The Creative Gap

[mattdesl]

What are your experiences with this "creative gap"?

[fragments]

That a lot of the people who quit end up bitter critics ;p

I can say from my experience in an MFA program that this is really true...I would add that even if you find that "special thing" you want your work to have you won't magically start shitting gold after rolling out of bed each morning. Making a work of art that people are going to remember five, ten, fifteen years down the road probably means you have no life but your art. Especially these days, the strong urge for something that will gratify immediately, then be easily disposable...at least in pop culture anyway.

[abs]

went through that gap for a good 3 years, only in the past year have i received attention for tunes, it's frustrating but it's all part of the struggle for greatness

[mikeyp]

/right click/set as desktop background

[GothamHero]

That is really inspiring. I experience this a lot, I don't let it stop my progress though. I just find something new to study and experiment with. True artists persevere. It can only get easier.

[ChadDub]

This has been becoming more apparent lately, that for 4 years I've been sitting in front my computer or behind my guitar practicing music, and still I'm not good enough to get popular. I'm making more progress than I've ever had in the past right now, but I know that I still am not good enough. I've been just making stuff everyday and getting better at MAKING MUSIC. Not just trying to discover that AWESOME SECRET RESAMPLING TECHNIQUE. Most of my shit is straight up BASIC patches from FL's 3xosc.

[SunkLo]

The challenge isn't making music good enough to get popular, it's satisfying your inner critic to the utmost.
I could get some tunes released but nothing is getting published by me until it meets my standards 100%

Long road ahead but it's the journey not the destination.

[S1NTH3TIC]

I'm in that gap right now, I've been learning about production for around 9 months. There are times where I'll finish working on a song and then play some tunes to chill out too and its a touch frustrating to not be able to quite grasp that same quality in my own tracks. The biggest advice I can give to beginners in those first few months is to grab every bit of knowledge you can, and always have your DAW open when you're reading on techniques. All in all, just keep slamming your head against that wall and eventually it'll come down.

also, that pic needs to get put in the production bible. True words of wisdom

[vermilion]

This guy, Nick Campbell, takes this idea and expands on it in video. It's more aimed at graphic designers, illustrators, web designers, etc but the ideas and theories can be easily applied to production. Bare long though so get comfy.

[-[2]DAY_-]

i saw that pep-talk, wasn't it from a radio host for npr, who was chatting about his first radio broadcast, which sucked...
It's spectacular advice. Really hits the nail on the head.
I've been occupying that gap for a hot minute now. trying to close it =\

[abs]

that video is dope, thanks for posting, definitely took some pointers from it