you are not feeling creative, why not take it as an investment time for future? like learning new technics/theories for making music or saving some money for new gear/time off from work
however, sometimes when i don't feel creative but still want to stay in touch with music things, i read old issues of sound on sound, especially articles on how certain classic tracks/albums were made and so on.. in meanwhile i try to do extra work during these periods (i do some freelance translation works) and save up money for buying new gear in future. the logic is... when i'm in my creative phase i want to spend as much time on music as possible, so while i'm not feeling creative i just do other work that bring me money so when my time comes, i can literally buy myself some time for music and music gears i want.
basically, like everyone else pointed out, you ain't gonna quit permanently - so if you are not feeling creative, why not take it as an investment time for future? like learning new technics/theories for making music or saving some money for new gear/time off from work
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- KVRist
- 450 posts since 2 Nov, 2003 from 'sunny' Gaylord, Michigan, USA
did anybody say "go fishing"? not necessarily catching....just fishing. my blues blahs boredom cure-of-choice. i saw many fine suggestions above which all mean the same thing. just something different. shoot pool? that's a good one, too. sometimes i think for me, anyways, that too much focus on one thing for awhile can get very .....what you got going on now. so, something different but meaningless with no end-goal, or maybe with a goal but not so friggin' important.
i'd rather have a mullet than a comb-over.
fortunately, i have neither.
fortunately, i have neither.
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- KVRAF
- 9064 posts since 1 Aug, 2003
CypherOne wrote:The thing is I try different styles but I know the music I want to make but just can't seem to.
So what? As long as you come up with good music, who cares what style it is in?
I once tried to make a Gershwin-like song and ended up with something completely different. I did enjoy the ride though!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7936 posts since 18 Feb, 2003 from out there somewhere
well what I mean is the sound in my head rarely ends up in my sequencer due to not knowing how to do it. It's been said that I have a definite sound to my music, the problem being it's not the sound I want...
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- KVRer
- 12 posts since 13 Mar, 2005
I usually get inspiration in bursts. so I record every burst. I dont think or analyse when I burst I just record. When I am going through a state of bleakness I go back and listen to what I have done and then do the analysing and theory. The thing is this can happen months later. Also in bleakness I only get a small amount of ideas but I record them anyway. Always record even the smallest idea and keep them as reference. I've always come back to them for insperation (or Not) but their there anyway.
Again when there is no insperation but you want to do sounds get to learn your equipment. Anyway that's how I work.
Again when there is no insperation but you want to do sounds get to learn your equipment. Anyway that's how I work.
what the #@*!
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- KVRAF
- 4749 posts since 15 Jul, 2001 from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, U.K
I just checkout DepthCharge again, I can hear what it is that lets it down (for me) right away.
the detail is brilliant, the ideas are brilliant
but it stays on one level.
the artists you love (im guessing chems prodigy play a big part ? ) have movement in there arangements, classic example is block rocking beats, it builds up and up on one groove then the whole thing moves down to the relative minor and back up making things more interesting, there is a whole snobbery around musical theory, the ironic thing is most really cool music has basic chord modulation.
the detail is brilliant, the ideas are brilliant
but it stays on one level.
the artists you love (im guessing chems prodigy play a big part ? ) have movement in there arangements, classic example is block rocking beats, it builds up and up on one groove then the whole thing moves down to the relative minor and back up making things more interesting, there is a whole snobbery around musical theory, the ironic thing is most really cool music has basic chord modulation.
CypherOne wrote:well what I mean is the sound in my head rarely ends up in my sequencer due to not knowing how to do it. It's been said that I have a definite sound to my music, the problem being it's not the sound I want...