Audiovisual Experiments

I’m in a bit of a slump music wise again… Surprise, surprise. If you’ve been following my “career” during the years… you know I end up in these kinds of things now and then. Actually, I think the periods of great inspiration loss are winning. I always ask myself – why? Why do I have these long, long periods of “silence”. To be honest, I haven’t got the faintest clue. I’ve tried to really analyze this, but after a while I gets kinda boring. I guess I should just let it go. Who knows, maybe I’ll be able to make music if I stop to think about making music… Ehm, oh well. Don’t mind me, I’m rambling. ;)

Lately, when I’ve been trying to figure out my dilemma, I’ve been thinking about the fact that I don’t listen to music. I mean, what’s up with that? I’m a musician, but I don’t listen to music? It’s like… I’m a mechanic, but I don’t drive cars.. Eh, or something? Anyway, what I’m trying to say is, what if this has something to do with my periods of inspiration loss? Like, I get to “far away” from music? I know listening to music is good. I’m not talking about the enjoyment factors or something like that. I’m talking about “learning from others”. By listening to other music you can become a better musician… Right?

OK, I need to listen to more music. And I clearly need to get my head examined. You know what? Right now, when typing this, I’m wearing my headphones (my trusty old Denon headphones). But I’m not listening to anything! How’s that for crazy!? Maybe the answer to why I lose my inspiration so often simply is – I’m insane? :)

Also, I think I need to learn how to get the music in my head (that is, when it’s there) down to my sequencer. Often when I try to make music, I disconnect my brain. I just fiddle with sounds and rhythms and if I’m lucky I stumble upon something worth working on. I’ve been composing music for like 20 years now and I can hear music in my head. The problem, I think, is that I get too impatient when I try to get the music down to a sequencer.

Well, if you’re still reading this – nice work! Can’t be easy deciphering all my disorganized ramblings. ;) Anyway, more than anything, I wrote this to try out WordPress a bit more ;) but it’s also a topic of great interest to me. Maybe I’ll never find an answer but some might argue that the goal’s not the answer, but the search for the answer.

Until next time…