Are you destined to become a failed wannabe music producer?

[Ceri JC]

Originally Posted by annikk.exe

Infinity+1, if I were you I would set myself a challenge to write a song with only 3 different synth patches, a kick, snare, and hat, and actually focus on paying zero attention to the production quality, and complete the entire song in less than an hour. Just GET IT DOWN, get it out there.
If you keep doing this, sooner or later you'll hit upon a song that you feel like developing a bit more.
I also think you sound like you could use a holiday :>


-Annikk

I agree, I find this very useful when stuck in a rut of not actually finishing tracks. Take an 8 bar loop you've done, create another 2/3 variations on it then force yourself to record "live takes" of a track (recorded in realtime) with you selecting patterns, playing along, changing fx etc. Bounce it to .wav and save it. Eventually you'll stumble on something you like/that works well and then you can go back and polish it. Sometimes I don't even realise which tracks are the best/worth working on further until a few days after they're done and I'm listening to them on my mp3 player.

[Khazul]

Or do what lost of folks do when they are out of ideas - learn production techniques, embellish their 4/8/16 bars of bleeps and release it under minimal techo or minimal tech house

Ooops - probably just upset the minimal crowd...

[Prime NL]

I had my xxx min. of fame, so i don't feel the pressure anymore to have something released on a CD or Album.

Did my live perfomances on stage as support act for other very famous acts or DJs, performed live on festivals, did live shows on the national radio, released CD's and EP's on my own record label and saw almost every famous club in Europe.

I feel i don't have that urge anymore to get out there and spent every minute of my life advertising my "band"....this is also due to the fact that i am married and have 2 kids walking around...they don't need a dad who will be almost every weekend on the road.

Nowadays i just have fun and feel happy in my home studio creating 8 bar loops and play around with it.

For all the people who still have the urge to "get out there" on stage or on a CD/EP plug yourself as much as you can...that is the only road to get well known and famous.

Just burn that CD with your experimental stuff and send it out to your interesting record labels who are in line with your style you create....there is always the chance that one of them will pick it up.

[Ceri JC]

Originally Posted by Prime NL

Just burn that CD with your experimental stuff and send it out to your interesting record labels who are in line with your style you create....there is always the chance that one of them will pick it up.

Yes, it's surprising how few labels you need to send (half-decent) stuff to before you get someone interested, so long as you select the right labels. You hear these stories of a great band/artist claiming to have sent hundreds of demos out before it gets picked up and you just have to wonder whether they got a Music Directory and just started at A in the record labels and sent it to the first 200 they came across. I know people at labels who complain about the volume of demos they get that they would never in a million years put out, almost as if the person hasn't even listened to the other stuff on the label.

[Prime NL]

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Yes, it's surprising how few labels you need to send (half-decent) stuff to before you get someone interested, so long as you select the right labels. You hear these stories of a great band/artist claiming to have sent hundreds of demos out before it gets picked up and you just have to wonder whether they got a Music Directory and just started at A in the record labels and sent it to the first 200 they came across. I know people at labels who complain about the volume of demos they get that they would never in a million years put out, almost as if the person hasn't even listened to the other stuff on the label.

Your totally right on that Ceri...it's sometimes suprising what kind of demos i get which are totally not in line with the kind of music i support.

I got CD's containing country or even Schlager or Hardrock music....even though my Record Label is registered as a Dance label.

Sometimes you will be rejected...but in my beginning of my musical career i got some great feedback of labels which comment on the music or give some critics which can be used in future demo CD's.

Just don't expect to be recognised by a label with just a Myspace page or some YouTube movies....if those people get attention by labels it's mostly luck.

Expect to be dissapointed alot...just keep up and try again.