When to commit to starting over?

Opuswerk · Post by **Opuswerk** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:52 pm

Been working a bit too long on a track, adding and adding, until it sounds like silly progressive, getting hooked on arpeggios and stabby chords forming a never ever repeating sequence... Pretty good still, but not what i wanna get out as to the sound that's "me"...

However for my own sake, i'm very much considering starting the whole thing from "scratch", extracting the most interesting loops, the essentials of the track and pasting them in a blank project file, with no arrangement at all...

When do you commit to doing so? How hard of a step do you think it is? Why do you usually go for that?

ec50 · Post by **ec50** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:37 pm

just go for it - give it a go, see what happens.

doggedly sticking at it is obviously not working out for you..

1883 could be 1983 or better yet 2010

Opuswerk · Post by **Opuswerk** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:40 pm

ec50 wrote:just go for it - give it a go, see what happens.

doggedly sticking at it is obviously not working out for you..

1883 could be 1983 or better yet 2010

tomorrow it will be

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:56 pm

i've been thinking of doing the same thing with a few tunes. I've got this tune i've been working on since may 2008. i keep coming back to it and changing stuff, when i think i've finally cracked it the next time i listen to it i'm not happy. so the best thing to do is start again with the bits i never got bored (the beats and percussion) and totally redo the musical elements and structure.

Android · Post by **Android** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:03 pm

work on some other projects

its essential to take a break and reexamine again later

play it for some friends see what they think

play it for some labels see what they think

repeat:

JonasEdenbrandt · Post by **JonasEdenbrandt** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:11 pm

I usually give up on a track before i start over. But then a few months later I come back to it and start over with the bits i like. I feel it really helps to let the track just rest for a while so you can come back with fresh ears.

Dusk · Post by **Dusk** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:46 pm

I'm with Jonas, you're at the stage where you can no longer objectively judge the track any longer. 2 weeks away from it minimum now.

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:55 pm

Opuswerk wrote:Been working a bit too long on a track, adding and adding...

you should be substracting and substracting instead
not produced but reduced

When to commit to starting over?

When to commit to starting over?

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