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Posted: Jan. 21 2004, 15:24

dunno why but these days I can't make anything...
I just do a song and thrash it...
I make a recording and delete it...holy sh*t what can be with me? :-/

any advices? :(


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Posted: Jan. 21 2004, 16:35

Just relax yourself, maybe you're passing through a bad week, so calm down, relax yourself, and let pass a couple pf days. Better days are coming ;).

Moonwatcher.


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Posted: Jan. 21 2004, 19:15

Gettin' stuck with a song? Just improvise, play away, play tunes on the same chord sequence for hours & hours. This is what I do not to get stuck, and it always works. :)

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Posted: Jan. 21 2004, 19:31

Well, what ever you've done has been OK with me. Success isn't always instant.

Patience, perserverance.

Oh, alcohol?


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Posted: Jan. 22 2004, 05:41

I'm sure it was just a joke, but I'd leave alcohol well alone in such instances - thinking it's a way out of a creative block is the route to dependency...

I think that for me, playing tunes on the same chord sequence for hours and hours would just make things worse!

I'd suggest doing something else instead, if there's no reason why you have to make music - if you have to complete it for a job, that's of course different, but if you don't have to, leaving it to one side for a while can work wonders. I think that the important thing is to not get stressed over it, trying to hard to make things work when they're not happening just ends up making it worse, in my experience. Don't worry about it, it happens to everyone at some point.
Me? I go out and take photographs instead...it works for me...
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Posted: Jan. 22 2004, 07:01

at first! :) thanks to all who commented.

Moonwatcher: if it would be a week I wouldn't care it's 2 months now...

olracUK: thanks...but the alcoholic way doesn't seem to point to anywhere... except for the monkey who's on my neck now ;)

Korgscrew: thanks a lot mate, it seems to work...but I desperately want to create something...
I mean, I think I got too much used to success...and now I miss it...on the other point...I am quite disappointed I can't work and be so much inspired as before...is it possible I am getting too old for it? that I have no fresh ideas anymore?
I mean...that when I did for example the glock sound for Finale...I had so much ideas, I had FM synths running with different modulations on each channel, added the noises...
I can't think of anything what would be so fresh anymore...
maybe also my christmas album Love and Friendship was fresh...but all my works..since then suck bad :(
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Posted: Jan. 23 2004, 08:21

hey peeeeeeps :)
just reporting! I am back in business!
and thanks to u all

*hugs* & *kisses*


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Posted: Jan. 25 2004, 18:32

Hi BOOsTER

I'm happy because your talent is back in town.

So, now you're better... in how many time will I receive Crystal Clear midi? hehehehe

Moonwatcher.


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Posted: Jan. 26 2004, 03:16

ahhhhhhhhh sorry moonwatcher I totally forgot about it :) I will try and do that right now :)

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Posted: Jan. 28 2004, 17:16

Hi BOOsTER

I’ve been trashing my stuff for years and so have the professionals You do it because you are a creative artist and it comes with the territory  if you didn’t care about your music you wouldn’t have the problem. I have listened to quite a bit of your postings here and I have to say you are one of the best I’ve heard. So don’t worry just keep at it.
All the best
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Posted: Jan. 28 2004, 20:22

hey BOoSTER,

so glad your muse is back.
the alchohol thing was a joke :) , but there are many ways to clear the pipes. Mainly by not worrying too much and believing in yourself.


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Posted: Jan. 29 2004, 05:32

Did you ever see something about Brian Eno's "Oblique Strategies"? It's a set of little cards with several "hints" written by him and another artist, whose name I don't remember now. They give little interesting hints, stuff like "make am exhaustive list of everything you will do, and do the last thing on the list", "take the most embarrassing details and amplify them", etc. It's very interesting, and can give some insight to people doing music. Search for it on the Internet, there are some little programs that shuffle those hints and displays them. It's very nice.

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Posted: Jan. 29 2004, 07:36

Sir Mustapha: No, but I don't feel the need to search for them anymore, muse is back! I can fly now :) to the sky and back:)

andy: Many thanks! :) Well I used some alcohol but in controlled ammount lol

Terry2: thanks a lot mate! I will try to keep at it...as long as my hands will be able to move, my eyes to see, and my ears to HEAR:)


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Posted: Jan. 29 2004, 17:54

Quote (BOOsTER @ Jan. 29 2004, 13:36)
I don't feel the need to search for them anymore, muse is back!

[Off topic and totally silly reply... :-)]

Ah, Muse is back? Can you say hi to Matthew Bellamy for me? :D :D


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Posted: Jan. 30 2004, 03:57

I am a silly person Ugo, so I have the right to make silly replies :)))

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