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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:16 am
by rinseone
smoke marijuana compulsively. especially when I am really into what I am making. the joints bunn like nothing...... its expensive.. lol.

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:42 am
by grooki
alkaseltza wrote:having just moved apartment I don't want to risk my new flatmate catching me having a secret brockout, hahaha. difficult enough trying to explain that to my family, let alone a chinese girl who can't really understand me :|
:lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:40 am
by glottis5
Megaladon wrote:
T40 wrote:I name all my projects something stupid and forget which project is which a couple of days later.
I also have a constant habit of rearranging folders in which samples are contained for somereason trying to make shit more organised , and I end up opening Reason and it can't find the samples so i got to relocate them all.
Also tend to drink a lot of beer when producing, I always find it relaxes me a lot more and i get so much more ideas and once i have one idea I'm on a role for the rest of the night. :lol:

I also have a stupid habit of playing a track in progress about 50 times over and just walk round the room and constantly open the fridge even if i aint hungry and there's nothin in it... Sometimes it makes me bored of the track before it's even completed :oops:
I've got so many tracks named after films or just random words from the tv that was on at the time, it really does make things difficult to find doesn't it.
Sometimes I don't bother changing the name before I send out a tune, one time I sent a guy a tune called "pooptron_2" or something like that :lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:05 am
by s & m
glottis5 wrote:
Megaladon wrote:
T40 wrote:I name all my projects something stupid and forget which project is which a couple of days later.
I also have a constant habit of rearranging folders in which samples are contained for somereason trying to make shit more organised , and I end up opening Reason and it can't find the samples so i got to relocate them all.
Also tend to drink a lot of beer when producing, I always find it relaxes me a lot more and i get so much more ideas and once i have one idea I'm on a role for the rest of the night. :lol:

I also have a stupid habit of playing a track in progress about 50 times over and just walk round the room and constantly open the fridge even if i aint hungry and there's nothin in it... Sometimes it makes me bored of the track before it's even completed :oops:
I've got so many tracks named after films or just random words from the tv that was on at the time, it really does make things difficult to find doesn't it.
Sometimes I don't bother changing the name before I send out a tune, one time I sent a guy a tune called "pooptron_2" or something like that :lol:

Yeah I do all the above.. I'll play this loop over and over and just dance around my room and watch tv and shit.. also i'll gear up my midi keyboard and twist knobs and shit endlessy for pure enjoyment.. i like to play my shit instead of just listening to it but then i can never seem to remember what knob i twisted or whatever to get that sweet effect.

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:34 am
by stapleface
T40 wrote:
I also have a stupid habit of playing a track in progress about 50 times over and just walk round the room and constantly open the fridge even if i aint hungry and there's nothin in it...
I do this so much.
I have a horrible habit of chatting on MSN and producing at the same time xD

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:30 pm
by dignan
Something weird I do... when I'm done working on a tune, which is usually around 1-2am, I turn off all the lights in the room, close my eyes, and play back what I've done with my back to the computer. I try and get into the mindset of a listener and not a producer. I feel like the song sounds completely different then...

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:47 pm
by 3za
Dignan wrote:Something weird I do... when I'm done working on a tune, which is usually around 1-2am, I turn off all the lights in the room, close my eyes, and play back what I've done with my back to the computer. I try and get into the mindset of a listener and not a producer. I feel like the song sounds completely different then...
that not stupid thats a good thing to do its also one of the hardest things to do and i think some people dont do this at all.

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:57 pm
by r
Dignan wrote:Something weird I do... when I'm done working on a tune, which is usually around 1-2am, I turn off all the lights in the room, close my eyes, and play back what I've done with my back to the computer. I try and get into the mindset of a listener and not a producer. I feel like the song sounds completely different then...
dude this is something lots of people should do. I do the same. Listen your own tracks without seeing the visuals of your daw. If the eye cant see anything the ear will be forced to listen better.

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:04 pm
by michaelvman
R wrote:
Dignan wrote:Something weird I do... when I'm done working on a tune, which is usually around 1-2am, I turn off all the lights in the room, close my eyes, and play back what I've done with my back to the computer. I try and get into the mindset of a listener and not a producer. I feel like the song sounds completely different then...
dude this is something lots of people should do. I do the same. Listen your own tracks without seeing the visuals of your daw. If the eye cant see anything the ear will be forced to listen better.
Hmmm think i mite start doing this.

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:13 pm
by Brisance
T40 wrote:
I also have a stupid habit of playing a track in progress about 50 times over and just walk round the room and constantly open the fridge even if i aint hungry and there's nothin in it...
Get out of my mind!

