Hey guys,
I'm a bit demotivated and would like to share my problem. I've been "producing" for around 3 or 4 years, but actually I can't even talk about producing.
I always end up creating thousands of project files. In 3 years, I've finished exactly one song and that was when I started and didn't have a plan about anything.
I love making music but it became a total chore to me because I never finish anything. Sometimes I create a song and really feel that I'm going to finish it, but after some time I start to hate it and it loses more and more vibe.
It feels like I'm always doing the same things but I don't know what to change in my workflow.
I want to produce quality trap music but it always sounds completely shit.
My biggest problem are intros and drops, it's pretty easy to create an awesome buildup but when it comes to the rest, I just SUCK.
I always write with a friend about this and I feel like all I do is crying and complaning. He really likes a lot of my songs and always motivates me to go on but all I do is disappoint him and also me by never finishing anything.
I often work on a song for hours but it just doesn't work out, usually it's the intro that I hate. I listen to other peoples music and it sounds so smooth whereas mine sounds just mixed together.
I know that you shouldn't compare yourself to others too much and I also know that you first have to release some shitty music in order to create good songs, but I just don't want to.
I always dream of being that awesome producer that everybody knows and the revolutionizes the game but instead all I do is being too perfectionist about my work and block every form of progress.
I constantly keep on thinking about my artist name, then my art style and all that stuff, like I was already a big fish but in reality, I can't even create a simple song.
It feels like I want to plan first and be perfect right at the beginning instead of just experience the progress and have fun. I want my music to be perfect and this is what hinders me.
I sometimes think that maybe the path of a music producer isn't mine, but deep inside I know that I want it. I just feel it.
I know that even the best advice isn't worth anything if I don't compromise but it's so hard :(
Even today I started 3 new projects and I hate all of them already.
I always start a new project with no real idea behind it and just play around, only to tell myself after a few minutes that I wont finish because I didn't approach it with the right "strategy" or "mindset". I know it is bullsh!t but I still proceed with this thinking.
It's not really fun anymore, even when I create good section of a song I just can't extend it to a full song.
What can I do? :(
Submitted October 16, 2017 at 10:44AM by mindkingdom https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/76qjxt/maybe_it_just_shouldnt_be/?utm_source=ifttt