Three hardest parts of production for you.

[Depone]

1. Varying drums and bass in a track. i tend to keep to one strong rhythm all the way thru without many breaks, rests etc...

2. As soon as i think i have finished a track, I quickly post it to as many DJ contacts as i have, before really checking and double checking the track. Most of the time, i go back and change things which makes me feel i have given incomplete tracks to people.

3. cant think of one this early

[JFK]

1) Getting my ideas down fast enough. Getting there now with Cubase, Templates FTW!
2) Keeping focused during the mixdown.
3) Keeping focused during the mixdown.

[jaydot]

You can also add "uploading a track and deleting it straight away because it either needs more work/I think it's shit" to the list.

[serox]

Keeping the track interesting.
How to make the second drop flow, but original.
Power.

[Ongelegen]

1. Finishing tunes
2. Synthing sounds
3. Everything else

[gravity]

mixdowns - not that its really difficult, i just dont really enjoy doing them
focus - i get easily distracted when working on tunes so they often take me ages
not being too self indulgent is something i also have to work at

[JFK]

mixdowns - not that its really difficult, i just dont really enjoy doing them

I feel your pain man.

[DEMZ]

1. Basslines (so I just dont do them )
2. Not over editing and making it shit
3. Not editing enough, leaving it bland

[stereotactic]

Resisting the urge to overuse Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V
Make decent sounding bass
Breaking out of the same production pattern i.e. always start with drums, then play some stuff over the top, rinse, repeat...

The other thing I struggle with, though not necessarily a hard part of production per se, is taking time to just sit through stuff, sampling. Because my time is always at a premium, I find it difficult to do something with it that isn't producing, but ultimately would help with my production, if you know what I mean?

[DZA]

Finishing tracks
Mix Downs
Synth work

[the dub lemon]

1) Finding the next incidental sound or effect, this is probably due to not having spent ages collecting samples from films or building patches so whenever I get to a point where I think there to be a noise or effect I need to start desperately hunting for something or trying to program something appropriate in a synth. Basically I need to spend weeks just doing some sound designed but I'm on very limited time and want to make tunes.

2) Writing melodies which aren't complete & utter cheese, I like there to be melody in my music but it always ends up sounding cheesy as fuck. Think it's probably because I have knowledge of music theory but only limited knowledge.

3) Appreciating space, I've spent so much time trying to fill every gap with abusive sound that I really struggle to be proud of anything I make where there's more space, I wish I wasn't like this.

[drokkr]

Intros.
Atmospherics.
My top end, it can be a bit too bright sometimes.

[staticcast]

1. Laying the foundations then thinking "what this needs now is..... er....."
2. Writing dissonant and atonal stuff. Everything I do comes out sounding too "nice", chord wise
3. Writing songs instead of tweaking kick drums

[legend4ry]

1. trying to keep it fresh and original or having my own signature sound or feel to it.
2. structuring it out once i have most of the parts done.
3. finishing older tunes that are there just missing a small part or mixdown.

Exactly this, actually.

[Motorway to Roswell]

Originality
Confidence
Synthesis

[victor w]

1. intros.
2. being not lazy about touching up synth or just the track in general.
3. the whole "what to add next" part, which I guess ties in with finishing a track.