Airyck wrote:" Learn to be OK with being miserable, because this will be a regular part of your existence as a creative musician."
No!
I have specifically worked to overcome this. I am learning to enjoy the entire process and if I don't; I find a way to make it enjoyable by changing my process.
I agree with the book on this one, because as a guy who likes to create stuff, I've learnt through the years that misery is indeed a huge part of the process, and that you have to recognise when and why you're miserable to get through it each time.
I've nearly given up music
because I tried to overcome it. Now that I've accepted it as part of the parcel, I've never been more comfortable with misery, and never been more productive.
Don't get me wrong - I love music and have to make music otherwise I feel completely empty, but I understand that much of the works produced which sound great at first will sometimes sound awful a day or three later, with utter disappointment setting in, deflating you and crushing motivation . This is the specific type of misery I'm talking about, but actual process of making music/jamming is something I almost always enjoy, regardless of how it sounds a week later.
I loathe all my music equally now, and I've never been happier.
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that last sentence was a little joke
Seriously though - it helps to accept it so that you can get through it. If you don't accept it -
because most will experience it often - you might easily give up. I've now reached a stage where I know how to make what I hear in my head, with little effort, and more and more stuff sounds non-shit to me a week later. At this rate, my stuff will probably sound good to me a month later. !
I revised my 'overpriced'. I went down to 'not a steal.' You can't complain about that. Fuck, 
Sheesh. 
