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I MISS MY ECT

Haven't written a real song in months. This is so frustrating I want to punch myself in the dick until I am dead. I hate everything I play and do.

Change something about how you're playing. New tuning, different pedals, different guitars, etc. Or go and listen only to things you'd never normally listen to. I feel like I get in a rut when I push myself into a niche too hard without knowing.

Just don't do any self-afflicted dick punching.

gunslinger_burrito wrote:Change something about how you're playing. New tuning, different pedals, different guitars, etc. Or go and listen only to things you'd never normally listen to. I feel like I get in a rut when I push myself into a niche too hard without knowing.

Just don't do any self-afflicted dick punching.

Thanks.

I've been making generic ambient music to pass the time, but it just doesn't give me the feeling of satisfaction as making a full song used to. I've also been pouring energy into cooking to fill the gap. I've been trying to do the things you're supposed to do when you're stuck (different instruments, different tunings, reading books, watching movies, discovering new styles of music, taking a break, etc) but this time it's not working.

I feel like I'm out of ideas and I'm afraid I have to confront the possibility that I never really did, that I've always been a bedroom noodler (Not that there's anything wrong with being a bedroom noodler, but that wasn't the goal for me).

I feel like in order to make songs an idea has to grab you for you to work on, but nothing--I mean nothing--really does. Not a lyric, not a melody, not a chord sequence, not a riff. Since ideas aren't grabbing me, I can't work on them.

Sorry, I have no one to vent to about it. The musicians in my life say something like "it'll pass, just give it time," but that's not good enough when making music is the one thing that keeps you going in the world.

friendship wrote:

gunslinger_burrito wrote:Change something about how you're playing. New tuning, different pedals, different guitars, etc. Or go and listen only to things you'd never normally listen to. I feel like I get in a rut when I push myself into a niche too hard without knowing.

Just don't do any self-afflicted dick punching.

Thanks.

I've been making generic ambient music to pass the time, but it just doesn't give me the feeling of satisfaction as making a full song used to. I've also been pouring energy into cooking to fill the gap. I've been trying to do the things you're supposed to do when you're stuck (different instruments, different tunings, reading books, watching movies, discovering new styles of music, taking a break, etc) but this time it's not working.

I feel like I'm out of ideas and I'm afraid I have to confront the possibility that I never really did, that I've always been a bedroom noodler (Not that there's anything wrong with being a bedroom noodler, but that wasn't the goal for me).

I feel like in order to make songs an idea has to grab you for you to work on, but nothing--I mean nothing--really does. Not a lyric, not a melody, not a chord sequence, not a riff. Since ideas aren't grabbing me, I can't work on them.

Sorry, I have no one to vent to about it. The musicians in my life say something like "it'll pass, just give it time," but that's not good enough when making music is the one thing that keeps you going in the world.

When I realize I'm doing more thinking than doing with regard to music, I will take a break and tell everyone else that I'm taking a break. And of course only then I end up making a ton of music because there's no pressure. I always think I've caught on to my mind trick, but then I'm like, 'no, this time I'm really taking a break' and try to make a point not to play and not to do anything constructive and then of course it doesn't work and music does

cedarskies wrote: When I realize I'm doing more thinking than doing with regard to music, I will take a break and tell everyone else that I'm taking a break. And of course only then I end up making a ton of music because there's no pressure. I always think I've caught on to my mind trick, but then I'm like, 'no, this time I'm really taking a break' and try to make a point not to play and not to do anything constructive and then of course it doesn't work and music does

You know, honestly this is the one thing I've never tried and I'm desperate so I'm willing to give it a shot. How did you get yourself to stick to your abstinence? I mean I guess you're saying eventually you break edge but you know?

get super blazed?

Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D. wrote:get super blazed?

wayyyyy ahead of you.

friendship wrote:

gunslinger_burrito wrote:Change something about how you're playing. New tuning, different pedals, different guitars, etc. Or go and listen only to things you'd never normally listen to. I feel like I get in a rut when I push myself into a niche too hard without knowing.

Just don't do any self-afflicted dick punching.

Thanks.

I've been making generic ambient music to pass the time, but it just doesn't give me the feeling of satisfaction as making a full song used to. I've also been pouring energy into cooking to fill the gap. I've been trying to do the things you're supposed to do when you're stuck (different instruments, different tunings, reading books, watching movies, discovering new styles of music, taking a break, etc) but this time it's not working.

I feel like I'm out of ideas and I'm afraid I have to confront the possibility that I never really did, that I've always been a bedroom noodler (Not that there's anything wrong with being a bedroom noodler, but that wasn't the goal for me).

I feel like in order to make songs an idea has to grab you for you to work on, but nothing--I mean nothing--really does. Not a lyric, not a melody, not a chord sequence, not a riff. Since ideas aren't grabbing me, I can't work on them.

Sorry, I have no one to vent to about it. The musicians in my life say something like "it'll pass, just give it time," but that's not good enough when making music is the one thing that keeps you going in the world.

I'm in The exact same place now, I have been for over a year probably

cedarskies wrote: When I realize I'm doing more thinking than doing with regard to music, I will take a break and tell everyone else that I'm taking a break. And of course only then I end up making a ton of music because there's no pressure. I always think I've caught on to my mind trick, but then I'm like, 'no, this time I'm really taking a break' and try to make a point not to play and not to do anything constructive and then of course it doesn't work and music does

This ^^^^^^

I haven't written a "real" song in like two years. I'm dying to. I basically took a break from playing for the whole summer. Just fucking around with drone and noise here and there. But now things are shaping up, and it's because I finally followed my own damn advice and am not constraining myself to any styles. I used to think "I want a black metal song," or "I'm thinking about Isis and post metal for this song" but now I'm just fucking around with everything I have and seeing where it takes me. Whether or not you like the Mars Volta, I've heard them say multiple times that over-intellectualizing music kills the whole basic point of playing it.

yea thats good advice. i always try to approach things with no expectations or preconceived notions. when i sit down and try to "make something cool" or do something more specific. it always comes out like crap. if i just sit down and do. whatever happens might not be something i thought would happen, but everything always works itself out.

Yeah you guys are probably right about trying too hard. I just finished packing away all my music junk except for one guitar I don't have a case for. My room is definitely a lot cleaner but I couldn't help but think, "what if this is the last time I touch this stuff?"

I should probably log off this site for a while or else reading about everyone's enthusiasm for cool sounds will make me feel bad.

friendship wrote:Yeah you guys are probably right about trying too hard. I just finished packing away all my music junk except for one guitar I don't have a case for. My room is definitely a lot cleaner but I couldn't help but think, "what if this is the last time I touch this stuff?"

I should probably log off this site for a while or else reading about everyone's enthusiasm for cool sounds will make me feel bad.

When I "take a break" it's still fun to hang out in the general and music pages



I am currently trying to be friends with a girl I know, while trying to discern if she's coming on to me, and trying not to let it get romantic. I can't tell if that's what she's after, though I've dated girls a LOT like her in the past, and I know that it doesn't work out. It's weird being in a position where I really would like a girlfriend, but actually just want to be friends with this one. Stupid life and it's stupid curves and stuff.

gunslinger_burrito wrote:I MISS MY ECT

You miss electro convulsive therapy?