#1

I am a guitarist and bassist first. Sometimes I feel like dicking around in Live or Logic is a way to put off writing songs. Anyone else in the same boat? I want to get better at creating music in that setting. Really the only way I can make stuff on my laptop is with mlr (re:mix now) and some other monome apps.

Has anyone here fully made the jump where they feel as proficient with the laptop as they do their main instrument?

#2

i’m in a similar boat. i mainly play guitar and piano but moved towards computers because I can’t play drums and real songs need drums right? So I bought ableton and I’ve been struggling to make music ever since. I’ve come to realise that I can’t program drums either so 1) fuck drums and also ableton is shit so 2) fuck ableton.

Since embracing these two issues I’ve become much more productive. I pretty much just play guitar, piano or some monome app to a click in pro tools then build up synth or sound layers. Could probably do the same with a tascam tape deck.

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