Producing under influence.

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Producing under influence.

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Surya

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So, does it help you guys, or does it always result in whack results?

I think I'll stick to producing with a clear mind for now Big Grin

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27-08-2004 19:21

Emblem-X Emblem-X is a male

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hehehehe

funny spend 2 mights inna row procuding while being stoned like fuck Spliff

the only pain in the ass s that my samplelibrary is a huge mess, can't find anything back lol.. Roll Eyes

u can imagine that this is even a bigger problem with a dusty head Big Grin

anyway i does help with me Smile

especially while getting those little details into place Smile

cheerz

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27-08-2004 19:55

Surya

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Yeah, I can hear that Tongue

Lol

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27-08-2004 20:18

Qbit

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never!

well, not exactly 'never' Tongue

if redaiz or easy is in the studio then i'm forced to smoke Big Grin

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27-08-2004 21:07

-J-

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always !

maybe sometimes i don't smoke when i start, but whenever i got something to smoke, it's mostly going when there's a party, or i'm at home producin'

so kinda always Tongue

it works for inspiration on harmony and melodies n such
and what's too much i try to clean up when i'm sober Tongue

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27-08-2004 22:39

Emblem-X Emblem-X is a male

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Originally posted by -J-
and what's too much i try to clean up when i'm sober Tongue

hehehe idd always need to do that afterwards too lol

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27-08-2004 22:45

stino

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NEVER!

couldn't do that , my pc is in my living room... , have a younger brother... etc etc

anyway...

i found some very good melodies for diecast unit while being stoned, but for dnb it just isn't possible "technically"

producing the morning after a dnb night or just a ordinary party can be inspiring too...! if you're not to tired ! and only smoked and drank a few beers or so !
if I ended up nearly choking to death, no way i'm gonna come up with a good idea!!! Wink

I really wonder how many of these really big artist make their music under influence... i know it from tricky and from 3D of massive attack, but others... ? maybe mike skinner... or these big dnb producers like pendulum, do they... Confused

would be quite interesting stuff to know

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28-08-2004 10:22

-J-

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it's cool to know, but it means bullocks Smile

despite of whatever drug you may have taken, it's still always just you who's producing. and technically maybe it could end up to a bunch of trouble (check a good spectrum analyzer after a night of wasted producing Big Grin

) but creatively it can be an aid for inspiration, in my case a big aid for concentration (when i start producing and i light up a spliff, i can smoke that same spliff for an hour or two; cause you get enormously fixated on what you're doing, minding the details and working them out is way less of a pain in the ass then Big Grin

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but after all it's still the person
and a drug would then be nothing more then ... dunno, something that gets it out of you Big Grin

kind of support, dunno ... something that keeps u going (and that keeps your mind at ease Big Grin

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28-08-2004 10:41

Soi

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There's no greater pleasure than messing around with sounds, songstructures, layering and experimentin', after a fine handcrafted piece of ease-tobacco. Indeed, one doesn't always work too clean and organized in this state of mind, but it sure helps to try a different approach. Sometimes it's so hard to find the right parts/succession/structure, and that's exactly the time when you need a fresh point of view. If you use the save-as button a lot, or some non-destructrive editing, it's christmas time the next day. There's a big chance you'll keep at least two useful alternate takes. And when variety is a must, this method is a rule! Big Grin

And off course i'd advice all the non-smokers to finally start smoking! It's been way too long you've all been wasting our air by inhaling and stealing our smoke in front of our lungs!!

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Porros Maximus

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28-08-2004 11:00

Surya

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Yeah, figured something like that Soi Big Grin

Anyway, about big names producing under influence: I know Patrick De Meyer (ex-Technotronic, T99...) ALWAYS produces under influence, and he did some great stuff Big Grin

(he CAN'T work sober...)

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28-08-2004 11:11

Soi

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To be honest, I think that more than 70% of all the drum'n'bass producers we know, do smoke stuff on a very regular base. When we organised the skool of hard knocks-party, you should've seen some of the faces, expressions and red vained-eyes. Keaton at a certain moment seemed to be trying to get his way back to the stage while at thes ame time he apparently didn't get it that he was already ON stage...
Not only does it seem to me that everybody seems to smoke nowadays, but it becomes more apparent that throughout all layers of society, hi-class, mid-class or lower-class, people are lightning up there smokes.

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28-08-2004 11:29

Surya

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There's plenty of good reasons for that Smile

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28-08-2004 11:31

Soi

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Yeah, like belgian peepz going to holland to find out that all the Dutch coffeeshops are buying their weed from belgian farms.. Those strange rules of economy...

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28-08-2004 11:39

Surya

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Hehe

But now back on topic: producing Wink

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28-08-2004 12:04

Qbit

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quote:

Originally posted by stino

producing the morning after a dnb night or just a ordinary party can be inspiring too...! if you're not to tired ! and only smoked and drank a few beers or so !

word! i get a lot of inspiration from a dnb party. But in general i just ride the 'inspiration-waves' (if you know what i mean) Smile

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28-08-2004 12:55

Surya

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Yeah, I like getting home after a party at 8 in the morning and immediatly implementing my new idears Big Grin

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28-08-2004 13:27

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Yeah it does help in the inspiration department, feel the mood more but then listening back to what you've done when sober is just as important to me, you hear it from two state of minds...which is always better than one...and if you keep in mind that if/when anythin of yours might get released, probably 90% of the people that buy it will be under the influence it's good to see what it will sound like from there ears Big Grin

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28-08-2004 15:08

rorschach rorschach is a male

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weed: almost always, i admit i have an addiction Cool

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it sure helps me being creative and having crazy ideas for building sounds; only problem: sometimes i get lost in the buttons and start tweaking one sound for hours to end up with something that sounds the same but with different settings + it makes you doubting stuff 'should i take 50% or 60% ? or maybe 70? noooo, let's try 55%, and then i end up not knowing which one to take because they all sound good' u kno what i mean probabely.. but i find it more fun and satisfying then doing it sober.
alcohol: this works a treat, it messes up your thoughts a bit, but it gets me going like aaaah mooooore basss, moooore heavy shit, evilness all the way etc + much easier to take decisions although they're sometimes very wrong..
other harddrugs: too desastrous for body&mind so i don't go there anymore, although some of them can get you going like a fuckin' train Doped

31-08-2004 14:10

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I'm a bloody stoner yes... I'm never totally whacked tho. I like the buzz but I hate losing my mind. Staring at walls and not being able to thinkl or focus is rather pointless me thinks.

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02-09-2004 13:27

Petradex Petradex is a male

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I used to only work under the influence(and not just smoking) but have quit drugs and been clean about a month. Smile

Personally I think its really helped my productions, I spend a few weeks completely unable to make anything that sounded any good but now iam more used to it I find it much easier to think logically about my tracks. I also find when trying to sort out technically problems etc that having a clear head REALLY helps. Big Grin

. I don't think that the mayority of "big-name" dnb producers smoke when they write tunes either(for one thing to smoke in the same room as your mixing desk samplers etc you've got to be pretty stupid, like me until recently My Mistake

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02-09-2004 13:38

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