BACKGROUND INFO (skip if you'd like): Hi guys, I am a new poster here but I could really use some advice. I've been producing music for about 1 year, and I have been doing it pretty seriously. I produce around 2 hours a day on average, probably a bit more. Although I haven't been at it too long, I've somehow seen some success. I got supported by a few big DJs on Spinnin in their radio shows, 3 months after I actually began producing. (not even sure how it really happened, but it did.) At the time, I knew very little about anything - music theory, mixing, and producing as a whole. This is back when it seemed way more fun and less of "I need to write a break out track."
I'm here to ask for help in regard to finding inspiration. After I saw a bit of success at the beginning, I was humbled to have another one of my tracks completely shit on in a live stream. That caused me to spend the past 6 months solely improving on my mixing, sound design, and the technical aspect of producing. I feel I made a significant improvement in these areas, yet still have a lot to learn with experience. Now I'm focusing on improving my music theory and song writing skills.
But in the past week or so I've come to this conclusion: - I own a PC beyond capable of producing - I know enough music theory to write a full track with fairly catchy lines and melodies (I am still learning more to get even better) - I have every popular synth there is, kontakt, waves ultimate bundle, fab filters, every plug in you can imagine
Essentially - there is nothing that is stopping me from creating a good song. I have all the tools that it takes to write a decent song. When I watch live streams I constantly think, "this guy is using the same plug ins, same this, same that, etc." They may have a better knowledge of songwriting and more experience, but I still haven't been able to piece together a full track for months.
If I do make something "decent," I automatically say it's "not a banger, not good enough, would never get anyone's attention" before even spending more than an hour on the project and then move on.
Can anyone provide some great insight on being inspired and unleashing your full creativity? It's as if I'm somehow scared to completely unveil my creative potential. I deal with a lot of anxiety issues and somehow am scared to commit fully to something. Anxiety kills my creativity and inspiration.
Edit: it seems I can never just come up with catchy ideas or entire themes. For example, why didn't I think it use a whistle as the sound of the main lead? or why didn't I do "that" - I ask myself these questions all the time. My friends say I'm not experimenting enough.
Submitted December 31, 2017 at 12:07AM by DJGravitii https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/7n63n1/lack_of_inspiration_cant_get_myself_to_follow/?utm_source=ifttt