Setting the mood for the perfect practice

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Derpottsie said:
Thats the best way to do it. I have a hardrive slammed full of audio clips arranged into song formats that Ive been making over the years. Just haven't turned them into any real songs with an actual band since I cant seem to quit my day job. Maybe one day

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I haven't had a day job since I was 23 but i don't even bother writing anymore; unless you're writing songs for Beyonce or whoever there's no money in it. I make my money playing other people's music and see almost no chance of that changing.
 
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Lampy H said:
I do 80-90% of the song writing myself, and the only other person that is involved often is one of my best friends who plays drums, just to get his feedback. But I never consider a song done until he puts drums behind it.
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Screw that... I always programmed that stuff on a drum machine and brought in a full demo. Everyone was free to alter his part, but it seldom happened. I'd already given them something viable and who likes extra work?
 
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The chance to be creative is part of why the band I'm in exists. Two of them have bands that pay the bills (work) and an environment like that (covers) kills that aspect, and is why we play together now (fun). The input of everyone is something I really enjoy. The give and take, for us, usually yields and more complex sound that adds some variation to songs. Each song on an album will have a different percentage of contribution depending on who's idea sounds better, so for the sludgy eclectic metal that we play all the songs are not the same sounding which seems to happen a lot with that genre. We get to draw from four different wells and keep the good stuff, which ends up being less work for me as the primary songwriter.
 
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Lampy H said:
I just do it for fun, man.
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In those days I was on a mission... I was gonna be a rock star. And I had my chance; I got close. Everything seemed to be all arranged and then we got passed over at the last second in favor of another band.
 
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I play music for recreation, and I play and sing the songs that I like. but once you take a hobby and make it into a job the fun is over.
 
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Godin15 said:
I play music for recreation, and I play and sing the songs that I like. but once you take a hobby and make it into a job the fun is over.
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I don't know about that. It is my job, too, but I still manage to have a lot of fun.
 
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Music is different things to different people. There's no right answer. Some people are hobbyists, semi-pros, or pros. Some people work a regular job to pay for their nice gear to play on their own time, and some people play covers, and some people are pro. My friend, the guitarist in my college band's best friend is the bassist in Imagine Dragons lel! Also, you don't need a band to make original music. One of my favorite cds is Elliott Smith's either/or where he played everything. Might be too emo for you folk tho haha.
 
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Mincer said:
I don't know about that. It is my job, too, but I still manage to have a lot of fun.
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My understanding is you work full time for Seymour Duncan? So therefore not really your job. When you play then its actually for fun, even if you are getting paid.
 
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No need to set the mood here, I'm always in it.;)
 
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Godin15 said:
My understanding is you work full time for Seymour Duncan? So therefore not really your job. When you play then its actually for fun, even if you are getting paid.
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Actually, no, I don't. I am a teacher and a musician. Some of my income comes from SD, but it certainly isn't full time.
 
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In regards to the OP...if I needed a certain setting or mood to write I'd be ****ed.

Inspiration strikes when it does, sometimes when I'm not even at home or with a guitar in my hand. many hummed voice notes from the bathroom at work!

With that said, If I am sitting down to write I just like to have a clean area, with the DAW up, and I often disable my network adapter.
 
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