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abeyance vs. overlistening

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Author: rayro on April 04 2007

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--> Making a song, I've always had this annoying routine: short spurts of creativity sandwiched between long periods of re-listening to the incomplete results... Listening with critical ears. Over and over again. And listening the next few days...

Usually the feelings toward my incomplete mixdowns gyrate between loving it and hating it with every listen. Then I generally become bored with the track, and never revisit with any intention of continuing or completing, in favor of another new idea. Needless to say my discography of under-two-minute incomplete songs is rather extensive.

I think its a talent in itself to be able to maintain your focus during the track development process ... Creating something lovely, a complete song which lasts over 4 minutes, and fully realized over the course of multiple sessions.

How much relistening with critical ears is too much ? Or do you find its best to get as much as you can get done creatively in one sitting without being occupied with overthinking ?

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04/04/07 + j_chot

substance is more important than production.

mild ampheds really help me with the creativity thing.

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04/04/07 + subset

great topic, and great posts/advice from everyone! I wish I could click the green bar more than once.
I think mux and 5l4 seem to have some good ideas - I'm going to try them as I'm in the same position regarding loving/hating my collection of unfinished gems/turds.

04/05/07 + rayro

Cool advice and comments so far, I'm inspired by the ideas laid down. I particularly am influenced by 5l4's response, including:
"get an idea of the composition in its entirety from day one, and start fleshing the song out in that way. then, when you start getting bogged down and want to quit, you will actually have a full piece to come back to later, not a fragment."... this kinda corresponds to my original query of "get as much as you can get done creatively in one sitting[...]?" I think day 1 is quite important. Also mux's idea of "SHELF IT FOR A WEEK." is well understood. shelf and dont listen to in the meantime.

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