I just can't think of any music or melodies or beats anymore. My creativity is gone.

A few years ago, I could just sit in the room and come up with a track just like that. That's cause I was in school and after school I'd have a;; day to mess with my music.

Now, I work and am away from the house some 12+ hours a day. When I get home most of the time, I just wanna chill and after that than go and mess with some music. But instead of all-day, I have maybe 1 or 2 hours at best and by then it's goin' on 10 or 11 PM. And even on the weekends and on breaks like now, I can't think of nothin'. I'm in my little studio right now, and can't put nothin' together.

It's been like this ever since I got this job.

It seems having nine-to-five jobs crush someone's creativity. I might as well work at home or something. Sorry about that. Hope it comes back one day.

Shoot, 8 to 5. And then I work no where near my residence, I work an hour away. I'm not tryin' to make excuses for myself. I brotha be tryin' and even when I get the time (like now) I'm having brain farts.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I see. I know it's hard man.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

2 get yourself out of this writers block try listenin 2 a lot of music u havent tried yet on down 2 the stuff u might not like as much. The more out of the box u start thinkin or the more frustrated u get from the garbage u hear, you'll be comin up with so many ideas you gonna have 2 keep a pen and pad around 2 sketch your ideas.
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^^^^^

I would agree with that approach. It will comeback you'll at somepoint adjust to job and I'm certain you'll be able to take the stress from work and create music. Wait tell you get married and have a kid, for 2 1/2 years all I could do was play scales.



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yeah diamondandpearls advice is the best

Believe me in this day and age, its great having a job, I just scored one after being unemployed for a year. (I was at college this year tho). It beats sitting around the house on the computer

Not thinking about it is what usually helps me. When I stop worrying and pondering over what on earth I should write, then it suddenly comes, the brilliant idea. It may take a while, too long for your liking, but it will come to you. In the mean time you go on working, listen to lots of music, read texts, listen to people's stories and do everything else that is inspirational.

VenusBlingBling said:

The writing is not the problem, it laying down a track ...

TD3 said:

The way I got into scales and readin keys was 2 play along to a different song every day. One day I might play along to Ernie Isley's "Back To Square One" and the next would be Rob Jungklas's "Hello Heaven" lol

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Well, I thought it could be the same with the music.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I actually have the opposite problem. These days I am creating too much. My mixtape will be online soon so I will let everyone know when it drops. Just take a break for a while. It will come back.

There's a difference being being creative, or feeling creativity, and actually creating. If and when you want to lay some tracks, do it. Let the creation be whatever it is going to be.

I've been going through the exact same thing. I don't write music or anything but for the last few months, when I get ready to play something, I can't think of what I want to play or where I even want to start. After putting my music in the computer, I usually play music from the computer more these days than actually playing the physical vinyl or CD because it's easier to simply type in what I want to hear rather than search the stacks for it. Well, in order to do that, you have to know what you want to hear so you can type it in. I need to just start playing the vinyl again so that I have to physically thumb through it and see something that might spark my interest.

It's not like the old days when new music was good. Back then, I mainly played the newest and most current stuff and would throw in an old jam if I felt in the mood for it. But these days where the only good music is old music, that means there is years and years of stuff to play and I don't even know where to start these days. I look at my collection and become overwhelmed.

I've been coming up with concepts but because of laziness and school, I haven't put much to paper. In the past 2 months, I've only written like 6 songs:

If Only I Could Find You
Stargazing
Leaving For L.A.
Autumn Child
Somewhere In Time
Foolish Ways

bboy87 said:

It's weird, I've been writing like crazy, ideas are just coming to me on the song writing. After I write the some. I have a melody already in my head, but now, it's not coming out.

Hell, I'm in my little home studio right now ... It's like when it's time to do the do, nothin' ... I'm like ol' boy from American Pie.