whipping the slate clean

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:46 pm

Apart from the tracks i'm close to finishing i'm going to delete all the projects that didn't workout as i would have liked. i'm also going to delete as many synth presets as i can and all the sample libraries too. I'll even delete all my own sounds apart from a few i'm very proud of. The reason why? I don't want to be influenced by them. if i start again i can put all my knowledge and passion into making new samples. the samples i had made before were just learning the basics and the sample cd's and preset have been useful for learning how to compose electronic music and the basics of music production but now it's time for me to get serious. who's with me?

oblioblioblio · Post by **oblioblioblio** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:01 pm

yeah this happened to me recently (more by accident though).

My backup hard drive failed and I lost all my old stuff, and actually it felt kind of good.

Maybe it's worth putting it on cd or something just in case, but definitely the feeling of leaving old stuff behind to just focus on the new was a good one.

eryx666 · Post by **eryx666** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:54 pm

@tone-def - I'm with you bro, actually i was thinkin about it some time ago. It will be some step forward. Next target - more free time for beat makin

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:22 pm

when i was in a band in highschool, we had decided that during the week when we werent playing together, we'd come up with ideas on our own to show each other on the weekend
but we agreed not to write anything down, and figured that if we couldn't remember it, it probably wasn't very good.
i think its a very good idea.
i've got lots of "in progress" projects that i havent even touched in close to a year, might as well delete them

astley · Post by **astley** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:23 pm

mwah I wouldnt do that... Its nice to see my own progression, and sometimes I open an old track that I think is total sh!t, only take the good elements, apply my new skills, mute some stuff here and there and hopla its sounds a little more decent

at least burn it on a dvd

VanillaCamilla · Post by **VanillaCamilla** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:52 pm

agrred with astley, at least back it up on a dvd ...

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:27 pm

Yeah but i can always see how i've progressed buy listening to the tracks i finished

patrick bateman · Post by **patrick bateman** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:12 am

I would say it sounds a bit dramatic, but suit yourself man