So, potential serious problem guys...

[Cheomap]

Those are the times i'd concentrate on my live gear...working on synths/pads.. Without the mindset of making a song.. Maybe scout out some new samples, or take the time to sample some movies i've been meaning to. Or maybe open up a super old project i never finished.

[Orca]

so, another potential serious problem...
No, i was thinking if you guys ever get in times without inspiratonal juice?
You play your music game and just can't get none you like...? What do you do?

I use those times to brush up on my Soul Calibur skills! But, I also listen to a shit load of music and try to figure out what I'm doing right, what I'm doing wrong, and why I haven't just given up already. After a couple of days, weeks, or most recently months I usually have an "Ah HA!" moment and write a new tune.

Times of creative drought are also good times to start focusing on the more "boring" aspects of music production like proper mixing strategies or reading your DAW's user manul and trying to learn how to use everything that your DAW has to offer. Doing this, you can often come across effects and instruments you never thought of using or ideas that make you think "Damn, I wonder how that would sound in one of MY tracks" or "I wonder how I can use this in a new and innovative way". This leads to experimentation, and experimentation leads to new tracks!

Or, just a ton of unfinished ones in my case...

[Mina]

We talked a bit about this here >> viewtopic.php?f=3&t=105

For me, it's mainly about expressing inner feelings, so I guess "refresh" your mood by goin' out, see friends, or just watch a sky or a river for some hours can do the trick :p

[verdroid]

yeah, i feel familiar with these responds. i've got tons of ideas for the moment. but it happens...
it's just a random questions that came across my mind. so,...

01. if you're a top-athleet, you also have your moments of peak and moments of rest
so doing something completly dif then music is cool for a while.
02. listening to other music is a nice thing to do, killing time
03. take some hardware/software and just play random stuff, you can discover total new lines/tricks
04. sampling and boring stuff. it does't need much inspiration and afterwards, you're realy happy with it
05. playing a lot of pc/ps3
06. searching the net for tips/tricks, new things to try out
07. visit a friend who got music projects, listen/watch how they're build
08. try to make a cool music vid for a track
09. drink a beer, fuck a while, masturbate, fuck again, get another beer, masturbate,...
10. old project are cool. those where you tought it was nothin', now suddenly have tons of potential
11. party hard, gives me always inspiration
12. re-organize your music studio (clean desk, clean mind)
13. make some easy live set-up, get some drinks and invite your friends for an diy-home-party
14. observe other forms of art like movies, sculptures, drawings,...
15. co-op with some-one for a project
16. get a way to play an other instrument, like a new synth, effect or plug-in
17. upload some shit, don't be selfish!
18. rush trough your daw/hardware. make something real, real fast. before you realize where your going you'll have something and you'll think of: shit, now i'm this far, i better clean it up here and there because it's actualy cool and raw in a way. ain't it?

damn, all these things to do makes me wonder how i ever could get bored
giving up on music never came across my mind
sound producing rocks cool responds

[Mina]

what about making a track about the fact you're bored...

I always express my feelings in singing now, and I even NEED to sing when I want to express my feelings... I've made an accapella for/about my daughter when I was missing her too much. Now we sing it together, it's cute.

You forgot to quote: go on our fav' forum and release your thoughts out ^.^

[Sexual Prey]

I usually go for months of creativity overload and then a month or more of none. Like, zero. I usually listen to almost no music when I'm creative and when I'm having down time I listen to tons of it. And also video games. Or I play sheet music n shit. I just absorb rather than put-out.

[verdroid]

yeah smokin' stuff, drinkin' a bottle or eating something poisened can do the 'trick' too.
it is..kinda 'tricky'. must know what your doing.
life is awesome, so less potential problems these days. at least nothing that can't be solved.

[Vojeet]

yeah, i feel familiar with these responds. i've got tons of ideas for the moment. but it happens...
it's just a random questions that came across my mind. so,...

01. if you're a top-athleet, you also have your moments of peak and moments of rest
so doing something completly dif then music is cool for a while.
02. listening to other music is a nice thing to do, killing time
03. take some hardware/software and just play random stuff, you can discover total new lines/tricks
04. sampling and boring stuff. it does't need much inspiration and afterwards, you're realy happy with it
05. playing a lot of pc/ps3
06. searching the net for tips/tricks, new things to try out
07. visit a friend who got music projects, listen/watch how they're build
08. try to make a cool music vid for a track
09. drink a beer, fuck a while, masturbate, fuck again, get another beer, masturbate,...
10. old project are cool. those where you tought it was nothin', now suddenly have tons of potential
11. party hard, gives me always inspiration
12. re-organize your music studio (clean desk, clean mind)
13. make some easy live set-up, get some drinks and invite your friends for an diy-home-party
14. observe other forms of art like movies, sculptures, drawings,...
15. co-op with some-one for a project
16. get a way to play an other instrument, like a new synth, effect or plug-in
17. upload some shit, don't be selfish!
18. rush trough your daw/hardware. make something real, real fast. before you realize where your going you'll have something and you'll think of: shit, now i'm this far, i better clean it up here and there because it's actualy cool and raw in a way. ain't it?

damn, all these things to do makes me wonder how i ever could get bored
giving up on music never came across my mind
sound producing rocks cool responds

This is my way to live my life. :D And it is important to accept a period of doing nothing with your music.