I'm Running Low On Inspiration

Tips, Tricks, and Inspiring things for Breaking the DAW writers block

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Lets break down the beat. 

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Interesting idea! Vinyl sampling to the next level. 

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"You have to be open to the opinions of others when making music for dance floors. You can (and I have) spend days in front of the speakers making a track you think is amazing but nobody else likes."

Great interview with KRL over at the No Dough Blog. Worth reading all the way through. http://www.nodoughmusic.com/hello/making/production-interview-krl-wolfmusic

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How to make Dubstep? Beat Warping in Ableton? Yes please. 

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Love videos that show a song really coming together. Gives me lots of ideas on workflow. 

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Keep shit weird. This is haunting, beautiful, and terrifying all at once. I want to make a song that is the combination of all these feelings. 

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How Traditional Education Kills Creativity. Brilliant. 

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Not a big fan of the music, but I love how he performs it. Wild. 

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I've honestly enjoyed the majority of what Jamie XX has been laying down. Great getting a look into his work. 

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I don't know what I'm watching here, but it's cool seeing that not everyone uses a APC40 with Ableton. 

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Baths dropped what easily has been one of my favorite albums this year. Here is an in depth look at his live set. I was hoping to see him live for Decibel Festival this year, but I guess he got sick or something. Here is to hoping he comes through again. 

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Audiotuts has always been a good source of new ideas for me when starting a song. MPC styled sampling in Ableton? Not much to have about it. Click the Photo above for the link. 

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Everyone likes a good reversed reverb right? 

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While certainly a teaser to get you to take one of their courses, Dubspot constantly puts out great tutorials on their blog. This one is no exception. Arpeggiator fun. 

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This might be the best piece of advice I've ever read. Taken from a post called The 7 Deadly Sins of Creativity which can be read here. 

" 6.  Never testing the impact of your creative output.

As silly as it sounds, some of the most creative ideas and inventions never make it into the public eye simply because their creator doesn’t realize the significance and impact of what he or she has produced.  This is another perfect example of how creativity actually relies on both sides of the brain, the creative right and the logical left.  Once your creative mind drives you to create something, your logical mind must test, verify and validate it.

In other words, there’s more to the creative process than simply having an idea and executing it once behind closed doors.  Most creative ideas that leave an impact on the world are relentlessly tested, reviewed by third parties, and sometimes modified and tested again.  Scientists do this in a laboratory with other scientists.  Painters do it by painting and then displaying their art in a gallery.  Bloggers do it by translating their thoughts into stories and articles, and publishing them online."