Quitting music

[DJEverHeart]

Life is like a rollercoaster... There are bumps and obstacles in your path.....When the rollercoaster stops your giving up and ending the fun...I tell u to go bk on that ride and live your life~

[AerieFlew]

Why is this thread still here? Did Facade say long ago that he's staying?

It's still here cause he is loved! This thread, if you read through it, helped a whole lot of ponies and that is a good reason if you ask me to keep it going. And I reapeat. Facade is loved!

[Facade]

Why is this thread still here? Did Facade say long ago that he's staying?

It's still here cause he is loved! This thread, if you read through it, helped a whole lot of ponies and that is a good reason if you ask me to keep it going. And I reapeat. Facade is loved!

tehe thanks and yea this is good for people to read if they are thinking about quitting or something

[Pickslide1992]

It not only helped Facade, but it could help anypony else. Lord knows it could give me a shove in the right direction instead of let me wallow in self pity.

[Facade]

It not only helped Facade, but it could help anypony else. Lord knows it could give me a shove in the right direction instead of let me wallow in self pity.

haha yes it could

[Pickslide1992]

because right now, I feel the same way you did when you first began this thread, Facade. Sure I have FL Studio at my disposal, but I feel my beats are generic and I'm literally bringing nothing new to the table. I look back at my older stuff and think "This stuff is absolute shite, only someone without a sense of taste would listen to this garbage."

[Facade]

because right now, I feel the same way you did when you first began this thread, Facade. Sure I have FL Studio at my disposal, but I feel my beats are generic and I'm literally bringing nothing new to the table. I look back at my older stuff and think "This stuff is absolute shite, only someone without a sense of taste would listen to this garbage."

there is no such thing as a bad musician just remember you can only get better never worse try something new try a new genre try some new vst's or effects try different combinations of the two just never give up!

[Pickslide1992]

I've done plenty of those things (Especially the VST thing) and I'm experimenting with other genres, but I feel like I can't find my unique voice. Somewhere, no matter what I try, somepony's going to be the best at that genre and be the only one recognized for it, and everypony else will be disregarded.

Go on, listen to one of my songs and listen to someone else's, I bet you money that other persons' is going to be better in some way.

[Facade]

I've done plenty of those things (Especially the VST thing) and I'm experimenting with other genres, but I feel like I can't find my unique voice. Somewhere, no matter what I try, somepony's going to be the best at that genre and be the only one recognized for it, and everypony else will be disregarded.

Go on, listen to one of my songs and listen to someone else's, I bet you money that other persons' is going to be better in some way.

ive never actually seen you post music here do you have a link? i bet you just need to find that one genre it took me a whole year to find mine and i dont even know what its called!

[Pickslide1992]

I have some stuff I posted in the music category (The most recent thing I posted was my CMC theme cover)

[Facade]

That was pretty good for the first time using fl you can become great some day you just gotta keep up the work

[Kibbie]

i've been trying to learn how to make music, i'd say the thing thats gotten me as far as i am today is the will to not give up

[Pickslide1992]

You know, looking back, my stuff isn't bad. Sure, I'm not great, but I'm not the suckiest. I was just having a depressive episode.

I just need motivation, and free time. xD

[Kryptage]

Man I've the same feeling for the past few weeks. I finished up this song I've been working on for a bit. And I've 4 project files on my desktop that I would just open, then look at for a while, and whatever I tried didn't work. I can't been consistent at all lately. I'm not sure If ill even make the second Smile deadline right now. This is helping me a bit though. Knowing that other people are feeling this.

I feel like I know what I should be doing now. Just gotta find the time and the motivation.

[TheSunAndTheRainfall]

I get this very often too. Most of the time I'll start working on something and be happy for a while because I think it sounds good. Then I'll listen to something else that will make me go "holy crap, that's so awesome, I wish I could do something like that!". Then I'll go back to what I was working on and suddenly think it all sounds like shit, and start wondering why I even bother trying to do anything in the first place. Then I have to fight this immense urge to scrap everything and not try to do anything ever again. Repeat every couple of days.

Each time I try very hard to turn this around into the "this is awesome and I'm gonna start working towards making something this awesome" way of thinking, but it's very hard to convince myself of some things, sometimes. :c

[Freewave]

Awwww.

