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Where's your inspiration
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Mad Hatter
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Posted : Nov 30, 2003 05:28
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try meditate and see where it takes you... 
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solipt1c
Soliptic
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Posted : Nov 30, 2003 08:03
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actually i disagree with the general view here
i dont think u have to wait for inspiration to strike at all... not for this game. if i was john williams or something i'd probably need to wait for some incredible melody to come to me, but honestly, i dont find dance music (thats psy, dnb, breakbeat, anything) musical enough to warrant any huge melodic or emotional inspiration
i mean come on, its usually got a bassline wich just bangs away on one note for 8 minutes, teamed up with a big kick drum bashing away on every beat for 8 minutes, and a few whoosing noises every now and then...
so, i find i can sit down and sequence more or less any series of notes for my bassline out of thin air... add a kick drum and a few hi-hats... then spend some time getting the right sounds for these elements.... maybe find a choice sample too...
by the time i've done that, usually this "embryo" of a track is providing its own inspiration... you know... you got the bassline looping and you suddenly think, "i know, it'd be cool if a sweeping pad came in here", so you make the pad... and then you think "wow, it'd sound cool if a squelchy synth came in after that sweep"...
so i find i can usually make the very basics of a track and after that just "follow my nose", let the track lead me in the right direction, and it will flow from there.... once you get started inspiration comes and the track writes itself
or sometimes i start with just a single idea or concept... like once i made a track where i didnt let myself play any synths or keyboards at all... or i might set out to make a track which is 90% percussion... or most recently i heard a great protoculture tune with a nice drum roll in it, so i decided to make a tune with a drum roll...
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Anak
Anakoluth
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Posted : Nov 30, 2003 11:46
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FluoSamsara (Oxygen)
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Posted : Nov 30, 2003 18:45
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Yeah, I agree with u guys, its possible to make psy in any state,
but when I'm feeling good and inspired, the song just flows from the begining to the end, and I fell I can transmit myself in the music much more easier.
I try to make music every day, no matter how I feel, but some days I feel I almost don't have to think to do it, the ideas just come to me, other days when I'm not so inspired I have to think much more and spend much more time, and in the end, normally I don't get so in touch with it.
And it gives so much more pleasure when things are floating
Anyway, I always try to overcome the less positive days, triyng to find something to make me fell better and in consequence get more inspiration. like a walk in the park or going out with some good friends, or something like that. Basically, doing something I enjoy.
Every time I got travel I notice a huge diference in my sound when I come back, its just amazing
I have loads of friends doing music and the tracks they do also always show how they where feeling at the time they did the track, if they're not feeling very good, the music comes quite dark and heavy, but after a sunny day at the beach its much easier to come up with a killa melodic track
Anyway, I think i depends on the individual...each one of us is afected by a unique set of diferent things...
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D1SCO
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Posted : Feb 26, 2004 14:09
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Where do you find your inspiration to create tracks? Sounds and stuff... It could be funny to know
Stay Psy |
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Kaz
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Posted : Feb 26, 2004 16:17
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Amygdala
Amygdala
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Posted : Feb 26, 2004 16:23
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I usually just mess around with some sound I think is cool - try to find a pumpin context for it, and exploring it's properties and possibilities - 20 hours later, it's a track
It's always good to have an idea of the atmosphere you are trying to achive though, but I seldom have this idea at first. When I do, it becomes impossible to create it - it just pops in after a while, and that helps finishing the track...
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Lauge
Lauge
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Posted : Feb 26, 2004 19:01
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I get my inspiration different places in my life
such as(s):
On The toilet
In the school
on the moon
in the bed
while im eating (chewing a beat)
while im partying
while im stoned  |
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katam
Abomination
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Posted : Feb 26, 2004 21:52
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"while im eating (chewing a beat) "
HAHAHA....i thought i was the only one who does that!!
a really good way for me to get inspiration is play a bassline and bassdrum in a pattern and try singing to it or just improvising....OUT LOUD, then try to imitate the sounds you think you just made on your synth or vst...it is very fun sometimes and the results are sometimes surprising...try it.
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OIL
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Posted : Feb 26, 2004 22:34
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i use sounds i think is very cool and that i find easy to make, I also want to evolve this sound, add effects etc. that can make it sound cooler.
artist who inspires me are: skazi, dark soho, simon posford, infected mushroom...
Im very often inspired while im out on a walk... |
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Input
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Posted : Feb 27, 2004 02:15
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Im very often inspired while im out on a walk...
The walking beats are the greatest
Space is the place
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EYB
Noized
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Posted : Feb 27, 2004 23:17
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Yes walking...
...going a walk with the dog who is living in my house! |
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sAiNt X
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Posted : Mar 5, 2004 09:12
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After a good party or trip (double meaning)
I usally full of insperation.. .. .. |
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darclon
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Posted : Mar 23, 2004 22:11
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where do you all get your ideas from? where
do you find your inspiration? i often feel very
empty... sometimes i really have lots of ideas
but somehow i have a really hard time holding
on these ideas and making them real. then
i end up sitting behind my stuff and being a
bit frustrated  will this ever get better? 
i mean does this get easier with the time?
lets say after making music for 4 years will
the ideas flow a bit smoother??
how is this for you?
-peace
Oo° i am playing the Game° the one that will take me to my end° I am waiting for the rain° to wash who i am °oO |
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : Mar 23, 2004 22:20
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I've found that inspiration comes and goes - it's very hard to predict control this.
However, when it hits, the biggest obstacle is not being familiar enough with my equipment/instruments to record my ideas as they hit me. As I've gotten more familiar with my gear the ideas definitely flow easier.
So inbetween bouts of inspiration I study, I practice, I try to prepare for those moments of "Oh!" followed by seclusion in the studio.
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