<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - A question for artists]]> 2011-05-11T15:05:07Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/4120/a-question-for-artists/ <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> I was listening to an interview with the author who wrote that terrible eat drink man woman book and had an itnersting point. The anceint greeks actually saw inspiration as a physical force, where inspiration was gifted upon you by the gods. Her joke was that if you work really hard, inspiration will take pity on you and grant you a drop of inspiration just when you need it to the most.

AND NOW SHES A MILLIONAIRE

]]> https://chipmusic.org/herr_prof 2011-05-11T15:05:07Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/66398/#p66398 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> herr_prof wrote:

I think the key for real artists is the ability to produce a finish a song without being in that zone. Just facing up to the fact you suck and to KEEP WORKING. If the best artists waited for inspiration to strike theyd never get half as much of what they do done.

you're absolutely right, and of course the feeling of "being in the zone" isn't exclusive to people at a certain level either. all it means is that you are, at the moment, very inspired and can crank out a lot in a relatively short amount of time; generally, most people will have the same output but spanning much longer periods. case in point, i (as well as most people on here, i'm sure) have had songs sitting on laptops for almost a year, coming back to it every now and then until i could call it "done", as well as stuff that i just kind of tossed down to have the idea and never touched again. gotta try and stay prolific, yall.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/likeluke 2011-05-11T14:59:31Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/66395/#p66395 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> I think the key for real artists is the ability to produce a finish a song without being in that zone. Just facing up to the fact you suck and to KEEP WORKING. If the best artists waited for inspiration to strike theyd never get half as much of what they do done.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/herr_prof 2011-05-11T14:24:46Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/66379/#p66379 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> don't know how i missed this.

"the zone" that you are describing is in no way exclusive to video games. i'm sure you're seeing it in that context if only because you're using a game boy, but it is just a very focused mental state. it has nothing to do with not making mistakes, it has to do with inspiration and more or less being in the right place at the right time. same thing happens with music and any other instrument or program; i've definitely sat down on a laptop and had a song finished in a few hours because i was in "the zone". i know what you mean in describing the similarity to playing certain video games, but it's a feeling/place/THING that came long before the game boy even existed.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/likeluke 2011-05-11T14:20:24Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/66377/#p66377 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> zoning out is listening to error repeat slowed down in ableton with tons of delay

I'm very much in the "zone" right now

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ovenrake 2011-05-11T14:03:00Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/66373/#p66373 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> ovenrake wrote:

Surprised no one asked this.

How stoned are you?

woa, i just smoked way too much, i feel i'm.... zoning out!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/SKGB 2011-05-10T13:05:52Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/66192/#p66192 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> True dat

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Frostbyte 2011-05-09T03:10:26Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65945/#p65945 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> Rules wrote:

12. Thread titles should describe the topic of the thread.

what happened to this?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/pixls 2011-05-09T03:04:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65942/#p65942 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> ovenrake wrote:

Surprised no one asked this.

How stoned are you?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/AndrewKilpatrick 2011-05-08T09:53:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65865/#p65865 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> Surprised no one asked this.

How stoned are you?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ovenrake 2011-05-08T09:37:54Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65862/#p65862 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> akira^8GB wrote:
Subway Sonicbeat wrote:

Zone in Brasil is what we call where you can get prostitutes.

E ai galera, vamos na zona??

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Subway+Sonicbeat 2011-05-07T11:00:26Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65798/#p65798 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]>

]]> https://chipmusic.org/J.+Arthur+Keenes 2011-05-07T03:37:29Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65769/#p65769 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]>

]]> https://chipmusic.org/jefftheworld 2011-05-07T03:20:03Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65767/#p65767 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> One time I was in the "Zone" and wrote this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icfvAXEU8o8

]]> https://chipmusic.org/8-Bit-Rex 2011-05-07T01:10:13Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65758/#p65758 <![CDATA[Re: A question for artists]]> Subway Sonicbeat wrote:

Zone in Brasil is what we call where you can get prostitutes.

E ai galera, vamos na zona??

]]> https://chipmusic.org/akira%5E8GB 2011-05-07T01:00:42Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/65755/#p65755