my favourite time to make music is in the mornings. an early session, then breakfast and exercise or something else, then another session that tends to go into that afternoon. then another break getting groceries or whatever, or maybe re-arranging the setup. by that point i’m kinda fried when i get back to / finish in the studio, so i tend to kick back with an ale and listen to the days work.
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Sober for me … i used to dj a lot , and drinks would flow … towards the end of my sets if i had one too many , the beatmatching was off, i’d play too loud / in the red / distort . Would eq in a more brutal way etc … my sets were much better on club soda’s and just getting energy from the room , rather than trying to get into some kind of state while drinking . I now apply this gained knowledge to producing…
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It doesn’t, since I don’t touch the stuff. Dislike the taste, the effect and the day after.
To me, it is one of the worst drugs on the market, plus it’s widely accepted and legal.
Here’s a couple of interesting facts about it
80 % of all the murders are committed by a person under the influence of alcohol
60 % of all the murdered were, you guessed it, also drunk
Which means that half of the time they both were tipsy to say the least
So, a no go in my book
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I wish I could enjoy the herb and I miss it, but now I live in Japan where it’s a pretty big no go…
Alcohol is the unfortunate only way to get a little messed up here. It feels good at the time, but I usually hate the day after.
To bring myself back on topic, I think it’s a lot of fun to play around with music and make up sounds or melodies while drunk, but I have totally listened to some of the stuff that I made under the influence the next day and thought wtf is this mess! It’s neat for coming up with ideas, but not to record with for me.
I’ve quit a couple times, and think I may full on quit soon. I don’t know. It’s fun, but I mostly dislike alcohol.
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Sobriety is the way to go in the studio for me whilst trying to be efficient or productive. As far as having fun and jamming with a friend bring on the drinks! Regarding any type of session with others, recording or engineering, I’m a fan of keeping it light in the beginning and getting a little loose as the progress builds. After a stopping point it can be off to the races. I like to have fun listening back and roughly brainstorming future ideas with whoever I’m working with and partying can work here for me.
As far as live shows, goddamn I miss playing live, I always have to watch my consumption prior to performing a live set. I’m prone to over fiddle, rush ideas, etc. I’ve actually taught my partner what to listen for and to signal me when I’m doing this. This doesn’t work when she’s also drunk unfortunately.
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I damn near chain smoke spliffs during most of my sessions and I love to have a little sumn to sip on as well.
I find I make some of my favorite stuff when there’s a real nasty combo of being high drunk and sleepy.
I’m not particularly “good” at playing keys and I don’t have any proper understanding of theory so a lot of what I’m doing when I’m playing is kinda trying to get out of my own way and try to “channel” something kind of beyond me.
And I’m probably romanticizing it but spirits r called spirits for a reason and I like to think when I get fucked up I’m tapped into something and I’m actually like extremely focused.
Some of the homies I play with definitely can’t move the same and by the end of the night they’re brain dead and hardly functioning.
I couldn’t imagine making music without being drunk or high tbh and it would be a really sad day if my health ever prohibits it.
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I get nothing done if I‘m not sober. Perhaps a synth patch if ever.
Todd is the KING
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My music got better when I stopped drinking a number of years ago
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It makes you …
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Used to smoke all the time while making music. It definitely didn’t help me. Fun for jamming on guitar, but not a productive substance for me.
Love to drink a beer or two or three or four, while making music. But it’s a fine balance between enjoyment and practically useless.
I’m always most productive completely sober, but I don’t always enjoy it the most 
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Hahahaha. Best bit: “Before the show, Keith had swallowed a gorilla tranquilliser” 
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Whats that!
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…but (at least for me) it seems that the older i get, the less this is working
A record label approached me kinda like 20 yrs ago because they wanted to publish a track of mine. Well, this was the only one I had produced completely drunk. They were not interested at all in my “sober stuff”. So yeah, alcohol definitely helps! 
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“…it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.”
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Hilarious!
I definitely make music sober since I do it every day. I like getting drunk and smoking when jamming with friends. I think meditation in general is great for creatively.
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Not getting drunk in the studio but may more often than not have 1-2 pours of whisky or 1-2 glasses of red wine when I’m looking to be creative. For those editing sessions, they’re usually not by night and no alcohol then.
Absolutely nay. Alcohol makes me sleepy. Great after a hard work day. Nothing when I want to be creative. It’s like it blocks every source of creativity.
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3 years sober. Feels great!
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