some whining: thinking about to quit buying music and to dj

PsyTox · Post by **PsyTox** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:28 pm

+1 on Marvid's comment.

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:39 pm

Marvid wrote:don't bother myself with anything digital as I can't even have all the cherries in the vinyl garden

+1

manzatour · Post by **manzatour** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:48 pm

patrick bateman wrote:I don't agree at all. Lot's of great music coming out constantly and lot's of great music with great sound.
Of course there are also music coming out that you can hear wasn't through a mastering guy, and that's just pure shitness, but I still find that this only applies to small bedroom labels.

at the moment i find much more interesting stuff on netlabels than on most regular labels. i still prefer something brillant unmastered, than boring mastered tracks.
a good unmastered track can be mastered, but a poor one... stays poor
it is a little like with women: a bad dressed beauty can just go for some shopping and be nice... an elegant uglyness stays ugly

music is not an exact science, so this don't apply to all labels and netlabels, i mean, there are also poor netlabels and great labels
it is just a tendence that i, personally, notice

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:08 pm

sometimes i think if i didn't buy so much music i'd have an amazing studio by now.

but i enjoy listening to music just as much as i do making it.

Pettro · Post by **Pettro** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:22 pm

produce the music you want to hear and play it.

daniellesniewski · Post by **daniellesniewski** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:51 pm

Marvid wrote: Just take some time off, do something not connected with music/DJing and you'll see how it starts to attract you again - real lover never dies!

+1

sometimes i become restless with mixing, like i don't feel the vibe of the tracks i have from when i first bought them. i know now just to take a break and just listen to other stuff for a while. i always come crawling back to what i have tho

ParanoidDancer · Post by **ParanoidDancer** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:34 am

daniellesniewski wrote:
Marvid wrote: Just take some time off
+1

I agree. Like the term "DJ-burnout" mentioned above. They happen especially when I've been into a really good DJing flow and all of the sudden you feel like you can't find anything that suites your taste or you can't seem to put them together to make a cohesive set.

How to get over it is quite personal I think. I like to browse some stuff from about two years back and see if I can get inspiration from that. It just takes time.

DJ-ing is a constant journey, a struggle if you will for a perfect set within the context your playing. An unreachable destination. That's why sometimes you seem to be moving away from that destination.

Post by **John Clees** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:45 am

listen to non-electronic music.

go see a live show, a live drummer, live bass guitar...

repeat..