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Post by reddish »

Keep experimenting man, Im new here too and reading all the available threads.
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Post by Magnus Mollin »

Don't forget to do other things than listening or producing music. Do other things too and get inspired by other things in life.

It may be weird, but i can get a lot of inspiration by taking photos :D
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Post by wokends »

first of all thanks for al the responses.. :)
well , i realised that what i make sound like a bunch of things merged togheter. i will be back to basics... i downloaded some loop pack and i'll try imitate some of these sounds and put them togheter .. :) i hope that this make me improve.
c u guys
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Post by Menno »

don't imitate, create...

just try things and you'll come up with something... ride the wave
also have the same feeling of being stuck sometimes, but eventually, don't think about it and just go with your inner flow.
Trying to get a sound can be disappointing, coming up with a sound can be very delightful

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Two thoughts from a master:

"You begin with the possibilities of the material."

and...

"For me art shouldn't be a fixed idea that I have before I start making it. I want it to include all the fragility and doubt that I go through the day with. Sometimes I'll take a walk just to forget whatever good idea I had that day because I like to go into the studio not having any ideas. I want the insecurity of not knowing, like performers feel before a performance. Everything I can remember, and everything I know, I have probably already done, or somebody else has."

-Robert Rauschenberg
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go with the flow. If there's no flow, then don't go.
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Art is not about thinking something up, it is the opposite - getting something down
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Post by six_minds »

try starting with three or four elements that work, simple percussive stuff- and get a shape/structure from them... Then go back and the other elements you want to hear in it, editing the original... I always found it very tricky to work bar for bar...
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