Hi there,
When i start a track i'm really in love with it, but after 2-3 days i get bored of my tracks and i don't know if it is still good or not.

Have you ever had this feeling ?
Do you have any tips to avoid this ?

Thanks!

 

Go on and change something

 

yes, I'm pretty sure everyone else will also agree with you as well, put it aside and come back to it another day, and do something else. "Rome was not built in a day" as the saying goes

 

Yo're not alone. Sometimes I feel like if all is boring... so I leave my chair to get out to enjoy myself. I get back to work when my mind is clean and relaxed.

 

I had recently experienced this, myself. In my case, I realized that, although what I was doing was up to my own standards, and coming out even better than I'd expected or hoped, I was tiring of "my" style, or the sort of songs and arrangements that I've become adept at creating. I realized that I'm tired of doing "me," and I want to find new territory to cover, new challenges to my skills and creativity. So, next, I'm going to just do "whatever" and see what comes of it.

 

Since making music, I'm even get bored of listening any kind music.

Enjoy the silence for a while, then go back working ?

It works sometimes.

But at some moments I just feel I've fed up myself too much with music.. another topic.

 

@ Anonymous363,

As I don't exactly know your own method for making your Music. I mean, do you write it ? Do you record your first ideas as is ? Or perhaps any other kind of more sophisticated processes ?
Well, if after 2-3 days you still get bored of it, simply let (save) that Track/Project on a safe place, then start a new Track/Project as you usually do.

Then a few days (or weeks) later, simply revert to that (first) Track/Project (this that bored you earlier), and simply carefully listen to it once again, then simply make the test to know if it's still boring for you as earlier, or if this time you're more happy (or comfortable) with it, then eventually make some changes, adjustments, additions, or a contrario, some shrinkages or withdrawals... *yes*

P.S: On another areas of Music, as can be the 'Mixing' and/or 'Mastering' Processes, this method of waiting 2-3 days to 'relisten' your previous works can, in some cases, be very beneficial. Nothing better than a 'new' or 'fresh' ear pairs ! And this can also be valid for the process of creation of a Track/Project/Song,... *yes*

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@ Quakeaudio,

Get tired of my own Girlfriend...

...I would, BUT I CAN'T !!!

 

I think this feeling we have all felt at some point.I think you can do several things: save the idea and forget about it for a while between one week and one month and listen after with the ear clean so you can gauge whether the material really is interesting and I could further develop or was silly magnified by far. I usually compose at times of motivation and there are times when I hate or am burned, so I like to hear good classical music and virtually no current ... then why are not causes can be the current most futuristic and cool musician . Go for a walk also gives very good results and especially lowering the level of creative anxiety - Don´t worry man

 

Yepper when that happens try Sex,Drugs then Rockin Roll Seems to help for me

 

@ Studio5599,

...for him too ! Look now at one of the most influential Composer and Producer of its time...

 

I'm going to do that ;)

I will

i've done some research btw, someone suggest to work fast so you don't listen the track too many times, but i'm afraid that the track won't sound good in this way

 

This man on picture above is "Sex,Drugs then Alcohol".

 

ive scrapped so many tracks cause of this.

 

I think its because we think of making music as fun... but making music is hard, you need to sweat and labour

 

I've read some science article about this, the thing I do is: Invite a friend over to listen to your tracks,
best is be somebody whos opinion u value. If you do this, in split second your own perception changes and you listen like you have different ears
some sort of psychoacoustic brain thing... works for me everytime...except for the times it works the other way arround, I get super hyped about some tracks I laid down the other evening, they even sound great the day after. but on the moment I am presenting it to the targeted artist I'm just not that in to it anymore....

there is just a lot more going on when ur making music then you think, there is even a lot more going on when listining to music then u think...
It's all about perception, wich get influenced by a lot of things: tracks played minutes before, your mood, time of the day, tired ears, tired overall, social influances in the room, room acoustics, positioning, drugs/alcohol etc. etc.

 

Id say finish everything you start it even if you hate it. Eventually you will be making music that you are happy with as a musician. Until then keep making music and learning new things.

 

yeah I felt that way many times, which is another reason why I tend not to finish my tracks I become bored with it or I just don't like it anymore then again this is quite common among musicians, so you are not alone what I would do is share your music here so people can share their advice or opinion.

