Procrastination-Working solo at home
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- gimme a little kick & snare
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This. Before I started doing the full time day job thing, I had the time/energy/motivation to write/record an album's worth of music for a friend's play in the span of about 4 months. It was a lot of background and incidental music, but I was working! Synapses were firing! Now, not so much. Can't finish a thing. Can write the songs, but can't finish the arrangements or record them.ott0bot wrote: and another thing...
not having a full time day job.
Also, having an understanding roommate/ladyfriend/etc. is crucial. Something I'm wrestling with now. Sure, I've beefed up the home recording situation (I HAD to, it's kind of like I'm subconsciously bribing myself to keep day-jobbing so I can afford gear), but to block out time between work and life is no easy feat.
Clearly, I have some issues to sort out It's good to know that I am not the only one...
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- takin' a dinner break
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I am self employed and sticking to a schedule has been a lifesaver for me. Just having a concrete start time is probably the most important.*Having concrete deadlines
*Starting at exactly 9am or whichever arbitrary time you choose
*Keeping a morning break, lunch and afternoon break at exact times, every day
*Being accountable for how much work you've done that day, be it your boss or your spouse
*Getting dressed like you were going to work, because you are going to work
- losthighway
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Two idears:
1. I am basically a hobbiest, but I find that combining activities can help with motivation, ex., a good cuppa coffee can make for a good vocal track, and a fresh martoonie makes for a pleasant guitar solo experience.
2. cabinetpin.com maintains an ongoing challenge to write and record a song on the 20th of every month. A similar system of rain-or-shine scheduling might help (altho' for me, that would not be very rock-n-roll, even if I've done 'em for almost a year).
1. I am basically a hobbiest, but I find that combining activities can help with motivation, ex., a good cuppa coffee can make for a good vocal track, and a fresh martoonie makes for a pleasant guitar solo experience.
2. cabinetpin.com maintains an ongoing challenge to write and record a song on the 20th of every month. A similar system of rain-or-shine scheduling might help (altho' for me, that would not be very rock-n-roll, even if I've done 'em for almost a year).
- Snarl 12/8
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I have a recording studio that's a couple miles from my home.Snarl 12/8 wrote:This could also describe moving your studio to a different building.a you in a different setting where an alternate palette of brain functions will be available for painting reality.
My original post relates to working at home (which I also do from time to time)
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