Has Anyone Done This Before?

[Ledger]

Considering I have worked on music off and on all year, I haven't gotten anything done. Nothing whatsoever... Until today. Starting yesterday, I began work on a chillstep song unintentionally, and finished it today. It sounds horrible, at least to my standards, but it was simply to get myself back in the "groove" of making music and finishing songs to release them to all of my 0 fans. I feel like I finally got a bit of weight off of my chest by finishing and releasing it. Does this work for anyone else who have tried it or thought about trying it?

[wub]

It's a double edged sword. With forcing myself to finish tunes, I am helping with my drive and process toward getting a finished product, even if the finished product isn't something that I'd necessarily throw up for people to listen to.

That being said, creativity is like a fart...if you force it too often, you'll end up with shit.

I have a notepad of alternative ideas/things to work through by the side of the computer to make notes on ideas I have when the creative process for a specific tune might not be working. Sound design work, tuning drums, working on layering, programming a synth or something like that.

At the same time, all my projects have a notepad plugin (the default fruity one) on the master channel (part of my main template) that I used as a scratch pad to make notes in the project itself as to what I'm doing and what I think needs to be changed, so at any point if the current project I'm working on isn't going the way I'd like, I can switch to another project and instantly pick up where I left off (via the notes) with a fresh take on things.

Similarly, any projects that I am getting to a certain level, I'll generally bounce as individual loops (like a kick loop, percussion loop, pad loop) and put into a seperate folder (categorised by bpm, length, key if applicable) so that if I have a good musical idea I'm working on that I want to develop and need a backing track for context, I can pull out an existing loop and drop it straight into the project without having to waste time and potentially break my creative stride by stopping and constructing something from scratch.

[bennyfroobs]

that last idea is a goodun wub!

[titchbit]

That being said, creativity is like a fart...if you force it too often, you'll end up with shit.

mon has a way with words. beautiful simile.

[Gurnumsbug]

Tell me about it.. Been planning on releasing another ep this year.. but life kind of caught up to me!
Been one hell of a time balancing everything! The more you practice the better you get though mate.. don't give up!

[ephyks]

If you're in this for the long run, might as well get into the groove of treating music production like a job and making yourself follow through with stuff. Sure, not everything is gold, but if you force yourself, you'll end up learning a lot more in a shorter time than only producing when inspired.