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Strange, since I finally got my keyboard my creative skills have reached an all time low. I don't know if it's because I listen to music all day, but nothing I try sounds right. I am now trying to properly learn the piano and music theory via link and link . Seems to be some good tutorials there.
I think I gotta just lock off my ipod for a week or two and just get inspired.
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12/17/06
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astroid
that's exactly how i've been feeling.
it'll get better, just keep practicing, don't expect any results for a little while. just have fun.
12/17/06
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colin
yeah, just play,..and when you feel like starting a song, do ..
i friggin got a jupiter 6 about 6 months ago .. and i completly stopped recording .. it sucks, but i guess ill get back to it soon ..
i have 0 songs with the jupiter in em .. its really sad
12/18/06
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tooth
No, don't keep practicing, go and do something else, you don't HAVE to be making music all the time. Go to an owl sanctuary or hire a canal barge for a weekend. Maybe go and spend a few nights on your own in the wilderness.
Your music isn't sat in your gear waiting for you to squeeze it out, it'll flow when you do.
12/18/06
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emulsion
I ran into this for a while when I had started taking piano lessons - it seemed easier when I didn't know anything at all and was just messing around in Audiomulch and Making Waves (remember that one?). All I can say is that if you stick with practicing eventually it will make a huge difference in getting your ideas out quickly.
As far as pushing yourself to try and write stuff when you're not feeling it... I agree with tooth. I think you can strangle your own creativity by thinking about it too much. Let go a little and come back to it refreshed in a few days.
12/18/06
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GregTArtZ
I've never had a paino lesson. Well, One when I was 11 and the teacher sent me home because she said: "Your wasting
your money with an ear like that." I was happy to leave, I didn't feel like playing marry had a little lamb. I wanted to
to do other things. So to get better, i just listened to music i loved and figured out what they where doing. If i took
lessons all these years would i be a better player, the awnser is yes and no. Do what feels good, does every good
boy really deserve fudge?
12/18/06
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yghartsyrt
just make beats like teh aphex.
no one will pay attention than to your wacky piano skills
12/18/06
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yghartsyrt
besides.
teh apehx twins can do both
beatz0rs and pianos
i think they pwnd you
12/19/06
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stblank
If your problem is creativity you lost after some change, why distract yourself even more by doing other unrelated things? Forget about the new keyboard, pretend you only have what you had before the change, try to bring yourself back to the previous constraints where you used to be creative. In short, detach yourself from what's not related to music (gear, your/other people expectations, etc.) That should help bring back your focus to music.
12/19/06
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astroid
i am glad nobody ever forced me to practice. but i am also glad that i forced myself to practice.
12/19/06
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monkvolcano
umm... just for the record, if you are an aphex fan, i'd bet a million dollars that he knows crap about theory. you can tell by listening..
i think if you're going to study an instrument, you should learn to play jazz on it.. it's very fun and very good for your brain. improvisation inspires me a lot. you'll find that melodic ideas come a lot more naturally. and chord changes and what not.
maybe even just start out playing the blues.
even if you do just learn theory off of the websites you're looking at, have some fun with what you're learning. if you don't do that it's pointless. you'd just be learning a bunch of stuff that sounds good in theory but not really understanding how it works. try using concepts you are learning to write goofy little songs.. at least do that.
edited: Feb 07 2007
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p
I've got the same problem...went apeshit on gear for christmas (keyboards sequencers, audio interface) thought it would help my creativity, but now I just have a few more reasons to be upset that I'm not working.
So I've been compiling a bunch of stuff to sample later onto dvd's and tapes and building specific patches of instruments i like, building a virtual bass by sampling every note on the thing...you get the idea, I'll have more to work with when I have a set goal.
04/30/07
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Lara
sometimes actually having the stuff you want seems to kill the ideas your previously had. gear vs imagination.
04/30/07
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bla
im scared that when i finally get all the things i want for my studio and plug it all in im just not going to know what to do at all
currently im making no music and thinking about my future set up and imagining how itll work but... hmmm ... no actually im not scared - when i get it all its going to be fucking ace
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