Hey guys haven't posted on here in a while but I've still been producing a lot. I've been really trying to improve my music this past year. Although I've learnt a lot and improved a little I'm still not happy with the style of my music and how it sounds so I haven't released anything yet. Only been making tunes for roughly 2 years (so not that long).
Music for me this past year has been a lot of up and downs. When ever I'm making a new track that I like I get super excited and I think to myself "This is the one I'm going to release" but very quickly I kind of stop liking it/don't think its good enough for me to release when the track is 95% done. I've also noticed that I hate not working on a song. I feel like I'm wasting time if I'm not working on something new. I'm not going to lie, I always want the next track that I'm working on to be "the one I release".
Through this way of thinking I've also now become scared of starting a new track, scared that I'll start and it wont be good enough and I'll get frustrated and so overwhelmed. But sometimes I guess I try and it works and then I'm in this happy state where I can say that I'm not wasting my time and that "I'm working on this really good track that I'll probably release". Its kind of like a cycle of stress and fun haha. I also stress about how original my tracks sound. I really don't like making generic music and I always stress if my track is original enough or dancy enough.
Is there any way to break this loop and not get stuck in this massive rut between making tracks? I'm also aware that someone who makes 100 songs in a year will be a better producer than someone who has spent a whole year on one song. My goal is to just make heaps of tracks so I can improve my music. I'm looking at making 1 track a week.
I don't doubt great producers find themselves in creative ruts from time to time but I'm in one between every track I make. I think its impacting my mental health and stress and making music shouldn't really be doing that to me.
Can anyone help me out? Any strategies? Should I try have a set process when it comes to making music? Should I have a certain approach I should take to every track I start producing? and how would I even come up with that?
thanks guys
Music for me this past year has been a lot of up and downs. When ever I'm making a new track that I like I get super excited and I think to myself "This is the one I'm going to release" but very quickly I kind of stop liking it/don't think its good enough for me to release when the track is 95% done. I've also noticed that I hate not working on a song. I feel like I'm wasting time if I'm not working on something new. I'm not going to lie, I always want the next track that I'm working on to be "the one I release".
Through this way of thinking I've also now become scared of starting a new track, scared that I'll start and it wont be good enough and I'll get frustrated and so overwhelmed. But sometimes I guess I try and it works and then I'm in this happy state where I can say that I'm not wasting my time and that "I'm working on this really good track that I'll probably release". Its kind of like a cycle of stress and fun haha. I also stress about how original my tracks sound. I really don't like making generic music and I always stress if my track is original enough or dancy enough.
Is there any way to break this loop and not get stuck in this massive rut between making tracks? I'm also aware that someone who makes 100 songs in a year will be a better producer than someone who has spent a whole year on one song. My goal is to just make heaps of tracks so I can improve my music. I'm looking at making 1 track a week.
I don't doubt great producers find themselves in creative ruts from time to time but I'm in one between every track I make. I think its impacting my mental health and stress and making music shouldn't really be doing that to me.
Can anyone help me out? Any strategies? Should I try have a set process when it comes to making music? Should I have a certain approach I should take to every track I start producing? and how would I even come up with that?
thanks guys