I landed a job of scoring a streaming-series in my country.
But going from working at a media station where I would turn in everyday and turn out at the end of the day, to sitting at home scoring this series has been hard.

I keep doing something else then getting to work, I smoke too much weed and inspiration is starting to leave me.

Has anyone else dealt with this and do you have any tips on how pull my self up and get a good experience out of this?

This could end bad
Like I just take off walking and never come back again

You got this bro, always remember your rhythm and your creative space. The more you live in the world and digest it, the more it lives and breathes.

I know you have a scratch pad where ya design and try out different songs. Take your time and remember the fundamentals.

@op also bro make this thread in life, or something on the same topic.

Thank you for commenting, I needed to hear some good words 🙏

Got the weed out of my system, and got my sleep and food right.
As you said I am using the fundamentals again, taking my time and stepping into my fear and feeling it pass their me, leaving me fearless with a creative mind.

My only advice is 1 remove distractions from your environment and 2 set up hours in the day where u work

Not perfect by any means but this could help if u stick with it

Also this sounds like a sick job so maybe remind u self how lucky u are lol

I have started doing both things.
I don’t look at my phone or go online when I wake up and try to wait as far into the day as I can.

I have also tried to setup hours to work in, but it’s hard to keep the discipline when there is no one.

I do feel very lucky and my friend is mixing the whole series, so we talk allot about it and help each other keep the spirit high.
I just got hit my so much anxiety and fear in the beginning that I completely froze and went down into a big hole of fear and self harm.

But I’m writing good stuff now and my head is in the right place.
I just gotta stay on road and tighten my discipline

I'm glad to hear ur working though the tough parts of your job! Sounds like you're managing well. I totally understand how a big opportunity can be nerve-wracking, just take a lil time to let it sink in before working on things.

Best of luck to u bro an keep us posted, if u find urself slipping don't hesitate to post something we will try to help out.

Update:
I am now 3 episode and a trailer deep in scoring the series.
They are happy with me.
Still need to do 5 more episodes and after this month, there is only one more month of pay.

I will have to do a month without pay.
But a big media has contacted me about doing a podcast for them next month.
I don't know if I can balance both the series and a podcast
Im am high everyday to handel the stress and pressure.
Only days I am not high is when I have a day off

Getting a podcast released from a big media would be great for my cv

honestly, these are good problems to have

You are right
I got to roll with the flow of opportunities

@op what does scoring look like

Always been interested in how that works. Is it curation? Are you making songs yourself? Do you have to clear the rights to em or does someone else do that?

I am making the score alone at home. I send it to the sound designer and we talk about the music and he mixes it into the episode. Then we send the episode to the producers and director, they then writes us feedback.
We then have a meeting talking about the feedback, I then adjust the score to their feedback.
I send the music to the sound designer, he mixes it into the episode again and we send it to them.

If they are happy the episode gets send to the streaming services producer and they then have to okay it.

I don’t really write songs for the show, scoring is at bit more ambient then a song.
But Twin Peaks is a big influence on me so I also write more song/memorable pieces of music.

Update:

I am still writing for series.
I am 5 episodes and a trailer in.
3 more episodes to go
Deadline is 1 February 2022

I also got hired to do the podcast
We start recording interviews and speaks tomorrow and keep going for the next 2 weeks
Then the editing, sound design, mixing and composing starts.
I have to make 4 episodes of 20 min
Deadline is January 7 2022
It looks like they might need an episode more to tell the story, so 5 episodes in all, but I have yet to negotiate the 5 episode.

I have canceled Christmas and new year and have no life beside this work, but I am getting thru it.

Will update again when I am thru or if something happens

Update:
6 episodes of the series is done.
I need to do 2 more before 1 Feb.

I have recorded 3 episodes of the podcast, that I need to mix, edit, sound design and score before Jan 11
And I need 2 record 2 more episodes and do the same to them

I feel so burned out and I have no free time during the holidays
I hope I can hold it together for 1 more month and make it to the finish line

I have not seen my friends in 2 months

make sure t look after yourself health is wealth

1 podcast episode done
4 to go
Still also need to get thru composing 2 episodes of of the stream series.
Deadlines are 1 Feb.

I now smoke, drink and take a little meds to deal with the pressure.

pace urself man. Dont burn out.

Rooting for u. Gotta keep that health right by any means

Thank you
I am trying to pace my self, but when I get stressed and feel behind, my mind kinda gets kinda blurry and my thoughts starts racing in a bad way, and then I lose the urge to work.

I know the way thru this is by working and health

i been sayin this alot lately. But have u ever tried out meditation?

S*** helps with all that when u give it an honest chance

Starter when I was young, because of anxiety.

I try to use it to clear my head when my thoughts gets crowded, but these days I feel that I depend on getting a little buzz going, to turn down the thoughts and get me in the zone to work.
The problem is the need for recovery days

Update:

I now am scoring the 8th and last episode of the streaming show. I need to finish the score in the next 7 days

1 episode of the podcast has come out. The big media company is not promoting it yet but they seem happy.
I have made episode 2 and 3 and an episode will be released each week until all 6 episodes are out.

A new media company has called me about to urgent work, but made sure to say they could pay very much.
They back good stuff but I have allot on my plate, but we have a meeting tomorrow.

I am afraid of burn out, drinking helps, but I have rediscovered the gift working the first part of the day sober.
I have also discovered that it pays off to view myself as a full human and still work out a couple of times during the week, and seeing people etc
Totally disappearing in work drains the energy

I will stop updating will the score is finished and all the podcast episodes are produced

This will be the last update:

I have finished the score for the stream-series and everybody involved has complimented my work and seems very happy about the score.

The podcast is 1 episode away from being complete, and the media company has been very happy with my work, but this sunday my partner told be that they did not want to see anymore, and that broke my heart and f***ed my mind up completely.

This resulted in a mistake in the latest podcast episode, where I by mistake forgot to delete an unedited take. So in the end of the episode the unedited take of the host begun playing on top of his speak.
The mistake did not get picked up by anyone involved and the episode came out with the mistake in it.
I fixed it very quickly, and the episode was replaced.

I told the journalist the issue with my partner, not to come with excuses, but to explain why I did not catch the mistake.
I did not catch the mistake because all I could think about was getting done work so I could meet with my partner and talk things thru. Me and my partner did meet up and worked out our issues, and I don't feel could about the mistake with the podcast, but the fact that my partner is still with me, means so much more to me.

4 months of extreme pressure is over monday, where the final podcast episode is turned in.

well ne glad you patched things up with your partner would be cool to listen to the show ping us a link