production grudges!!!

shane · Post by **shane** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:03 am

i'm lazy and get distracted easily.

somejerk · Post by **somejerk** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:02 am

tired ears
tired eyes
ableton live's issues with automated pitch bend
when 3rd party VST's to crazy ass shit and make distorted noises when i have my volume all the way up

somejerk · Post by **somejerk** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:06 am

fuagofire wrote:i think weed is mine - i get good ideas but then i cant use my computer cos it turns me into a spastic

stop smoking before producing or just smoke a little.

i used to smoke a LOT and since i stopped my skills have improved immensely. i read an interview with Aphex Twin (not dubstep, i know, but read further anyways) where they asked him about his drug usage. he basically said that he is sober when constructing the main parts of his songs but will smoke a little bit when putting finishing touches on things. i guess my point is that being stoned is cool for fucking around but when it comes to the main structure of things, you have to be objectionable and have goals and be sober enough to execute them!

this varies from person to person. i must add that i am curious to see what i will produce when i smoke again in august or so. i might end up quitting all together. or i might make future classics and trillions of dollars.

shane · Post by **shane** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:10 am

definitely trillions

ikeaboy · Post by **ikeaboy** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:32 am

somejerk wrote:
fuagofire wrote:i think weed is mine - i get good ideas but then i cant use my computer cos it turns me into a spastic

stop smoking before producing or just smoke a little.

i used to smoke a LOT and since i stopped my skills have improved immensely. i read an interview with Aphex Twin (not dubstep, i know, but read further anyways) where they asked him about his drug usage. he basically said that he is sober when constructing the main parts of his songs but will smoke a little bit when putting finishing touches on things. i guess my point is that being stoned is cool for fucking around but when it comes to the main structure of things, you have to be objectionable and have goals and be sober enough to execute them!

this varies from person to person. i must add that i am curious to see what i will produce when i smoke again in august or so. i might end up quitting all together. or i might make future classics and trillions of dollars.

I think I'll get a picture of Aphex in my studio, preferably with a disaproving expression and the slogan "What would Richard do?" or possibly "Get to work you tnuc".

primate · Post by **primate** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:39 am

lack of ambition
lack of skill
lack of knowledge
lack of money
lack of time
abundance of excuses

rdubz · Post by **rdubz** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:07 pm

when i used to smoke i used to go through fuckin tons when making beats

if ive made a tune that i like before i go to bed then i cant sleep for about 2-3 hours coz ive got in going round in my head lol

OoGuN · Post by **OoGuN** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:49 am

Used to be weed, but now it's having a three week old kid

About mice... I use a wacom Tablet and pen now, much nicer.

Oh and... if you smoke while you're writing a tune, don't smoke when you're mixing it. or vice versa i.e don't write and mix stoned.

worked for me lol

xthewiddler · Post by **xthewiddler** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:37 am

i guess weed effects everyone differently

i usually start messing with sounds after i smoke, and by the time i start into the main beat im not that high anymore

so i continue on my merry way until i hit a point where the song is basically laid out as an idea, then smoke again and see what happens

junglist · Post by **junglist** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:34 am

ketamine helps me EQ
acid helps me make sounds
weed helps me layer
mdma helps me appreciates the music
dmt helps me visualize the sound

(yes junkie music producer lol)

miss_molinari · Post by **miss_molinari** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:52 pm

Junglist wrote:ketamine helps me EQ
acid helps me make sounds
weed helps me layer
mdma helps me appreciates the music
dmt helps me visualize the sound

(yes junkie music producer lol)

wow. just wow. do you have a track for which you did all the above? i should like to hear it

ikeaboy · Post by **ikeaboy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:11 pm

Junglist wrote:ketamine helps me EQ
acid helps me make sounds
weed helps me layer
mdma helps me appreciates the music
dmt helps me visualize the sound
Then i woke up the next day
And realised instead of a studio
I had been using a coke can, a biro and a bottle top

All in good fun

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:06 pm

On the subject of weed and music, there was a mildly amusing thread over at International Cannagraphic a while back... here was my post:

"Interestingly enough in a book I just read about the evolution & history of Dub in Jamaica, most - but not all - of the heavyweight producers didn't allow ganja to be used in the studio proper.

Which isn't to say that a session player couldn't fire one up outside or en route, but... the image I'd always had was of Dub studios being a sea of blue smoke. Apparently that wasn't the norm (with the exception of Lee Perry & a couple others).

Personally, I know the weed can definitely assist in listening to/appreciating music - but not always in making it. Depends on the people, the setting, the chemistry of the musicians, and a million other variables that are tough to pin down. Shitty/unoriginal musicians play worse stoned more often than not, IMHO."

xthewiddler · Post by **xthewiddler** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:41 pm

point proven

because

lee perry is king!

djelements · Post by **djelements** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:45 pm

Porn.

Why make beats when I can touch myself?

alphacat · Post by **alphacat** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:01 pm

Wire up yer dong and make it a MIDI controller... get the best of both worlds! Of course, then all you'd be doing is making House beats pretty much - and the BPM will likely get a lot faster at the end. Difficult to mix with, that.

Of course if the idea of inserting electric sharp shit in the jewels makes ye queasy, you could try the already-existing MIDI glove.

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/12/ ... ss_19.html

Just kidding, obviously. Please - if anybody wants to try the glove and videotape it for us, please be a chick...

Sub Shifter · Post by **Sub Shifter** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:15 pm

rdubz wrote:when i used to smoke i used to go through fuckin tons when making beats

if ive made a tune that i like before i go to bed then i cant sleep for about 2-3 hours coz ive got in going round in my head lol

Haha Yeh this is me aswell.

nuno gomez · Post by **nuno gomez** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:58 pm

Wub wrote:My worst production enemy is the missus "getting an early night"

! definately one of many !

the great void · Post by **the great void** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:01 pm

tempest wrote:being too stoned and pissed at the sequencer, head spinning out, then eventually saying 'no... can't.... do.. it' and rolling to bed

lol, ya, its usually all good with me till I get tired. Maybe its just smoking way to much on a regular basis but I dont really find weed hash much effect on me atm. Im generally the same stoned as I am sober, maybe a little more focused. But its too easy to just sit there rolling up j after j, not eating, and eventually u end up so hungry and tired u cant continue, but the tune is calling for u and wont let u go

At this point I usually con myself into thinking Im gonan work on it more then just sit there with it on repeat for an hour before I given in and go to bed.

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