by Cherax » 05 Jun 2012 08:20
Oh jeez, only always. I've had Ableton for... wow, three years now, I think, but I've only actually started writing full songs and learning to produce things properly in about the last year. This means I have over two years' worth of Ableton projects from a dark, dark time when I was still creating, but was utterly directionless, and only used default guitar synths [shudder]. I sift through these projects regularly and have a good laugh. On a few occasions, I've actually managed to salvage some good ideas from them.
Over the last year, I've learned just about everything I now know at an exponential rate, and I'm still learning. I go back to songs I've released earlier this year and, even though I still like them, can't help but see ways to make this or that sound better. (I'm actually a little worried this kind of negative perfectionism will prevent me from ever finishing my album...)