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how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:52 am
by john gordon
i started running and working out about 4 months ago and funny enough when i get home i always feel like jamming away in my studio,try it!!
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:02 am
by elxicano
Nothing like being active to stimulate the mind.
I find that reading also helps quite a bit... provided it's a decent book!
Another thing that helps me is looking at art. I've spent quite a bit of time at the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) and I think it all adds to my odd musical interests.
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:04 am
by Tarekith
It's almost the opposite for me. I run, bike, snowboard, skateboard, or lift weights almost daily. Always a struggle for me to decide to stay in the studio or go out and play
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:09 am
by Android Bishop
Tarekith wrote:It's almost the opposite for me. I run, bike, snowboard, skateboard, or lift weights almost daily. Always a struggle for me to decide to stay in the studio or go out and play
you snowboard every day?
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:55 am
by nathannn
do some covers of your favorite songs. they dont have to be perfect, just for fun.
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:27 am
by 12 Theory
Listening to any Enigma album does it for me.
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:28 am
by Android Bishop
btw I must say that ever since I stopped exercising two years ago my life has turned to shit and all my tunes blow. maybe you're on to something here
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:29 am
by outershpongolia
nathannn wrote:do some covers of your favorite songs. they dont have to be perfect, just for fun.
+1
Loop jams on Grateful Dead - Fire on the Mountain, sounded terrible but it was fun to mess around with.
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:07 am
by leonard
methamphetamine is the best for everyone.
thanks
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:15 am
by slatepipe
yup - exercise is pretty good, though sometimes i find it a right struggle to go to the gym, once im there its great.
art exhibitions, booze, then wandering around town recording random nonsense on various devices always seems to stimulate something too
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:04 am
by evernaut
How do you get into writer's block? Any tips? I'm trying to finish an album and I can't stop writing new songs...
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:22 am
by macmurphy
I don't often get writers block but when i do i make sure i stay away from anything music-making related for a couple of days and ideas seem to start forcing their way back in.
If i'm just feeling slightly lacking in inspiration then some sound/patch design often gets things flowing.
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:33 am
by Jacqueslacouth
oh fuck me, it all started around "I Do", then became terminal when the twins were born. Haven't finished a song since...the girls have their 9th birthday in February.
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:51 pm
by squelcht
Jacqueslacouth wrote:oh fuck me, it all started around "I Do", then became terminal when the twins were born. Haven't finished a song since...the girls have their 9th birthday in February.
Re: how to get out of writers block
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:00 pm
by Tarekith
Android Bishop wrote:Tarekith wrote:It's almost the opposite for me. I run, bike, snowboard, skateboard, or lift weights almost daily. Always a struggle for me to decide to stay in the studio or go out and play
you snowboard every day?
Sorry, I meant I do one (or a few) of those things every day, not all of them. But yes, I snowboard a lot in the winter, yea for season's passes.