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01-26-2012, 01:46 PM | #1 |
Virgo
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musicians - ever feel like giving up?
i feel like i've hit a wall and the challenges are taking up more of my time than, overall, i would like it to. i feel like i'm neglecting mastering other, more useful, skills especially those that could benefit my professional life.
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01-26-2012, 01:50 PM | #2 |
Virgo
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sometimes i feel overwhelmed by all this gear and i don't know what i'm doing or why i'm doing it
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01-26-2012, 07:59 PM | #3 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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fuck that, just play. don't think about it. feel it. if you aren't ultimately doing it for your personal enjoyment who cares anyway
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01-26-2012, 08:26 PM | #4 |
Immortal
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Play with different people
Try a whole new style Write some songs on acoustic guitar or piano |
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01-26-2012, 08:48 PM | #5 |
ILL KILL UR DOG
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the world is too ambivalent for most art to matter
you have a better chance of making a splash with a dumb fucking twitter post than years of songwriting |
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01-26-2012, 09:14 PM | #6 |
Banned
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no you don't
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01-26-2012, 11:15 PM | #7 |
ILL KILL UR DOG
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how's the guitar training coming trots
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01-26-2012, 11:25 PM | #8 |
Immortal
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01-27-2012, 12:35 AM | #9 |
Minion of Satan
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nope. keep pressin' on.
but then again i get paid to teach music so it is my job.. and ya can't teach it well if you're not active in it. |
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01-27-2012, 03:25 AM | #10 |
Pledge
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I play piano and just for the enjoyment of it so I don't feel like I'm wasting time. I teach little kids to play too and that's... more fun than it sounds.
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01-27-2012, 05:08 AM | #11 |
Minion of Satan
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01-27-2012, 08:24 AM | #12 |
Socialphobic
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What do you mean by giving up? Give up trying to be a professional musician? How much have you invested (time, education/training, money) already and how long have you been trying? How old are you?
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01-27-2012, 09:05 AM | #13 |
Apocalyptic Poster
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actually i'm getting back into it
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01-28-2012, 08:58 AM | #14 |
Ownz
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I'm finding it difficult to invest any time in it and 8 years down the line of trying to get anywhere in terms of recording / playing shows it's just kind of dried up.
Still like playing/writing but I think I'm done for recording etc. |
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01-28-2012, 02:22 PM | #15 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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yeah, i'm starting to be more comfortable knowing it's a "hobby" and not expecting anything else or working on it harder than i feel like
it's weird because it's kinda like giving up a dream, but it doesn't feel that way - it's just not a huge passion anymore for me. maybe it will be again at some point. |
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01-28-2012, 03:22 PM | #16 |
The Broom of the System
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"Hold on, when you feel like letting go." - Good Charlotte.
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01-28-2012, 03:41 PM | #17 |
Virgo
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01-28-2012, 03:48 PM | #18 |
Virgo
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i feel like i'm kind of in this boat, although all i do is record. i think i need to play/write more for fun without a specific goal in mind. my process has just been really slow lately because i'm trying a lot of new things with denser compositions (more overdubs & tracks) and i'm not getting results fast enough than what i'm used. this is contributing to me not feeling like i really know what i'm doing. i'm used to having a specific task to accomplish but now i'm just fiddling around a lot with new setups and gear and sounds and its put me in a rut.
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01-28-2012, 07:50 PM | #19 | |
Ownz
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01-28-2012, 07:57 PM | #20 | |
Ownz
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01-28-2012, 09:16 PM | #21 |
Banned
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go Shock Rock! Flip the script: Wear a mask, put on makeup, light a bible on fire, piss on the crowd, or better yet, piss on the constitution because that's what the man is doing anyway. Or what-everrrrrrs... use music and video to say what you need to. Start viewing yourself as an artist, not so much as a musician.
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01-29-2012, 12:54 AM | #22 | |
Virgo
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01-29-2012, 12:55 AM | #23 |
Virgo
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01-29-2012, 10:49 AM | #24 |
Apocalyptic Poster
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i don't even want to make any money off of this, play shows, sell lots of LPs or anything. i'd be 100% pleased if one day a cassette that i'm ok with gets published by some irrelevant label, edition of 20
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01-29-2012, 12:00 PM | #25 |
Virgo
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the high wears off quickly
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01-29-2012, 02:03 PM | #26 |
Apocalyptic Poster
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probably. but really i'm not doing this for anyone but myself. i just want to see if those things in my head can actually be realised in sound. i want to make music i can't find anywhere else
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01-29-2012, 04:41 PM | #27 |
Banned
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you have just as little a chance of making a splash with a twitter post as you do making it big with music
Last edited by Trotskilicious : 01-30-2012 at 12:56 AM. |
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01-29-2012, 10:04 PM | #28 |
Virgo
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02-01-2012, 01:16 AM | #29 |
Virgo
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i've begun working on some unfinished material from a couple years back and it's coming along nicely
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02-01-2012, 02:34 AM | #30 |
Banned
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follow your dreams
you deserve to be a champion |
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