12-29-2018, 01:13 PM
Hmmm. This trying too hard thing. It's reflected in my music as well. These past few days I've found myself endlessly tweaking my mix to "improve" it. But what it really is is just not sticking to a decisions and going with it. Being too afraid of making a mistake again.
With electronic music it's tricky. You've got the music side and then the more technical. But they are both involved in the composing process. So sometimes you can pick sounds that just don't fit and it doesn't serve the track. But being too overly cautious about that tends to kill my creativity.
Well I spent a good 4 hours today working on this track. Banging my head against the wall trying to figure it out. Turns out I didn't need to figure out anything, I needed to stop trying so damn hard to get it right and just make something or do something.
I'm at this point where I realize the gaps in my skill as far as execution of my music goes. My problem is I think I can bridge that gap just by thinking about what I need to do vs actually just sitting down and making more music. One is just useless mental chatter and the other is actual action that brings me closer to my goal. To make a simpler analogy. When someone wants to learn to play guitar they have to build up the skill so their physical ability matches their mind and they can express themselves. Same thing with me, except my skill gap is composition and actual songwriting. After 4 years of making nothing but loops that went nowhere, I never actually worked on songwriting as much as I should have.
With electronic music it's tricky. You've got the music side and then the more technical. But they are both involved in the composing process. So sometimes you can pick sounds that just don't fit and it doesn't serve the track. But being too overly cautious about that tends to kill my creativity.
Well I spent a good 4 hours today working on this track. Banging my head against the wall trying to figure it out. Turns out I didn't need to figure out anything, I needed to stop trying so damn hard to get it right and just make something or do something.
I'm at this point where I realize the gaps in my skill as far as execution of my music goes. My problem is I think I can bridge that gap just by thinking about what I need to do vs actually just sitting down and making more music. One is just useless mental chatter and the other is actual action that brings me closer to my goal. To make a simpler analogy. When someone wants to learn to play guitar they have to build up the skill so their physical ability matches their mind and they can express themselves. Same thing with me, except my skill gap is composition and actual songwriting. After 4 years of making nothing but loops that went nowhere, I never actually worked on songwriting as much as I should have.
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