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How do y'all handle lacking inspiration?
Posted on: 09.08.2010 by Verona Fashbaugh
There is no way that I am the only one here that occasionally hits a roadblock when it comes to DJing and producing. There's just times were I cannot produce anything of quality, and I just feel largely uninspired. I'm not going to force myself to try to produce something, because we all know how that would turn out.

If anyone says something like "I never get tired of it because when you find something you love you never get tired of it, music is my life..." I will slap you back to 1955. Say hi to Marty McFly for me.

But seriously, there's nothing I love more than making music, but there's times where I just am uninspired, and don't feel like producing. How do you guys handle this?

(I'd like to take this opportunity to say that y'all isn't typically a word I would use, it just felt like the right thing to do at the time)
Graham Frazier
09.08.2010		I usually try something different, something that i've never done before. Then i take that experience and try to express my feelings from that in my music.
Edelmira Hannula
09.08.2010		I find the best thing for me at a creative roadblock is to explore different kinds of music. I had a dry spell for about six months until I started listening to some old Howlin Wolf records I had lying around. I really got into old, gritty blues and suddenly I was inspired again and writing every day!
Karolis Petrauskas
09.08.2010
Originally Posted by Lambox
There is no way that I am the only one here that occasionally hits a roadblock when it comes to DJing and producing. There's just times were I cannot produce anything of quality, and I just feel largely uninspired. I'm not going to force myself to try to produce something, because we all know how that would turn out.

If anyone says something like "I never get tired of it because when you find something you love you never get tired of it, music is my life..." I will slap you back to 1955. Say hi to Marty McFly for me.

But seriously, there's nothing I love more than making music, but there's times where I just am uninspired, and don't feel like producing. How do you guys handle this?

(I'd like to take this opportunity to say that y'all isn't typically a word I would use, it just felt like the right thing to do at the time)
Take a break! I took a year and a half off and when I came back I landed a huge residency in Miami. If it's a chore to do it then don't do it. I always said when it's not fun anymore is when I quit. So I did and when I felt like it was time...B00M! Back in action.

Another option is to change the game...Maybe try a new genre or sell some gear and change it up. The goal is to make music fun and enjoy it, if it's a chore say F it and go total silence monk style.
Roberto Viccione
09.08.2010		I know I find most of my inspiration from listening to the music that inspired me to write/DJ music. Also, I find a lot of inspiration from books, pulling apart their themes and characters and emotions.

And it's kinda cheesy, but the world around me inspires me a lot. Random conversation can end up pretty poetic.

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