Producing outside of the studio (laptop)

attmay · Post by **attmay** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:22 pm

Has anyone here been producing their music outside of the studio? Like in a coffee shop or a park... or out in the middle of the desert? I'm just wondering if anyone's noticed the change in atmosphere having an effect on their creativity. I'm getting my first laptop next month and I'm going to try producing in different spots and then go back to the studio for the mixdown. Make a track in the middle of Stonehenge or something..see what happens

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shane · Post by **shane** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:39 pm

i've been taking my laptop everywhere lately but shit gets tedious without my mouse and midi controller.

Pallms · Post by **Pallms** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:54 pm

I am ordering my first laptop tomorrow and this is one of the main reasons I am getting a laptop.

I am honestly tired of sitting in my bedroom producing, even though I have acquired some nice equipment over the years.

I can't wait to get it, I plan on just sitting outside my house or in the back yard while producing, and taking it with me when I go to Chicago in August.

attmay · Post by **attmay** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:18 pm

shane wrote:i've been taking my laptop everywhere lately but shit gets tedious without my mouse and midi controller.

O-krap... i forgot about the midi controller. I'm always using a touch pad mouse, but I'm going to have to get one of those small midi keyboards. So much for being discreet, now everyone's going to want to know what I'm doing. Oh well...

attmay · Post by **attmay** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:35 pm

Samuel Sifter wrote:I am ordering my first laptop tomorrow and this is one of the main reasons I am getting a laptop.

I am honestly tired of sitting in my bedroom producing, even though I have acquired some nice equipment over the years.

I can't wait to get it, I plan on just sitting outside my house or in the back yard while producing, and taking it with me when I go to Chicago in August.

Word! Back yard, lawn chair, beer, bubbler... and a half naked girl fanning me with a big palm leaf. It was SO hot in the studio where I produced my last two tracks at that I almost had a heat stroke. Boring too. I'm over all of that for a minute. Oh and make that 2 girls with palm leafs..

thesis · Post by **thesis** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:02 pm

I just spent 1 year at a job where I was on the train 3 hours a day. The majority of travel time I would be working on beats. Ends up being quite productive! It also made the journey pass very quickly, sometimes I'd get to my station and was like 'awww man, already here??'

I do think its good to mix up your locations. Especially if you're getting frustrated with something, or are tempted to go on forums

jade_monkey · Post by **jade_monkey** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:00 pm

Well, i find it more interesting getting out of the computer instead of getting out the computer.

slim · Post by **slim** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:03 pm

Might be interesting making something entirely in audio on the laptop, just arranging samples, then transfer it back to the desktop for tweaking and mixdown. Can't get my main computer set up for the moment, so am really tempted to start doing that.

Like the idea of sneakily producing in the park, or in a cafe or something.

attmay · Post by **attmay** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:20 am

jade_monkey wrote:Well, i find it more interesting getting out of the computer instead of getting out the computer.

Yes, I would normally wholeheartedly agree... but I just had a bad BAD experience with hardware and now I'm so turned off that I wouldn't even touch an AKAI MPC 4000 with rubber gloves. I'll be over it someday... I'm currently seeing a therapist and taking heavy medication. They say these things take time though...

attmay · Post by **attmay** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:54 am

Slim wrote:Like the idea of sneakily producing in the park, or in a cafe or something.

Or at the beach.. I wonder what I would come up with next to the ocean. Again, lawn chair & half naked girls with palm leafs included. Seriously though, in case I decide to try the ocean thing out, is there some sort of laptop cover I can get to keep the sand out? If not I'll just set up a tent and close the bug screen so I can see the waves and keep the sandy wind out of my buttons at the same time.

blizzardmusic · Post by **blizzardmusic** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:40 am

I've made a tune in Starbucks over a large Frappucino. It was good I'm tellin ya, but I got coffee on my battery.

jade_monkey · Post by **jade_monkey** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:09 am

BlizzardMusic wrote:I've made a tune in Starbucks over a large Frappucino. It was good I'm tellin ya, but I got coffee on my battery.

I do not get why people tend to sit down in the most crowded places and work on "creative" stuff on their laptops. Mostly somewhere, where everyone can see them doing "it". Thats like a disease here in Berlin.

blizzardmusic · Post by **blizzardmusic** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:53 am

jade_monkey wrote:
BlizzardMusic wrote:I've made a tune in Starbucks over a large Frappucino. It was good I'm tellin ya, but I got coffee on my battery.
I do not get why people tend to sit down in the most crowded places and work on "creative" stuff on their laptops. Mostly somewhere, where everyone can see them doing "it". Thats like a disease here in Berlin.

I think it makes you focus. Knowing people might be looking at what your doing actually gives me some confidence to make something sick and make people say 'Wow'! I know I shouldn't bring this up too much, but being a kid making this kind of music can catch eyes at times.

djake · Post by **djake** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:48 pm

u could try and make tunes in the middle of stonehenge but u wont be successful, ur only allowed outside it, there is a nice fence around it

xthewiddler · Post by **xthewiddler** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:09 pm

this coulld help if you have a laptop

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2008/06/ ... -tiny.html

attmay · Post by **attmay** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:34 pm

djake wrote:u could try and make tunes in the middle of stonehenge but u wont be successful, ur only allowed outside it, there is a nice fence around it

A fence? That SUCKS. I really did want to try it. Oh well, that's not the only place on earth with intersecting lay lines. Thanks for the heads up, saved me a airplane ticket.

attmay · Post by **attmay** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:57 pm

xTheWiddler wrote:this coulld help if you have a laptop

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2008/06/ ... -tiny.html

THAT-is-SICK. GD amazing in fact, 'cause it's exactly, and I mean EXACTLY, what I envisioned after Shane reminded me that I'd need a MIDI controller a few posts back. Li'l Micro NASA-looking controlers that can fit in my pocket. Thought I'd have to settle for a boring & bulky one-octave piece of krap. You're rad Yoni, 's why you're always on my top list..

xthewiddler · Post by **xthewiddler** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:04 am

Attmay wrote:
xTheWiddler wrote:this coulld help if you have a laptop

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2008/06/ ... -tiny.html
THAT-is-SICK. GD amazing in fact, 'cause it's exactly, and I mean EXACTLY, what I envisioned after Shane reminded me that I'd need a MIDI controller a few posts back. Li'l Micro NASA-looking controlers that can fit in my pocket. Thought I'd have to settle for a boring & bulky one-octave piece of krap. You're rad Yoni, 's why you're always on my top list..

haha glad it helped!

i was actually looking to get this for the same reason

when i make a track staring around at the walls it would be different than say on a moving train or in a tent in the woods

this experiment of yours is one i hope to try eventually

djake · Post by **djake** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:02 am

Attmay wrote:
djake wrote:u could try and make tunes in the middle of stonehenge but u wont be successful, ur only allowed outside it, there is a nice fence around it
A fence? That SUCKS. I really did want to try it. Oh well, that's not the only place on earth with intersecting lay lines. Thanks for the heads up, saved me a airplane ticket.

well fence anit the right word really, like a barrier sort of fing just to stop people getting to close to it, u could always go at night and sneek past, now that would be inspireing

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