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Subject: Dealing with writer's block
Original Message Date: 16-Mar-00 @ 10:35 AM - Dealing with writer's block
How do you guys deal with this? Since I'm relatively a newbie it's frustrating. Half the time I can't come up with something I feel "worthy" of even saving, and the other half of the time I come back like a day later, listen to it and go "Shit! this is crap!" It's the most frustrating thing. Am I being too critical? Should I just lay down a track i'm not overly happy with just to get the experience? help me out here plz.
Thanks,
Rob
(I keep my drum machine, IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!)
Message 21/25 17-Mar-00 @ 02:41 AM - RE: Dealing with writer's block
I often start out with a few ideas...get them looping and like where it's going...toss in a few more things and then find the the extras work better without the originals. Just tonight I ended up with a totally different backing breakbeat than the one I started out with...
They really do write themselves...
Message 22/25 17-Mar-00 @ 03:10 AM - RE: Dealing with writer's block
-----you learn from teaching-----
Message 23/25 17-Mar-00 @ 05:36 AM - RE: Dealing with writer's block
You'll find that making an arrangement makes you work in a different way than just looping a midi pattern, might give you some ideas.. In fact I'll stick my neck out and say that you WILL get some other ideas.
Message 24/25 19-Mar-00 @ 06:11 AM - Don't throw stuff away
And of course, never throw anything away. I always save things even if I think they are complete shit at the time. I even save unquantised jams and just wierd loops. When you listen to them a year later the can give you ideas, maybe you won't continue on the saved bits, but they will sometimes inspire, and midifiles are so small anyway.
Message 25/25 19-Mar-00 @ 07:18 AM - RE: Dealing with writer's block
I mean to him it's fresh stuff, to me it's old and tired but I just know he'll use the bit's he's got in new different ways I would never have thought of.
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