Does anyone here get real uptight and not want to do it anymore? Like, do you get moments where you feel you're not good enough or your songs aren't working out or whatever! I'd like to know if it happens to other people as well! I'm going slightly mad arrrrgh!
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All the time - happens to literally ...
All the time - happens to literally everyone I've talked to about writing stuff.. The best strategy is to stop, and forget about it.. works the best for me anyway.
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Yeah that's good advice ...
Yeah that's good advice Disasteradio...
It's like when you can't sleep so you stress that you can't sleep. The stress will mean that you will not be able to sleep and so you get a horrible endless circle.
That's exactly what's going on here. Just relax out a bit and it'll work itself out :)
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even worse is when you are all fired ...
even worse is when you are all fired up, and working on a track, and you think it's awesome,
then you leave it for a bit, and listen to it later on and its complete shit
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Yeah man, last year I sold all my gear ...
Yeah man, last year I sold all my gear with the intention of never playing again, then something happened that fired me up again, lately i've been back in that same old rut again but it always gets better.
Doing something completely different for awhile often helps, thats what our little project Sideshifter was all about, just breaking away from what we had been doing for so long, and it worked out great we had a chance to take a rest from our old material then look back on it with a fresh head, and realized that what we were doing before was so much fun.
Try doing something different or leaving it alone for a while then look back.
sometimes when i try to sleep i think ...
sometimes when i try to sleep i think of lost loves, you know, your first kiss etc. Its bad coz i start to cry in my sleep you see, but im not asleep. Im awake coz i cant sleep. Then blood comes outta my mouth, i think its coz i think of vampires, you know, sexually. anyway, so there i am, sleeping, bleeding and all of a sudden my blanket flyes up, first i think its like off that movie - hook, you know, with robin williams? but then i realise its a tent and i pretend im camping with my soft toys, but its in my head. Apparently. YEah watever. Vampires turn me on. floppy turns me off. JUST COZ U ASKED...
Nice - I haven't written for about six ...
Nice - I haven't written for about six weeks! My stuff is just collecting dust! yeah, I was heaps like Monkey puzzle i just gonna sell my stuff and say forget it! Like a tight feeling in the stomach and unable to push on any further. What a jip!
Its wierd aye? its like when you start you love it so much you keep telling yourself you aint going to stop and you don't and then its all obssessive and I guess that's when you have the real relationship breakdowns with yourself and other members of the band.
Yeah, cheers! I can't say I can relate directly with vampires and sexual intercourse, but the rest of the advice is really good! Think I might take a trip to Fiji, or at least go to the travel agents and get a post card and look at it on Lyall bay.
Try this: learn a new chord tune your ...
Try this:
learn a new chord
tune your guitar differently
go and buy some new music
break up with your girlfreind/boyfreind
punch someone in the face
buy a new effect
read a book
limit your self gratification to once a month
get a new girlfreind/boyfreind
when you aren't feeling creative use that time to learn
you've lost your mojo you just need to find it or steal someone else's
Just had to chime in...absolutely know ...
Just had to chime in...absolutely know what you mean, I like to break the blocks by just trying to learn a song I've always wanted to be able to play, you know, the one you hear and think, jeez I wish I knew how to play that, then you keep that engine lubed, mind open and go for for golden showers. I've been doing this funny biz for 12 years and nearly absolutely quit two times, fuck it, this is what I love.
yeah true - different stuff blows you ...
yeah true - different stuff blows you away. Went to a beatnik poetry thing just tonight, just jazzy music and poetry, it was real out of it! Taking the time out for something totally different just relaxes you and your less tense!