Last year’s NGNY was a good start for me. I stopped the vicious cycle of constantly buying and selling things. I also stopped obsessing about gear, Didn’t really make any music though. I struggled with being stuck with the same ideas and not making any progress until I got them out of my system. Started a thread about my struggle (Commitment issues) and got a lot of good ideas from fellow elektronauts.
That thread made me realize that maybe the thing I need in my life is a DAW that I love and know how to use. Around new year’s eve I bought Logic Pro and have been very very happy with it. For me NGNY 2022 was basically a year spent thinking hard about what I REALLY need in my life to be able to make music and by the end of the year I had the answer.
My goal and intention this year is to continue my NGNY commitment and at the same time learn to use my DAW and get out of the creative rut that I spent my 2022 in. I’ve been watching a couple of tutorial videos a day by Musictechhelpguy and I’ve been learning a lot in the few short weeks already. This year it’s time to take my synth hobby to the next level which is finishing a song, getting it out of my system and getting to start another song.
Rearranging my studio space has also put my Roland XV-5080 rompler and my V-Synth XT in my reach and I’ve been spending a lot of time learning to program those too. Rack synths are nice and space saving but unless they’re right in front of your face you’ll never do anything else except use the presets. Nobody wants to spend their time under the table on four legs programming sounds.