So I'm in a situation where I find myself getting annoyed, stressed, depressed and a hate for music. But I know deep down that I want to continue, when I see tour videos of my favourite producers, that really helps.
I've been producing since I was 15, from a knock off FL studio after finding out who Basshunter was (lol), to now - 21 years of age.
My current position is that I've never, EVER, finished a track. From start to finish. Ever. Until this last week; I'm still nursing it now, a week later trying to fine tune it and make it so that I'm relatively happy with it - without burning my ears out and giving up as per usual. I've recently seen a friend put songs on Spotify and get 60,000 monthly listeners, which has motivated me a hell of a lot more. I'm going to distribute this track at some point this weekend, then apply for PRS just to cover all basiseseseseses. Part of me feels like this is a fluke, but I want to get to the next step and put it out there, the first thing my friends, family, colleagues have ever seen/heard of my work - to help me feel like I've taken a leap and progressed that little bit further.
All of that aside, I can't find my love for music anymore. I know it's what my dream is, but I couldn't care less about how the synths work, or how these melodies play together, or how this producer has hooked up this vocal, or that people make tracks for other people for a living, or how to even learn more sound design for that matter.
It all feels so dry and horrible to me. I don't want it to be that way. I wish I wanted to hook up drum kits, and learn music theory - but I dropped out of college as it didn't interest me.
In a dark place, but just needed to vent, and wondering what other people are up to with their music at the moment? Has anyone else experienced this? I'm sure they have.
If you've read this far, you're the real MVP.
Submitted February 02, 2017 at 07:33PM by diphi https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/5rq0b9/producer_burnout_venttttt/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Thursday, February 2, 2017