Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

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Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by liveISlife » Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:18 pm

Me when I have a cool music piece in my head and then go to try and re create it- :D ... :) ... :| ... :? ... :oops: ... :( ... :cry: ... :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by aisling » Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:32 pm

All the time, I have ups and downs. The important thing is that music is a life long hobby and passion for me, and despite being knocked down, I seem to dust off and muster up the gusto to keep going....
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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by djsynchro » Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:50 pm

If I hear it in my head I can make it, how else could I hear it in my head?

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by smutek » Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:03 pm

I don't hear hear things in my head, I start from scratch with no idea what I am going to do and just keep adding shit until something sounds cool, then I save it as a loop, hop on the internet, and never come back to it.

I'll be releasing my first album soon, it's going to have 900 tracks because none of my tracks are more than 16 bars long.

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by djsynchro » Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:17 pm

suckers gonna suck, fuckers gonna fuck.

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by Hoffoman » Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:23 pm

djsynchro wrote:suckers gonna suck, fuckers gonna fuck.
wankers gonna wank

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by slatepipe » Sun Dec 12, 2010 6:42 pm

smutek wrote:I don't hear hear things in my head, I start from scratch with no idea what I am going to do and just keep adding shit until something sounds cool, then I save it as a loop, hop on the internet, and never come back to it.

I'll be releasing my first album soon, it's going to have 900 tracks because none of my tracks are more than 16 bars long.

that's pretty much what i do

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by smutek » Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:07 pm

Ha! I'd believe you if I hadn't been to your website and listened to powder cagers.

In fact, the wife and I danced to "splintered blinker" at our wedding.

:-)

Seriously, though, very cool stuff.

8)

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by john gordon » Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:49 pm

nope.never.im great.

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by slatepipe » Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:08 pm

smutek wrote:Ha! I'd believe you if I hadn't been to your website and listened to powder cagers.

In fact, the wife and I danced to "splintered blinker" at our wedding.

:-)

Seriously, though, very cool stuff.

8)

:oops: :D
wow - cheers feller. humbled

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by smutek » Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:55 am

Credit is due for sure! But, just for the record, we didn't actually dance to splintered blinker at our wedding.... but I was 100% serious when I said I liked your work. I'm not trying to pigeon hole or anything, but it reminds me of Sutekh - but grittier and deeper. It's like sound collage.

I like it.

8)

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by Tarekith » Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:46 am

Everybody has doubts. They fear failing at meeting a goal (sounding good). Ignore that and just focus on asking yourself "am I having fun doing this?"

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by slatepipe » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:06 am

smutek wrote:It's like sound collage.

spot on. that's how i generally describe my stuff :)

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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by ollyb303 » Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:04 am

Tarekith wrote:Everybody has doubts. They fear failing at meeting a goal (sounding good). Ignore that and just focus on asking yourself "am I having fun doing this?"
+ 1

I sometimes doubt myself, but as long as I'm still enjoying it, it's all good. And as long as I'm enjoying the output, there's generally others who will as well!
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Re: Do you ever feel like you suck at making music?

Post by MPGK » Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:18 am

ollyb303 wrote:
Tarekith wrote:Everybody has doubts. They fear failing at meeting a goal (sounding good). Ignore that and just focus on asking yourself "am I having fun doing this?"
+ 1

I sometimes doubt myself, but as long as I'm still enjoying it, it's all good. And as long as I'm enjoying the output, there's generally others who will as well!
Couldn't agree more to you two.

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