How do y'all handle lacking inspiration?

[MrBlenderson]

LSD or cocaine

I recorded a 6 hr solo jam session on LSD once, I ended up with a couple of stupidly huge wavs and 6 hrs of the most boring "oh my god I can make a noise if I press this key" exploration. Not recommended.

[photojojo]

I try to do an hour or so mix a week just for fun. This is my regime that I think will help from getting burned out again. Mixes usually go up on Saturday night. So I don't do anything with music (except for listening to otehrs stuff) on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. I'll start digging for new songs on Wednesday, then buy them all on Friday and start gridding for Saturday. I'm going to do something like that post punk thing I did once a month I think so that's a break from the normal as well.

So change it up a little, maybe start doing some regular DJ'ing again just for fun. Make a goal of finding a new song or three or five every week just to listen to. Change the genre up on those songs and I bet you'll soon find inspiration from something there. learn a new instrument. Did someone say something about a midi accordion?

You obviously love music, but I can tell you from experience that that's not enough alone to keep you from getting burned out. Vary up your game a little bit and that will broaden your range in the end.

Most of all have fun!!!

[wrong chris]

yeah feeling uninspired is kind of like misplacing your house keys, the harder you try to look for them the less likely it is you will find them - it's always best to just take a step back and breathe a bit, then you realize the answer is right under your nose.

i find inspiration in everything and everywhere, but the things that usually get me hyped to do some music projects are


- working on unrelated creative projects
- shopping for new music
- enjoying and studying other people's creative work; film,television,visual art,music etc.
- listening to radio stations that play OLD music
- socialising with other creative people
- music events
- online research on whatever topic of interest might be sparking my curiousity
- caffeine

[sine143]

Toke a blunt ....works for me!

yeah.. this is usually a good thing if you are ever super uninspired imo.

[Lambox]

@photojojo: Wow you really have that routine worked out! That's a great idea about doing some DJing again and finding new music. I've been so absorbed in my own producing that I really haven't spent any significant amount of time looking for new songs.

@duerr: That's a great analogy, and those are solid ideas.

Thanks guys!

[photojojo]

@photojojo: Wow you really have that routine worked out!

The older you get the more routines you have.

[diezdiazgiant]

Smoke a bowl, and work on projects that don't require inspiration. Tedious shit like going thru long ass jam sessions. At worst I took care of something I've been putting off for months, at best I'll get distracted with some little nuggets that have made the gears in my churn to life

[diezdiazgiant]

Oh and +1 for caffeine. Or adderal.

[sarasin]

COFFEE!!
Definately!

I find that if i am working on creative stuff like....writing a melody and putting an intro together etc...that works well with the blunt.

But If i want to do mix downs....and EQ certain aspects to sit well in the production aspect....i would do that sober....or I tend to go overboard.

[diezdiazgiant]

COFFEE!!
Definately!

I find that if i am working on creative stuff like....writing a melody and putting an intro together etc...that works well with the blunt.

But If i want to do mix downs....and EQ certain aspects to sit well in the production aspect....i would do that sober....or I tend to go overboard.

Ha if you smoke too much during a mixdown it ends up being a messy soup of bass....