Yeah i find it very hard to put out a finished product that i don't double back later and want to tweak a bit further most of the time. they key i guess is to put stuff down and revisit it later (maybe shuffle partial projects around when you need a break), have friends pre-listen and guide you to a better mix, or just listen-critique-fix and repeat until its done. Either way the problem with having such great musicians in this community is that it means the bar is often that much higher to try to meet. Ultimately find a pattern that works best for you, find out how to make your mark and who you are as musician, and try to do what feels fun and just do your best. Too much self-doubt will ruin it.

[AutomaticJack]

You can never quit music, music can only quit you... And it never does. =)

I agree with taking a break, my hard drives are littered with HUNDREDS of .flp's that saw about 30 minutes of work and were promptly forgotten. I took about a month off, and the day I came back I pulled an all nighter and had a rough draft of a song I REALLY liked. All I need to do was recharge my batteries.

Also, try not to write a song if you're feeling bored... Do something else, like try a really weird combination of effects and synths, or build on your library of custom tones. I have recently been using .flp's as virtual 'lab spaces', building sounds and effects to be used elsewhere, and more often than not that will inspire a song.

And last but not least, never judge your music against another's under the heading of 'better or worse'...we all do it differently, so no song can ever actually be better. I've come to realize that the only scale of measurement I should be using when I evaluate my work is 'Is it good enough for me?' And if it's not, I listen to it over and over until I can pinpoint what needs to change, and then I change it.

A parting quote: True art is never finished, only abandoned.

[@ppleBukker]

I agree with taking a break, my hard drives are littered with HUNDREDS of .flp's that saw about 30 minutes of work and were promptly forgotten. I took about a month off, and the day I came back I pulled an all nighter and had a rough draft of a song I REALLY liked. All I need to do was recharge my batteries.

I agree. Taking a break is really helpful. I found this out the hard way with a band I'm in. You can only beat your head against the wall so many times before you get a concussion. When you take a little time off, ideas start to flow back. You get epiphanies a lot quicker.

[DJ Hellbunny]

Oh boy, this thread is full love and win. You people make me want to continue. You and this motivational track xD

[MorteMcAdaver]

I agree with taking a break, my hard drives are littered with HUNDREDS of .flp's that saw about 30 minutes of work and were promptly forgotten. I took about a month off, and the day I came back I pulled an all nighter and had a rough draft of a song I REALLY liked. All I need to do was recharge my batteries.

I agree. Taking a break is really helpful. I found this out the hard way with a band I'm in. You can only beat your head against the wall so many times before you get a concussion. When you take a little time off, ideas start to flow back. You get epiphanies a lot quicker.

^The truths.

[K3WRO]

I haven't read the whole thread but I can say, Like a couple weeks ago I wanted to quit, I wasn't really feeling good about it, after the balloon party, I've just felt like I've made no progress. No motivation. Infact, I felt like I was doing worse.
And with lack of attention, and the how barely music has been influencing life I thought "what's the point?"

All I did was take a walk outside, get some fresh air and take some break from production, sometimes you use up so much of your creativity and influence that you might actually run out and you may not get the concept of the song.

Of course, everyone has a weak side, some of us may suck (like me). but hey! Even the best of the best go through this situation, don't make this little rock on the road send your journey

Don't give up! Keep practicing!

[the4thImpulse]

And once again a really old thread gets brought back to life, check those dates everypony.

Although it would be cool to hear what Facade thinks now about this whole thing.

[Freewave]

Yep old thread but the song remains the same.

It is SO common to run into a week or a few days where you feel that that you're not making a difference or not getting the recognition and you feel like hanging it up. Just take a break, disconnect for awhile from what's bothering you, and hopefully you should get re-energized. You have to enjoy making music and you do that on your own time so just find the balance you need to succeed. Realize that lows happen all the time to LOTS of people and you should be able to bounce back and find that strength again.

[Freewave]

i feel like I've been getting worse and worse lately i keep trying to remix but every time i do it sucks :/ and i don't seem so be getting better. And on top of it all all my original stuff is repetitive and uninteresting i feel like quitting .
what are your opinions? should i quit or should i just try harder?

i've been getting the same feelings and vibes recently, but the best advice i can offer you is
1: Don't give up
2: Try something new

lol posted that on on 20 Nov 2011. Maybe we should lock this thread.

[Lavender_Harmony]

This thread didn't need to be brought back.