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Work habits?
« on: January 14, 2016, 09:50:04 pm »
Hey guys, checking in with something i've been curious about for the past week - work habits. When to make, how to work, optimal mental states/awakeness/whatever to get things done.


What works for you, personally?

For me, I tend to section time early in the evening on a daily basis to get some good effort in.

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Re: Work habits?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2016, 03:33:54 am »
I usually work during evenings/nights, but I'll work intermittently through the entire day when given the chance. If I want to produce while at school, I'll probably have to switch to mornings. I'll switch between songs occasionally to keep from burning out within the DAW. I also like to get high/(rarely) drunk and produce, but only if there's a song in progress. Otherwise, I don't get anything done. Luckily, I produce while sober 98% of the time lol I can work for hours on end or get distracted every now and then, depends on my attention span at the time. Sometimes I let myself listen to previous songs to get myself pumped for the next/current one. I like hearing my progression, even when its subtle.

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Re: Work habits?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2016, 05:21:27 am »
Sleep schedule is the most important to me. If I wake up too late I already feel anxious about how much time I have left in the day. And even if I get enough sleep my whole circadian rhythm is all messed up if I sleep from 4AM-Noon or whatever. My body rewards regularity.

As for focusing, one thing I like to do is use the desktop app Self Control to blacklist websites that don't help me with making music (Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, etc). You can set it to whatever time you want (15 minutes, an hour, etc) and it won't let you go to those sites no matter what. I usually set it to 1 or 2 hours so that I can take a break and relax for a bit.

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Re: Work habits?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2016, 07:07:27 am »
I need to have at least 3 hours of free time, and if I don't, I don't and can't produce.
I like to focus on one song at a time because it helps me stay focused on the original theme/feel of the track. It's also because I'm impatient, the ideas that make it into a song are ideas that I really like and I want to finish it ASAP.
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Re: Work habits?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2016, 07:15:58 am »
And even if I get enough sleep my whole circadian rhythm is all messed up if I sleep from 4AM-Noon or whatever.

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