- Joined
- Nov 11, 2012
So I've been in a depressing rut these last few months. I can come up with a groovy drum loop, and a decent bass sound and maybe a 4-8 bar groove to go with it, but I keep getting stuck there. Now I know that, like any skill, to get better you have to keep doing it and push through the bullshit and pain. But in a vague sense I'm asking how to do that? I've recently been getting into more glitch and neurohop stuff (i.e. Culprate, Reso, KOAN Sound, etc...) and I know it'll obviously not be an overnight thing to get at that sort of level, but I just feel like I can't write worth fucking shit and it's annoying. I know I have to cultivate a sense of FINISHING songs but whenever I go to expand on a loop I'll sit down and work for hours and not come up with anything decent repetitively and then it's stops being any sort of fun or relaxation and it's frustrating as hell.
So my questions are:
1. How do you push through the nonsense and writers block to finish a tune
2. Any tips on cultivating and living the mindset of finishing songs as opposed to getting analysis paralysis and trying to over-engineer everything before you're even finished.
3. Any general tips on composing and arranging parts that sit well with each other, I mean note to note and chord to chord movement, not sit well in the mix (though that's important too)
So my questions are:
1. How do you push through the nonsense and writers block to finish a tune
2. Any tips on cultivating and living the mindset of finishing songs as opposed to getting analysis paralysis and trying to over-engineer everything before you're even finished.
3. Any general tips on composing and arranging parts that sit well with each other, I mean note to note and chord to chord movement, not sit well in the mix (though that's important too)