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![]() Maniac Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 799 Joined: 24-Mar 02 From: Entre-Deux-Mers - FR Member No.: 3,984 ![]() |
Help. I've lost inspiration. I feel dumb even though I'm a musical genius (hum!!!). I tend to avoid the problem by dealing with technical issues but that doesn't help if there's nothing worth technicalling.
What do you do to get over it? Tell me I'm not the only one. -------------------- Without shit, we wouldn't be here ;)
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![]() Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 12-Oct 01 From: Chandler - US Member No.: 2,003 ![]() |
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 30-Jul 02 From: Oslo - NO Member No.: 6,388 ![]() |
![]() It clears my mind and always help ![]() -------------------- "It said Windows 2000 or better on the box, so I bought a Mac"
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![]() Maniac Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 799 Joined: 24-Mar 02 From: Entre-Deux-Mers - FR Member No.: 3,984 ![]() |
Thanks folks. I had laze in the garden, then a bath. Went to sleep in it and nearly choked.Had a good cough and got at least that blockage dealt with.
Started reading that link - there's loads. Oof, I was wondering about a much shorter drought. Well, maybe its not a drought, just a sunny day in fact. You're great!!! -------------------- Without shit, we wouldn't be here ;)
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![]() Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 10-May 02 From: Nevada City - US Member No.: 4,597 ![]() |
This may sound strange but for me I think I'm always "processing" songs (subconsciously?) while in a writer's block! Often I'll go a month or more without writing anything then pen 12 or more songs in a week or two.
Also: when I'm in the studio and under pressure to compose quickly I'll often times begin humming a melody of another song (either one of mine or maybe a blatant rip off of somebody elses!) then start improvising on that theme not unlike a jazz musician would do--modifying the melody and/or chord structure and/or timing. In no time at all I might not even recognize the original song! Add a bridge...lyrics...viola! a new song! I've written some of my best (and worst) songs this way ![]() Cheers, Mark |
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![]() Moderator In Chief (MIC) ![]() Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 ![]() |
Subconcious can be at rest a long time, then pop like never into consciousness with loads of new stuff.
But psychologically aside… Have you ever tried the oblique strategies of Brian Eno ? http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_e...ue/oblique.html Even if it doesn't lead you somewhere, it makes you think on something different than you curent problem -------------------- Our Classifeds • Nos petites annonces • Terms Of Service / Conditions d'Utilisation • Forum Rules / Règles des Forums • MacMusic.Org & SETI@Home
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![]() Maniac Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 799 Joined: 24-Mar 02 From: Entre-Deux-Mers - FR Member No.: 3,984 ![]() |
![]() Still, are we the only English speakers on here with the problem? -------------------- Without shit, we wouldn't be here ;)
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![]() Moderator In Chief (MIC) ![]() Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 ![]() |
I forgot, the Eno strategies are available as cards, there's a site on the net, but I don't have the address…
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![]() Junior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 12-Jan 01 From: Brussels - BE Member No.: 183 ![]() |
Having a walk or reading a (non-technical) book often solves this for me.
![]() -------------------- Prutulz
RTFM... is usually not enough |
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![]() Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 10-Sep 02 From: London - UK Member No.: 7,523 ![]() |
usually, just doing something else helps.
i'm hardly ever not sat at my mac doin' some tune, just 'cos i can't help it - but i always take breaks - so i don't go totally loony. ![]() |
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