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:08 pm
by dignan
michaelvman wrote:
R wrote:
Dignan wrote:Something weird I do... when I'm done working on a tune, which is usually around 1-2am, I turn off all the lights in the room, close my eyes, and play back what I've done with my back to the computer. I try and get into the mindset of a listener and not a producer. I feel like the song sounds completely different then...
dude this is something lots of people should do. I do the same. Listen your own tracks without seeing the visuals of your daw. If the eye cant see anything the ear will be forced to listen better.
Hmmm think i mite start doing this.
sometimes it works against me though. Like if I hear something that sounds good while I'm in "listener mode", I might second guess myself whilst in "producer mode" and think it sounds bad. Anyone else have this dilemma?

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:08 pm
by phosphor
i have a bad habit of getting together a simple 4 bar loop and sending it out to a couple friends over aim and msn. i then get a false sense of accomplishment from doing so and stop working on the tune. :(

also every time i get bored or frustrated (about once every 15 minutes), i go to the kitchen looking for food. :|

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:10 pm
by r
Dignan wrote:
michaelvman wrote:
R wrote:
Dignan wrote:Something weird I do... when I'm done working on a tune, which is usually around 1-2am, I turn off all the lights in the room, close my eyes, and play back what I've done with my back to the computer. I try and get into the mindset of a listener and not a producer. I feel like the song sounds completely different then...
dude this is something lots of people should do. I do the same. Listen your own tracks without seeing the visuals of your daw. If the eye cant see anything the ear will be forced to listen better.
Hmmm think i mite start doing this.
sometimes it works against me though. Like if I hear something that sounds good while I'm in "listener mode", I might second guess myself whilst in "producer mode" and think it sounds bad. Anyone else have this dilemma?
yes, tho to me the listeners ear mostly wins. I make music for the listeners

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:15 pm
by 3za
R wrote:
Dignan wrote:
michaelvman wrote:
R wrote:
Dignan wrote:Something weird I do... when I'm done working on a tune, which is usually around 1-2am, I turn off all the lights in the room, close my eyes, and play back what I've done with my back to the computer. I try and get into the mindset of a listener and not a producer. I feel like the song sounds completely different then...
dude this is something lots of people should do. I do the same. Listen your own tracks without seeing the visuals of your daw. If the eye cant see anything the ear will be forced to listen better.
Hmmm think i mite start doing this.
sometimes it works against me though. Like if I hear something that sounds good while I'm in "listener mode", I might second guess myself whilst in "producer mode" and think it sounds bad. Anyone else have this dilemma?
yes, tho to me the listeners ear mostly wins. I make music for the listeners
no i dont get that, i make music for me

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:30 pm
by hurlingdervish
3za wrote:
R wrote:
Dignan wrote:
michaelvman wrote:
R wrote: dude this is something lots of people should do. I do the same. Listen your own tracks without seeing the visuals of your daw. If the eye cant see anything the ear will be forced to listen better.
Hmmm think i mite start doing this.
sometimes it works against me though. Like if I hear something that sounds good while I'm in "listener mode", I might second guess myself whilst in "producer mode" and think it sounds bad. Anyone else have this dilemma?
yes, tho to me the listeners ear mostly wins. I make music for the listeners
no i dont get that, i make music for me
i make music for the only listener that counts

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GOD

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:40 pm
by 3za
:lol:

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:52 pm
by dignan
haha, preach, brotha, PREACH!!

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:56 pm
by Project_B
I hear this god fella can hit the brown frequency.

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:24 pm
by dignan
I wonder who's gonna be the first Christian dubstep producer. I know he, or she, is out there...

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:28 pm
by rinseone
Dignan wrote:
michaelvman wrote:
R wrote:
Dignan wrote:Something weird I do... when I'm done working on a tune, which is usually around 1-2am, I turn off all the lights in the room, close my eyes, and play back what I've done with my back to the computer. I try and get into the mindset of a listener and not a producer. I feel like the song sounds completely different then...
dude this is something lots of people should do. I do the same. Listen your own tracks without seeing the visuals of your daw. If the eye cant see anything the ear will be forced to listen better.
Hmmm think i mite start doing this.
sometimes it works against me though. Like if I hear something that sounds good while I'm in "listener mode", I might second guess myself whilst in "producer mode" and think it sounds bad. Anyone else have this dilemma?
I get this allot. I find It is very hard to critique my own shit from an outside perspective no matter what kind or art I am doing.... A trick that I use is to pretend that I'm looking at something someone else painted or listening to something that someone else made. It works wonders becasue I find I judge my own shit harder than I judge anyone elses.