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Brain Freeze - Help!

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  • 03-03-2011 10:27am
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    grandslamsmith
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    Jesus.

    I'm sure this has happened to most people but I've slowly groudn to an almost dead stop....throwing bricks essentially. Can't get motivated. Been writting loads of 'sketches' and ideas that I end up just letting slide......writers block possibly!


    Anyoen out there suffer from these bouts of 'I can;t put a foor right' syndrome...whatya do? take a break? Leave the studio alone for a month!?!

    Help!


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    i57dwun4yb1pt8
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    pot helps


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    Paolo_M
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    grandslamsmith wrote: »
    Jesus.

    I'm sure this has happened to most people but I've slowly groudn to an almost dead stop....throwing bricks essentially. Can't get motivated. Been writting loads of 'sketches' and ideas that I end up just letting slide......writers block possibly!


    Anyoen out there suffer from these bouts of 'I can;t put a foor right' syndrome...whatya do? take a break? Leave the studio alone for a month!?!

    Help!

    Sounds like a touch of burn out.

    Personally I'd go and do something else entirely for a while.

    On an "off day" I play a round of golf. I hate golf but it tends to remind me how much, and why, I love music.

    If something like that doesn't do the trick then a longer break might be necessary.

    Over xmas I was in India for 3 weeks. There was no musical instruments, no iPods etc. The only music was the local acapella religious style and some percussion. I've gotten 2 1/2 months of renewed vigour, and counting, from it.

    Your passion take you back to it when you're ready.

    Sitting there until something happens will almost certainly not work.


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    PaulBrewer
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    Been there !

    Drop everything and change tack ..... or become bitter and disillusioned.

    In my 25 + years of looking at lads in the music biz, thems basically the two options !


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    dav nagle
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    Push yourself harder and quit complaining :pac::pac:


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    krd
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    Work your way through it - it's just something you have to overcome.

    Aim to complete and post a track. You have to get in the habit of completing things even they're not that inspiring. Sketching and doodling can be a terrible waste of time. Re-edit one of your old tracks.

    The way to overcome writers block is simply to keep writing.


    Get drunk and listen to cheesy radio.


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