Snow's advice is a good one.

I deal with this really a lot. Especially when having sort of demanding job, this happens every other day. Not feeling to even listen to music. ...so I can't give a real advice as I haven't found one yet but ... there was this movie I postponed watching for a long time. I used is as a "devider" between job and also kinda demanding hobby. Just to empty that brain a bit before filling it with music. ...and it work great yesterday. ...so try this too and we'll see.

Wrote it to different topic recently, but Glitchmachine's stuff's cool. Tougher GUI at times, but great.

I totally agree. A lot of producers that I come across on soundcloud and other forums(including this one) advertise their age or that they're "young" in their artist description.

To suggest that art is bound by age is utter nonsense.

To be fair, it's nothing new. I liked that idea back in 2007 too. It did sound "sexy" even then. The difference is that back then, you looked at the scene and understood it's probably not happening. These days, there were examples of kids who made it. (Good for them though, thumbs up.) ...but it makes a lot of kids feel like they're gonna be the next Garrix. But now I definitely am salty. So back to topic.

Moby! ...he's still active and well. I love his personality on social media btw. He seems like a great guy to have a beer with.

I'm also one who votes for using your actual name. My little brother had a name many people mispronounced, so he used a kind of generalized abbreviation and now even though he's a very successful producer (you've DEFINITELY heard of him) he's stuck with one more thing that's fake in an industry where little is real.

That's right. Kevin Séguin isn't bad at all actually. Or you can do some wordplay wid that surename as Nadav suggested. Like "Kevin Segg" or something like that.

Age old question. What's your approach?

I guess one of the ways is to force yourself to work quickly. ...there's even this thread on TPF about average time spent on a track. But in it, there's really cool TeeBee's post about spending at least 150+ hours on a track. His tracks are extremely complex, so it's still relatively quick I guess, but anyway... To all of the guys who just can't force themselfs to rush, how do you manage to not get tired of your own ideas?

Frank Sobotka

Man, definitely not this one. I'm from Czech Republic and our prime minister's surename is "Sobotka". I have nothing against him, but you simply don't want that.

Btw about nick names ... I could use one too. Chose this one as I needed to register forum accounts when I was twelve and got used to it despite it being probably kinda rubbish. (Aslo didnť know at the time that Chris Farley existed.)

(Kevin is my real name, it's my last name that is not really pronounceable (Séguin))

I feel you. Greeetings from mr. Koťátko.

What about simple "Kev"?

^ This post is also right.

I'll have to admit, my bias against gangsta rap is probably caused by my total inability to identify with their situations. You got me there with NWA example who I kind of did considered out of my taste until I saw the Straight Outta Compton movie recently. ...having said that, still can't imagine what story for example Pitbull tries to tell, but again, that just might be me not being in mr. Worldwide's shoes. ...me having more understanding to Eminem's or Dylan Owen's situations as opposed to anything he was through.

Also absolutely agree about songwriters being storytellers. One day i had TV with a music station on as a background and this One Direction songs came up. Naturally I grabbed the remote to switch the channlel, but ... something got me interested. The song itself was actually pretty solid power ballad. I could totally imagine it sung by some broken sad rocker in some shady room with a cigarette in his hand. So yes. Those songwritters are sometimes really good storytellers selling their stuff for ... eh ... food.

....but again. Now I'm elitistically bashing One Direction. Which is not fair from me, because those girls (and few boys I'd imagine) at the front rows are having time of their lifes. And I guess that's the point at the end, right? It's a boyband concert for them, It might be an Ramesses B's set for me, it might be Guns and Roses played from dusty vinyl for someone else. As far as it makes the listener happy with what they hear, it's all right.

Btw: Didn't know about that 33 y/o cutt of point, but honestly I can see it on some of my friends at 25 already. I'm also hoping to not being effected by it.

A lot actually.
There was a little Ed Sheeran addiction happening last year resulting in listening to quite a few acoustic-ish folkpop-ish stuff. (Ryan Keen, Jack Johnson, Jeremy Loops, lately some old Texas stuff...)
Then I got really a lot into that independent thoughtful hip hop scene. (Dylan Owen - love this guy so much, Witt Lowry, George Watsky, Kinetics & OL)
...and recently, I love those new indie artists like Jack Garrat or Frences (<3 !!! that voice!)

+ love for soundtracks. Jablonsky, Powell, Zimmer, Williams, Price...