Playing way too much

SmallVictoriez

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How often and for how long do you fellas play on a day to day basis, for the past 2 weeks I've been going at it hard for like 3-5 hours a day (seriously) - got a load of new vinyl in.. I'm noticing its starting to affect my sleep, meaning I fucking can't at least on a normal schedule, and when I'm at work I just hear tunes ringing in my head all day long - its almost becoming compulsive, scary shit.

Woke up at midnight after heading to bed at ~5 PM, jumped on the decks immediately and just stopped not too long ago. I need some sort of crazy strong narcotic to knock me out for a bit so I can focus on Monday.
 
haha that aint cool bro.. i get the same when ive been mixing all night - well hard to sleep cus your just buzzing & your minds so active

if ive got new tunes and im planning a mix I prob mix for a few hours a day maybe more depending on what im doing.. I dont fail to sleep after that though but if im on em till late then its a problem
 
Recently I found that I play better after making small breaks, so I play everyday for like 2-3 days and then I make a 1 day break before playing again.. Just now I spent a week in mallorca and when I came back had a gig so I could hardly practice, but it went very smooth without any fuck ups

My advice is not to overpractice or else you'll become too obsessed
 
same problem i have with producing... get in at 10 or so and im like, 'just listen to what i made yesterday', five or six hours and several spliffs later my early night is out the window!
 
How often and for how long do you fellas play on a day to day basis, for the past 2 weeks I've been going at it hard for like 3-5 hours a day (seriously) - got a load of new vinyl in.. I'm noticing its starting to affect my sleep, meaning I fucking can't at least on a normal schedule, and when I'm at work I just hear tunes ringing in my head all day long - its almost becoming compulsive, scary shit.

Woke up at midnight after heading to bed at ~5 PM, jumped on the decks immediately and just stopped not too long ago. I need some sort of crazy strong narcotic to knock me out for a bit so I can focus on Monday.

Or you could just man up and stop moaning?
 
same problem i have with producing... get in at 10 or so and im like, 'just listen to what i made yesterday', five or six hours and several spliffs later my early night is out the window!

:)

My time is regimented really, i only go in the studio at 4pm and finish by 9pm

Ill do that for about 5 days out of the week
 
when I get a load of new tunes in I'll mix straight for like 3-4 days, whenever its possible obviously, but tbh recently I've been mixing less - dunno why :(
 
when I get a load of new tunes in I'll mix straight for like 3-4 days, whenever its possible obviously, but tbh recently I've been mixing less - dunno why :(

Buy more tunes! I need to have a look at my chemical profile thing but I think I've bought somewhere around 150-200 records easy over the past couple months..
 
Buy more tunes! I need to have a look at my chemical profile thing but I think I've bought somewhere around 150-200 records easy over the past couple months..

literally once I get a job (Hopefully hear back next week) imma be working 7 nights a week and djing 7 days, that wud be so good - I cannot wait to buy a shitload of new music, I've already filled up my shopping cart on dnba haha
 
same problem i have with producing... get in at 10 or so and im like, 'just listen to what i made yesterday', five or six hours and several spliffs later my early night is out the window!

this could just be me ...

would love to mix more, but somehow cant, even if i got new tunes in - thats being the reason why i didnt upload mixes.. i just cant be arsed to mix without a massive :D. i much prefer producing when im on my own.
 
Dont ever mix at home anymore...get 2 hours playing out a week and thats all i do...

I spend too long into the night if i start when i get in from work
 
I will get fresh vinyl and be mixing a good 3-4 hours a day or more occasionally for about a week or so, then get bored of them.. and do the same amount in about 3-4 days, just get bored quickly when i don't have new tunes.. when i first started out i was on about 6 hours a day every day though
 
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