The daedly creative block

#1

hello everyone
it has been a quite long time now that I feel I’m facing what can be called a creative block…
every single track I make sounds lame to me and it seems I can’t come out with any interesting idea

does anyone have or had the same problem? how do you face it and/or how did you managed to solve it?

thanks!

#2

Stop doing what you are used to and do it differently… Start doing something you haven’t got any clue how to do it.

#3

Here

#4

thank you for the tip @shiftr

@pichenettes thanks for the link, there are some interesting suggestions in there indeed

#5

Actually a feel a (short) block often happens just before starting something new and interesting…

#6

One interesting strategy - and one related to my desicion to move from software to hardware - is to impose limitations on your working process. Perhaps just using one specific synth to make a track, or don’t use any effects at all, etc. Creativity, for me, comes with the need to navigate through limitations. Like, ehhrIdontknow, Robinson Crusoe…?

#7

mh yep sometimes I feel overwhelmed by “what I could possibly do” with all the effects and stuff (especially in Ableton) too, might be a good starting point

#8

Make a track with just one synth… Generate all sounds from there including effects…

#9

I put myself on a challenge between the FAC TV Against the Clock series and the spanish producer Pina Friday I’m in Drone in wich every friday post a new drone song.

I’m more focused on spending a couple of hours with the synths than making the perfect track.

Also for myself the “against the clock” factor is when children came from the park in the afternoon, so i force to do everything in a couple of hours.

If someone is curious you can hear the first to chapters here

#10

If you’re into more experiment/research oriented things, subscribe to this email-group-project and try to work on some of the challenges that get proposed there: http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto
it’s a pretty cool thing!

#11

Thanks will check out!

#12

Some time ago while i was also in the situation not knowing what music or track to make a friend of mine said to me "OK, i’ll offer you €10000 if you can make an original track by tomorrow morning,… think you can make it?"
Of Course he wasn’t really going to give me the money he made a good point. Sure i was going to be able to make a good and original track and i probably would work whole night at it too.

#13

But you didn’t?!