Hey guys,
I haven’t finished a song in my life. Last time I nearly did (before the accidentally wiped the hard drive) was like 7 years ago.
In the last year I’ve been getting into music again: I bought an A4 in February and am about to buy a second hand MD mkII (no UW).
I tthought he the A4 was piece of equipment which would offer me everything I need for being able to spend considerable amounts of time with it without getting bored. But often the patterns and sounds I come up with just bore me. Which I think is one of the reasons why I don’t spend so much time with it. (Sometimes only once a week for 15 minutes.)
I am aware of a trait of my personality that makes me think that more gear is gonna help me be creative. But that’s mostly not true I think. However, I still intend to get the MD, just because it’s a good deal I am getting and because it will do beats differently from the A4.
So my question:
What do you guys do to motivate yourself to stay committed to making music?
How not to get frustrated / how to keep it playful
I think my goal is mainly to learn my gear; have some nice jams, both alone and with friends; learn to perform with a few bars of loop, just to keep it interesting and to train that for making songs; eventually recording small jams and some day recording songs (more like performances than programming songs I think).
(I don’t know what kind of music I wanna do.)
Thanks for listening, al ideas highly appreciated
David