Too much influence?

[clubsynthetic]

Hmm..

...well for starters, ammo for innovating music production can be in the form of samples/sounds, music listening background, what physicial machines you are using and finally how to use them.

How to get to the innovation?.....experimentation i suppose.

Where do you draw the line on copying other people's work? Same samples; same basslines or rhythm patterns? Its a very personal question as everyone has their standards are vastly different.

If copying happens subconciously and you won't give up listening to your fav artists. then an artist must conciously look at how to make there music individual.

I think thats why drugs have a big part to play in triggering music creation, 'cos then your imagination isn't really limited to what your listeing to and you think outside the box.

[eyeswithoutaface]

Where do you draw the line on copying other people's work? Same samples; same basslines or rhythm patterns? Its a very personal question as everyone has their standards are vastly different.

without pointing out the obvious mate, that's what my thread is asking in the first place essentially, but im not talking about actively copying someones work, far from it. Im talking about what happens when a passion for something clouds rational judgement, thinking and a persons output. In this case the passion is for music, and a persons particular favourite artist, style, sound etc etc.

i should sincerely hope that no one conciously makes an effort to copy anyone, regardless of their standards. Copying is copying is copying, regardless of the the degree to which the copying runs into.

and its got nothing to do with drugs at all to be fair, i dont see a role that drugs can play in production on any level. Even something like getting stoned in the studio can impede progress and rational thinking, and 4 hours later your still sitting there stoned with the same loop playing. That's not innovation to me

[The Overfiend]

Even something like getting stoned in the studio can impede progress and rational thinking, and 4 hours later your still sitting there stoned with the same loop playing. That's not innovation to me

Agreed, anything I have made when operating in that mind frame I have been quite embarassed about and have totally cut that aspect out of my life.
Due to health constraints I am now in a clean and sober prison called my body.

[eyeswithoutaface]

Agreed, anything I have made when operating in that mind frame I have been quite embarassed about and have totally cut that aspect out of my life.
Due to health constraints I am now in a clean and sober prison called my body.

yep same here mate now

had my fill of pretty much everything

[force]

and its got nothing to do with drugs at all to be fair, i dont see a role that drugs can play in production on any level.

I dunno, it didn't do the beatles any harm.

Although, i know what you mean about getting stoned and listening to the same loop for 4 hours! :ohdear:

[clubsynthetic]

Although, i know what you mean about getting stoned and listening to the same loop for 4 hours! :ohdear:

personally i would call that reconnaissance ;)

[eyeswithoutaface]

I dunno, it didn't do the beatles any harm.

Although, i know what you mean about getting stoned and listening to the same loop for 4 hours! :ohdear:

that's true, but they were doing perfectly alright before they got into their drug phase to be fair, and there is eternal debate as to wether or not their heavy foray into drugs and spiritualism contributed to their break up, so for some people drugs had a devastating effect on the beatles, but again its subjective, but still a fair point of course

but there is a difference between producing off your head and writing songs off your head, in the traditional sense. I mean, ive had nights where ive been tripping my head off, writing songs, with the mics running, and when ive listened back in the morning.... errr lets just say it got deleted from the 4 track haha