Quote Originally Posted by thetonewrecka
I think for the most part..people who make music do it out of a physiological need to create and explore. If you shut the machines off for awhile (whether by choice, or victim of circumstance), you will find other outlets for getting those processes and needs met, or start to feel stir crazy.
Once you start exploring the journey of making music, it is an ongoing thing. Even if you are not sitting with gear, your brain is still examining and listening and learning and questioning. When you listen to music now, you probably don't just go "I like that" and enjoy the song. You start to think "what is making that sound, how'd that part get created like that? Why'd that change come in there? Or you even start freeform jamming in your head along with it, or playing some pencil drumsticks at your desk or on the steering wheel. I guess I find similarities in that having been skateboarding now for 25+ years, I don't look at a city the same way a average joe walking down the street does. Everything suddenly has possibilities for physical interaction. If I'm without my board and I see something that would be a challenge to ride, my brain locks on it and starts playing out scenarios for what could be done.
At the end of this rambling, I guess my basic response would be "No", haven't had a break since I got hooked on the machine funk, it's just more of a balancing act with my family these days.
yep, spot-on..