Is it true, that if you're high on weed, you produce better?

[samdam1]

Like if you go get high, and just sit down at your workstation, will your music be like awesome or will you work better or something?

But wouldn't it make you not know what your doing? And wouldn't you forget how to do stuff etc. ?


Thanks, I don't know anything about weed except it's illegal where I am. But yeh I'm just interested. Thanks

[RandoRando]

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[wub]

Your perception of the music will be different, so at the time it might seem more amazing, and you may have different ideas than you would sober.

But if you're asking whether weed is to production like spinach is to Popeye, then no. That's just retarded.

[samdam1]

ideas flow alot easier, but make sure you write everything down in your daw the second you think of it.

or youll be like me and when you planned on making a whole track in a 2 hour time span, youll spend that time EQing a kick drum for 4 hours.

Ahh ok. Well, when yes i can imagine people having problems with that! XD Do you find that when you wake up the next day to listen to it, when ur fine, are you amazed at how it sounds?

[Electric_Head]

When you smoke weed, your entire perspective of music changes.
it`s not a "I`m high this music is great, I`m not high this music is not great"

And it`s not just when you smoke, it`s a change over in your head imo.
Some folks battle to focus when high but others don't battle in the slightest.

[B-Frank]

Like if you go get high, and just sit down at your workstation, will your music be like awesome or will you work better or something?

But wouldn't it make you not know what your doing? And wouldn't you forget how to do stuff etc. ?


Thanks, I don't know anything about weed except it's illegal where I am. But yeh I'm just interested. Thanks

For me that is one of the biggest myths in dubstep. The amount of people who think it provides some kind of gain is ridiculoous. Whereas all it does, is fuck up your workflow. Firstly, it will take you twice as long to get the most simple things done and secondly just because something sounds better stoned, doesn't mean it will do when your not.

[RandoRando]

[Electric_Head]

personally I am always high
I don`t battle to focus
And yes, I can use heavy machinery when high

[wormcode]

For me that is one of the biggest myths in dubstep. The amount of people who think it provides some kind of gain is ridiculoous. Whereas all it does, is fuck up your workflow. Firstly, it will take you twice as long to get the most simple things done and secondly just because something sounds better stoned, doesn't mean it will do when your not.

It was around long before. At least since the 20s-30s when jazz was kicking off... then of course R&B into reggae, and it was a staple in every single dub studio in the 60s-70s and so on. Speaking of contemporary music anyway. Most legendary artists wrote their best material under the influence of various things. I don't know what you mean about fucking up workflow or taking you twice as long to do things... but it has different effects on different people, yes. Electric_Head is right when he said some people will lose focus, whereas it makes others focus harder than before.

It's also about self control. Getting mashed isn't going to be productive at all in most cases. It's better used as an enhancement tool, as it does enhance the senses. Too much of anything will dull the senses.

Check out the EL-B masterclass video, he just takes a couple of puffs and puts it down. No need to be doing bong loads the whole time. That's what I mean about using it as a kind of tool to help. It's nothing new, been used like that for centuries.

Also be sure to blend if it's some potent stuff. Don't want to be smoking 25% THC when you have work to do.

[Manic Harmonic]

This is just my personal opinion... I don't think you neccessarily prooduce better, just different. I don't smoke wed anymore, and I find my ear for eq and compression is better sober. I would suggest composing high, or sometimes high+ sometimes sober, and mixin and mastering sober, then check your finoished mix high and sober.

[benjam]

Depends on the person ive been smoking heavily for coming up to a decade and I can smoke all day and it doesant impact on anything I do. I couldnt say the same when I first started though. But no, smoking a j doesant turn you into loefah...

[B-Frank]

For me that is one of the biggest myths in dubstep. The amount of people who think it provides some kind of gain is ridiculoous. Whereas all it does, is fuck up your workflow. Firstly, it will take you twice as long to get the most simple things done and secondly just because something sounds better stoned, doesn't mean it will do when your not.

It was around long before. At least since the 20s-30s when jazz was kicking off... then of course R&B into reggae, and it was a staple in every single dub studio in the 60s-70s and so on. Speaking of contemporary music anyway. Most legendary artists wrote their best material under the influence of various things. I don't know what you mean about fucking up workflow or taking you twice as long to do things... but it has different effects on different people, yes. Electric_Head is right when he said some people will lose focus, whereas it makes others focus harder than before.

It's also about self control. Getting mashed isn't going to be productive at all in most cases. It's better used as an enhancement tool, as it does enhance the senses. Too much of anything will dull the senses.

Check out the EL-B masterclass video, he just takes a couple of puffs and puts it down. No need to be doing bong loads the whole time. That's what I mean about using it as a kind of tool to help. It's nothing new, been used like that for centuries.

Also be sure to blend if it's some potent stuff. Don't want to be smoking 25% THC when you have work to do.

Yeah I do know it has been around for quite some time. Just turns me and most people I know into vegetables. I'd be sitting there twisting the same knob for half hour amazed by what it is doing. Just think it is a much better idea to do it with a clear head.

[Electric_Head]

Depends on the person ive been smoking heavily for coming up to a decade and I can smoke all day and it doesant impact on anything I do. I couldnt say the same when I first started though. But no, smoking a j doesant turn you into loefah...

^this

[Lichee]

smoking makes me worse, depending on how much, if i smoke out and then come home i get straight on logic and work on some deep tunes, but if i smoke and get on logic straight away i'm normally too baked so just go on stumbleupon and stuff

[Phase Down]

I wouldn't say helps, but very often my workflow just speeds up times 5 and I think this song is mental, then listen to it the next day or morning with a fresh pair of ears and it is crap. Ends up in the unlimited amount of unfinished folders on my PC, so I feel like it also limits you in a way that I automatically think this is awesome, wheres with a clear mind I usually am much more critical with my stuff.

It is a little bit of a stupid question really man, you won't get any superman powers, just get high once everyone's done it, its nothing amazing or mindblowing, just might be nice instead of a beer when you arrive home from work.

[Naan_Bread]

[Kochari]

Only one way to find out

Its spliff o'clock!

[elyhess]

i love making music baked!

[__________]

You're not allowed to put a reggae/dub sample in a track until you're stoned
bear that in mind

[MoonUnit]

does it help with creativity? yes.
technical aspects? no.

For me, it sincerely helps me visualize (or rather hear) my project. When not high, its harder for me to see where I want something to go and I just sit down and start fiddling/throw in some drums and start from there. On the downside, I get lost in sound synthesis... too lost. I could literally spend hours trying to make a sound with the help of ganja, but sometimes that means I don't get much done.

That being said, I always produce high if I can. It does wonders for my musical self-esteem and it keeps me engaged in music.
I always pick a track to analyze and smoke to, right before I jump into the DAW.

Regardless, though, my BEST ideas come from previous HIGH thoughts, when I am sober. This is because I have already visualized the end product and I can focus all my attention to how to get there.