set your undo to only one time. commit and go for it. if after a week the
idea isnt gelling
delete it. dont save your patches or samples or settings. start fresh and
new everytime.
unplug everything in your studio after working, then set it up differently
everytime.
just a few things i do in order to keep it fresh
echomatrix wrote:
quoted 83 lines i totally agree that it's sometimes frightening to finish a track..
> i totally agree that it's sometimes frightening to finish a track..
> but sometimes a piece can never be finished.. but when
> the aim is to release the material.. there was a quote i heard
> one time.. i probably have it all wrong but the basic idea was
> that a piece of art is never finished but only taken away from the
> artist... something like that..
> but i have the same habit as far as writing goes.. always getting
> new ideas or screwing around but never feel like working on things
> that i've already started... of course, it never gets me more than a hd
> full of un-finished reason tracks, hehe...
>
> as far as my work goes.. just about everything i've done over the last
> few years musically (ambient, experimental, etc..) is on
>
> www.mp3.com/echomatrix
>
> and some of my visual stuff
> (drawings, digital noodlings, scattered stuff) is on deviantart under
> the
> same name... download all you like, since they're all up for that and
> any feedback you want to give me would be great.
>
> -alexx
>
> > alright, check it...
> >
> > this is a terrific question. I work in a similiar
> > manner, i typically don't have a set idea when i sit
> > down to create a beat or a patch, but lately i have
> > woken up or just been sitting, drawing and an idea
> > will pop up based on whatever so i'll have to grab it
> > and run. I have a couple hundred hours of sounds i've
> > created but it needs tons of editing, the problem
> > comes when I sit down to do so, and i feel like
> > creating rather than editing, so tangents will take me
> > and i'll push toward a new track. Tons of new tracks,
> > none truly finished.It's actually kind of frightening
> > to finish a track, no?
> > But i've found that one excellent thing to do is not
> > be put off by 'people' which means
> > friends/girls/parents/etc... who would not be
> > comfortable hearing or commenting on the stuff you
> > create. Beat box when you feel the mood just don't get
> > into thinking you HAVE to sound a certain way. The
> > best stuff i've ever made has born through accidents,
> > 'fuckups' and just wanking off with the synth or mic.
> > Depending on what you want to do with your music, the
> > best approach, imo, is to completely eschew other
> > folks opinions, even mates...everyone likes something
> > different, well sort of, and realistically, if folks
> > like what you do, fine, if not fine too. just make
> > sure it gets out to some sort of channel....
> >
> > making art for money will often lead to mediocrity, if
> > that's the sole intent, unless you've got killer
> > connections.
> >
> > alright, enough of the wankery, time to get back to
> > the salt mines..
> >
> > pc
> > isaiah
> >
> > another great thing is to collaborate with tons of
> > people.Force them to sit a sec and add ideas, if
> > they're trite or cliched, let the person know, you may
> > not keep the friend, but their life will change from
> > hearing examples and ideas that challenge mediocrity
> > and sheer laziness.
> >
> > anyway, so where can we hear some of your tracks?
>
> ______________________________
> echomatrix
>
> deranged ambient/electronica:
> www.mp3.com/echomatrix
>
> lackeya1@umbc.edu
>
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