New to producing techno - pls give me advice

[danielmarshall]

Got to start somewhere. Nobody really starts out creating innovative, original work.

Yeah I dunno about that mate. In my case I've found that I've become less creative as I've moved into a (and I'm ashamed to admit it) rut five years down the track... Sound quality wise, things are a billion times better than early attempts of course, but I think I was trying just about anything in the old days whereas nowadays I'm starting to sound a little formulaic. I kinda long for the days when the ideas came thick and fast - only I had no idea how to translate them into real sounds. Now I have the opposite problem.

Maybe I'm just getting stupider as I get older :-|

I know what I need though. A production partner to kick my ass