I got one of those macbooks on thursday and when I was transferring files I hit me I had done f**k all for the past 18 months due to my previous crappy computer.
Kinda shitty given I thought I was making music on my computer when I wasn't, what the f**k was I doing??
Oh well back to work I spose!
Ever think you were making music when you weren't
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- KVRAF
- 10286 posts since 17 Sep, 2004 from Austin, TX
My secret weapon is writing it (in my case, mostly in my head or in a sort of storyboard) even when my shitty, shitty PC can't possibly keep up with anything I'd like to actually compose/render/mix.
Although, working whith what I can do has also given me numerous nuggets of audio joy.
Although, working whith what I can do has also given me numerous nuggets of audio joy.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111343 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
i accidentally make music occassionally when im trying not to 
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 85 posts since 13 Mar, 2002 from sydney
Yeah I hear you, I am currently in 2 bands but the stuff i do in the spare room is the shit that is going to make me famour as a solo artist just like Jameroquirunagate wrote:My secret weapon is writing it (in my case, mostly in my head or in a sort of storyboard) even when my shitty, shitty PC can't possibly keep up with anything I'd like to actually compose/render/mix.
Although, working whith what I can do has also given me numerous nuggets of audio joy.
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- KVRAF
- 4968 posts since 23 Sep, 2003 from Glasgow
I'm working at a factor of about 1 note per day (on a good day) but it has nothing to do with my comp (albeit 1.7ghz and 640mb or far doesn't go far nowadays. 
). I'm just being lazy and uninspired...i'm not saying that's how it is/was your end, i'm just saying that's where i'm coming from.
). I'm just being lazy and uninspired...i'm not saying that's how it is/was your end, i'm just saying that's where i'm coming from.-
- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
this happens to me often...for years I have said that accidental playing is the best. I pick up my guitar for no particular reason besides just noodling about some...2 hours later I'm drenched with sweat after having a blast...if I could only remember to hit the record button firstvurt wrote:i accidentally make music occassionally when im trying not to
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- something special
- 8630 posts since 16 Mar, 2002 from Birmingham, Alabama
Even though I'm surrounded with keyboards, guitars, studio monitors etc, I'm only kidding myself that I'm making music. hell, I was MUCH more prolific at age 14 with only a mono track Webcor tape recorder.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
I hear on the surrounded partbluedad wrote:Even though I'm surrounded with keyboards, guitars, studio monitors etc, I'm only kidding myself that I'm making music. hell, I was MUCH more prolific at age 14 with only a mono track Webcor tape recorder.
...my whole living room and bedroom is gear...the wife hangs clothes on my mic stands.. But I think you and I might suffer from the same thing...when I just play for the shear joy of it (most of the time) without recording I'm quite carefree. But once I hit the record button I become critical as all hell, often I find myself pushing for a direction instead of just taking it as it goes...oddly live I'm not that way, I'm back to carefree... 
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- 10286 posts since 17 Sep, 2004 from Austin, TX
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
why? Like I say I play more than I record...I'm not complaining, I'm having a great time...however as a result I have boatloads of "ideas" startedrunagate wrote:Wow, that sucks you guys.
Must be hard
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- 1817 posts since 1 Jun, 2003
ARG, too true...Hink wrote:this happens to me often...for years I have said that accidental playing is the best. I pick up my guitar for no particular reason besides just noodling about some...2 hours later I'm drenched with sweat after having a blast...if I could only remember to hit the record button firstvurt wrote:i accidentally make music occassionally when im trying not to
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- KVRAF
- 1817 posts since 1 Jun, 2003
and that, too.Hink wrote:But once I hit the record button I become critical as all hell, often I find myself pushing for a direction instead of just taking it as it goes...
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
I farted in my sleep the other night...it scared me and woke me up with a start
that's really true too, my wife keeps teasing me about it
that's really true too, my wife keeps teasing me about it
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- 2425 posts since 9 Mar, 2004 from Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
All the time... I'm a newbie to songwriting and man every time I finish writing a song and think it's good, I go back and listen to it a few weeks later and realize it sounds like shit compared to so many artists out there . But I'm happy to report each new song IS better than the previous one...gotta learn from one's fuckups lol.
. But I'm happy to report each new song IS better than the previous one...gotta learn from one's fuckups lol.