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Finishing tunes
Just saw this on DOA and thought it was interesting
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the "quantity" group: fifty pound of pots rated an "A", forty pounds a "B", and so on. Those being graded on "quality", however, needed to produce only one pot -- albeit a perfect one -- to get an "A". Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the "quantity" group was busily churning out piles of work - and learning from their mistakes -- the "quality" group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.
maybe it will be as useful to you as it was for me
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the "quantity" group: fifty pound of pots rated an "A", forty pounds a "B", and so on. Those being graded on "quality", however, needed to produce only one pot -- albeit a perfect one -- to get an "A". Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the "quantity" group was busily churning out piles of work - and learning from their mistakes -- the "quality" group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.
maybe it will be as useful to you as it was for me
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so, so true, this analogyLowpass wrote:Just saw this on DOA and thought it was interesting
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the "quantity" group: fifty pound of pots rated an "A", forty pounds a "B", and so on. Those being graded on "quality", however, needed to produce only one pot -- albeit a perfect one -- to get an "A". Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the "quantity" group was busily churning out piles of work - and learning from their mistakes -- the "quality" group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.
maybe it will be as useful to you as it was for me
good post lowpass!
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I am the same. I am a perfectionist and have never been happy with any work I have done.thirdandarmyst wrote:that's actually pretty encouraging. thanks for posting, finishing my tunes is a constant struggle to say the least
I use to be well into my art and I would throw it away and still do.
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I agree with this, luckily i have kinda found my style and the perfect way for my work flow.. Its what I am comfortable doing its just what comes out when I don't care about what I am aiming for .. I just make 145bpm music whats influenced from "space, pace and bass" dubstep, people say I have a "different" take of dubstep or a "unique sound" but to me its just what comes out innit and tracks these days take at least a week to be finished but I work very slowly..
When I first started, up until about 4 months ago I used to chern out tracks in a few hours - day or two.. These days I sit down and slowly go through the track and not really making it "perfect" but making sure I got it how I want it.. Quantity over quality helps you learn and its good for ideas and quick bursts inspiration...... But these days I'll go for the quality approach as I have made around..... 50-full tracks since I started producing 4 years ago... And about 15 of those are ones I am proud of and about 5-7 of those get air play / played out so...Quantity failure.
Although...digging into the "WIP" folder is good.. Where quantity turns into quality
When I first started, up until about 4 months ago I used to chern out tracks in a few hours - day or two.. These days I sit down and slowly go through the track and not really making it "perfect" but making sure I got it how I want it.. Quantity over quality helps you learn and its good for ideas and quick bursts inspiration...... But these days I'll go for the quality approach as I have made around..... 50-full tracks since I started producing 4 years ago... And about 15 of those are ones I am proud of and about 5-7 of those get air play / played out so...Quantity failure.
Although...digging into the "WIP" folder is good.. Where quantity turns into quality
SoundcloudSoulstep wrote: My point is i just wanna hear more vibes
By finishing tunes i have picked up on loads of techniques which are ingrained in my brain and i reach for without thinking. It also helps you learn your tools quicker. Go through your plug in folder and delete everything you don't need. I guarantee with less choice you will finish more tunes also go through your sample collection and delete every sample you know you will never use.
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If you have the time. Open up your samples in a playlist in a media player and listen to them all by folder. If you like one throw it in a new folder and delete the crap. If you do this with drums, atmospheres, pads etc you will have a folder full of samples you want to use then you can open up your sequencer and get cracking.
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I should really stop giving out my secrets.
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My best tracks are the ones i finish the fastest
Ya have to know when to stop fiddling with minute things like automation and trying to get the most precise eq cuts ever. It's well too easy to keep trying for "fix" things and never finish. Gotta realize that a good finished track is a lot more useful than a 'perfect' unfinished tune.
Ya have to know when to stop fiddling with minute things like automation and trying to get the most precise eq cuts ever. It's well too easy to keep trying for "fix" things and never finish. Gotta realize that a good finished track is a lot more useful than a 'perfect' unfinished tune.
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AnalogyMax wrote:I'm not really into pottery. Bit of a strange one to post in a music forum.
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