i find that somtimes i can work on music all day everyday for about a week straight but after that i need a couple days to recuperate and let ideas build up

i also find that after i finish a song that i have spent a long time on, i need a "debrief" period where i reflect on it before i start a new one. usually a day or two

how does yall creative process work? very curious

i work a 8-5 remote so when i get off work i try to at least do vocal exercises and record a little bit of music everyday. i cant speak entirely because ive barely made 5 songs but for me i do need some time to get re-inspired. beginning of 2021 i didnt do anything music related for a week and a half because i felt drained and its helping me now because ive finished some stuff i couldnt finish before. i also read a tweet that said do 20 minutes of work and 10 minutes of rest and repeat that over and over again so you dont get burnt out.

i also try to watch at least one episode of something a day to get inspired. im watching like 7 diff shows right now cause my attention span is s*** but i think it helps creatively

yeah watching movies and stuff is great for inspiration.

that tweet is interesting, but i don't think that would work for me. when im working on music and in the zone i don't want to stop the process, just keep the ball rolling and get the ideas out quickly before they "die" so to speak and i lose inpsiraiton spark

Yeah, I think I go through spurts myself. Sometimes I won’t write a song for a week and other times I’ll write and record 2 songs a day for a week. It really has a lot to do with how I’m feeling emotionally. If I’m happy to moderately sad, I can write forever. If I’m super low, it takes me digging deeper to bring out my creativity.

i feel that too. i have spontaneous creative bursts and then have to recharge for a bit days, maybe even weeks before i make something i'm truly satisfied with. most of the beats I make I don't fully finish. I sit on what I have for a while before deciding if I want to finish it. but sometimes I finish a full beat in one day.

like right now ive just been listening to new music to get inspired by. i think it would be great to able to create on command, like great s*** on command. like if some artist called you up to a studio and asked you to make dope s*** but in your head you think you cant cause youre not "inspired" enough or not in a "mood" then you gotta push thru and work on that. its something i struggle with a lot.

i try to experiment all the time but honestly sometimes you just have to let the music come to you. get out of the way, let the music write itself

i find myself having melodies in my head when i wake up but not having the energy or interest to write them down

i like driving around freestyling over beats and if i come up with two flows i like thats a verse and chorus, write lyrics after

had a lot of success with beating writers block and s*** with that method, try it out

I haven't attempted to make music since 2017

I do alot of off the dome type s***.
But I never record anything.

I'm literally living Kanye's bar

"Does he write his own rhymes, well sort of, I think, em
That mean I forgot better s*** than you ever thought up"

i try to work on atleast something everyday even if it isnt just making music, such as mixing or tutorials etc

but for creativity i’ll usually have long bursts of like a month straight working everyday then i’ll need a few days to a week to sit back and listen objectively. watch some tv and movies and listen to music to regain some inspiration, then its back at it

the cycle goes on forever !

I fw this process bro, gonna start implementing some of those timeouts cause like @op (and like every other artist) burnout is so real lol. I think the important thing is you need to be able to tell if you sound inspired or not in your music, and balance out life accordingly

It's spontaneous for me but I write/record atleast 3-4 times a week. I had writers block recently so I travelled and took some shrooms. That's my ritual to combat writers block.

New Experience feeds creativity

making beats much easier than writing in terms of block

Been making beats everyday since after christmas and I agree with the homies ITT

Its a balancing act between keeping the diligence of making music and honing your sound with relaxing and creating new ideas

I usually hop on for 30 minutes/1 hour, hop off to reset my palate in a sense, then get back on with fresh ears and work again