i stuck to my goal as yelled at to myself from last week. i sat down on monday or tuesday and started this week's song. then i procrastinated til thursday, but when i went to the farmer's market this melody hit my head, so i voice noted it to myself, and when i got home i transcribed it into Ableton. took me into a completely different direction so i scrapped my initial sketches from tuesday. then got some time to play with it between thurs and today where i really got to dial it in more than usual.

some kind of funky upbeat track with echoes of my Disclosure and Lane 8 influences maybe?

continued to work on mixing and mastering as i go. and also i think sometimes i get protective or something with melodies like "ooo i really like this idea, i must serve it well and make something amazing around it" which is a perfectionist tendency that stops me in my tracks from just making. so there was a bit of a switch in my head this week where i realized 'wait this melody is here to serve me...like...i have it here, now, so just play around with it and that's what it's there for: play" instead of setting high expectations for what to do with it. i think maybe it's because melodies/music theory are not my strong suit so when something seems to naturally emerge, i treat it too preciously? but there's loads of good melodies out there to find/discover/create and each one can serve its purpose in the moment of playing and creating a song i guess. or at least that's what i'll go with to not slow down the creative flow.

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you don't have to
like thisssssss
but i happened to just make it
like thisssssss

Tags: ableton, dance, disclosure, electronic, experimental, groove, lane 8, minimal, upbeat, week 32 2022, View by:eoe.vibin