 

Exactly man, You are the first person to make me aware of this phenomenon. I really am not so much into music as I once was after becoming a producer and musician. I wonder what we can do to combat this. Its not really that I can just take a break. I have taken long breaks but still do not really like music like I used to. Maybe its because its a little less magical since I know the process? Maybe its because music now a'days is to perfect sonicaly?

 

What are you using to create your music? I started off making electronic music in 1993, using all hardware. I had a Yamaha DX100 (very basic FM Synth), a Roland TR-808 (that was given to me by a friend because it didn't have MIDI and he wasn't using it since his setup was all based around a MIDI sequencer), my guitar (1972 sunburst Gibson SG), a cheap condenser microphone, a couple of basic guitar FX pedals (BOSS and ROCKTEK- really cheap but pure analog and actually pretty awesome sounding) -flanger, phaser, analog BBD delay, chorus, a TASCAM PORTASTUDIO 4-TRACK cassette recorder and a bunch of tape decks I used to make sound collages. I eventually saved up $1300 and bought an Ensoniq EPS (MK I), with 4MB RAM (after buying a memory upgrade cartridge that cost an additional $275) and an all important 8-track MIDI Sequencer. By any standard today or in 1993, this setup was extremely limited. I pushed this gear to it's limits and beyond, spending an average of 8 hours a day working on music. I amassed a huge collection of recordings on cassettes. I would self release my finished EP's and LP's on cassettes. I did everything myself, from dubbing copies to designing and copying the covers. I can honestly say that this period was the most rewarding and creatively innovative time for me and my music. Even though my setup was very limited, my creative inspiration was limitless. I was broke as fuck, working shitty minimum wage restaurant jobs just to pay rent and it was years before I was able to upgrade and buy any new gear.

Fast forward to the 2000's. I got heavily into computers and software. Musically. I began to stagnate. I wasn't enjoying the creative process, I didn't like the music I was making, I was not proud of the majority of songs I wrote, and I felt that there was something missing. The actual sound of the music I was writing began to bother me. I could hear the digital artefacts in everything, like a sort layer of white noise deep within the core of every sound. I came to realize it was the sound of the computer, the sound of digitally generated samples and synthesizers. It was impure. Wrong.

I began to start using hardware more and more. Buying pieces of gear here and there. A drum machine here, an analog synthesizer there.... Some analog FX pedals, etc. My love of creating music returned. I got excited when I sat down to write again. I was proud of my output and I actually enjoyed listening to it. That's where I am today. I use 90% hardware, using computers mostly to sequence MIDI, record audio and edit samples. Most sound sources are hardware synthesizers samplers and drum machines.

I don't know what your history of making music is like. I realize most young people who make electronic music today are coming from a purely digital background, using computers and software pretty much exclusively (with some exceptions of course - but I'd say 95% of people making electronic music today use only computers and have never owned a single hardware synthesizer or drum machine. That explains the state of electronic music today.

Anyways, OP, I highly recommend you get some quality gear, if you don't already own some. Also, start playing music instead of just programming, i.e. using the mouse and computer keyboard, MIDI controllers, etc. Play the keys for real. Start playing bass guitar, drums. Get a drum set, even an electronic drum set will do wonders. I personally program most of my beats via electronic drum pads. Even stuff I program in a DAW gets played on electronic drums. You would be amazed at how much more power your drums have when played on a drum kit vs played on a MIDI controller or computer keyboard and mouse. If I'm using a VST drum sampler, I will play the samples through electronic drum pads. They just have genuine kinetic energy. All of the great innovators from James Brown's Funky Drummer to early Kraftwerk played their drums like real drums. That's why they have the power and energy drums should have.

Same with the keyboard. Unless you are playing an arpeggio, play your keys by hand. Learn some basic keyboard/piano playing skills, and play your pads and chords by hand. They will retain a human feel that gives life to your music.

I am just grasping at straws here, but I am guessing you are going through something similar to what I went through a few years ago when I was in the midst of my MIDI Software haze. My music lacked soul and spontaneity. It lacked true kinetic energy. It was contrived and too safe. If you are in a similar boat, you have to break out of your enslavement to the computer. They are generally just evil fucking machines that suck the joy out of most things in life. I still use them for recording and sample editing, like I said, but I refuse to allow my entire creative process be controlled by and done exclusively on the fucking computer.

I suggest you look into new ways of doing things.

 

Easy solution for me: I work on several tracks/genres in parallel, so I always have sth different to work on.