08-25-2014, 09:01 AM
More updates. Took my own advice and just chilled out with drilling myself so hard with figuring stuff out. So now I'm just focusing on relaxing and absorbing the info at my own pace without stressing myself.
One huge thing I realized is that it's not lack of info that's holding me back in my music as much. It's this fear of doing things wrong. Which is dumb because when it comes to something as subjective as music anything goes really. So now I'm trying to break into the mentality of nothing I'm doing is wrong, just all experimentation. It's been helping.
I think another sticking point is dealing with possibilities. The synth I'm working with has amazing sound design possibilities, but sometimes it's overwhelming because there are too many possibilities. I guess for some people a large variety is good, but for me I've always suffered from analysis paralysis. Limiting myself wouldn't really be the answer, I think I just have to learn to trust myself and make what I want to make, not what I feel like I should be making.
Oh yeah, another thing. Presets on synths can be amazingly good, but I have an aversion to using them because some of them I know I can't make or don't know how. I've always had this thing where I felt like I was cheating by using presets. It's really stupid, but it's coming from somewhere. It's probably linked to my unhealthy obsession with doing everything on my own and perfectionism.
All in all, it seems like these two subs are putting me in a good direction. A lot of mental hangups that are interfering with my work, but I feel like they are being slowly removed. I can honestly say that the max learning speed has influenced my ability to grasp concepts and apply them much faster. Looking back at the first few days I ran this sub I felt like my brain was incredibly fuzzy and I got this weird spaced out feeling. But today I'm feeling sharper and more focused.
Gotta say out of all the subs I've used I'm really enjoying these two. Probably because I already had some energy behind what I was trying to accomplish and the subs are giving me a huge boost.
One huge thing I realized is that it's not lack of info that's holding me back in my music as much. It's this fear of doing things wrong. Which is dumb because when it comes to something as subjective as music anything goes really. So now I'm trying to break into the mentality of nothing I'm doing is wrong, just all experimentation. It's been helping.
I think another sticking point is dealing with possibilities. The synth I'm working with has amazing sound design possibilities, but sometimes it's overwhelming because there are too many possibilities. I guess for some people a large variety is good, but for me I've always suffered from analysis paralysis. Limiting myself wouldn't really be the answer, I think I just have to learn to trust myself and make what I want to make, not what I feel like I should be making.
Oh yeah, another thing. Presets on synths can be amazingly good, but I have an aversion to using them because some of them I know I can't make or don't know how. I've always had this thing where I felt like I was cheating by using presets. It's really stupid, but it's coming from somewhere. It's probably linked to my unhealthy obsession with doing everything on my own and perfectionism.
All in all, it seems like these two subs are putting me in a good direction. A lot of mental hangups that are interfering with my work, but I feel like they are being slowly removed. I can honestly say that the max learning speed has influenced my ability to grasp concepts and apply them much faster. Looking back at the first few days I ran this sub I felt like my brain was incredibly fuzzy and I got this weird spaced out feeling. But today I'm feeling sharper and more focused.
Gotta say out of all the subs I've used I'm really enjoying these two. Probably because I already had some energy behind what I was trying to accomplish and the subs are giving me a huge boost.
