Facing a HUGE Writer's Block? Try This to Get Unstuck and Inspired

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Facing a HUGE Writer's Block? Try This to Get Unstuck and Inspired

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Here's a simple exercise that can help tons of you're going through a huge patch of Musical Burnout or Writer's Block. Give it a try!
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(For each module, the libraries are sorted based on how much I like them).
- STRINGS: Metropolis Ark 1 & 3, Nucleus, Cinematic Studio Strings, Fluid Shorts, Cinematic Strings 2, Jaeger
- BRASS: Metropolis Ark 1 & 3, JXL Brass, Nucleus, Twelve Horn Ensemble, CineBrass CORE, Century Brass, Jaeger, Angry Brass
- CHOIR: Oceania, Metropolis Ark 1, Stormchoir 2
- WOODWINDS: CineWinds CORE, Nucleus, Metropolis Ark 1 & 3
- HYBRID PERCS & LOOPS: Damage, PercX, Decimator Drums, Cerberus
- BIG CINEMATIC PERCS: Los Angeles Modern Percussion, New Epic Toms Ensemble, New Epic Dhol Ensemble, CinePerc
- ORCHESTRAL PERCS: CinePerc, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, Kontakt Factory Library
- PIANO: The Giant, Woodchester Piano, Spitfire LABS Soft Piano
- HARPS & OTHERS: CineHarp, Kontakt Factory Library
- SYNTHS: Juggernaut, Serum, Harmor, Jaeger, Evolution Atlantica,
- ORCHESTRAL SFX: Metropolis Ark 3, Palette Orchestral FX
- SOLO STRINGS: Tina Guo Solo Cello, Solos of the Sea, Cinematic Studio Strings Solo
- SOLO VOCALS: Jaeger, Vocalisa
- GUITARS: Basic Live Guitars & Bass routed into Waves GTR / Guitar Rig, Metropolis Ark 1, Heavyocity Atlantica
- TRAILER SFX: Custom / Private Samples, AVA Instinct, Cinematic Trailers Designed, Epic Sound Effects Quantum, Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.1, Juggernaut, Jaeger, Evolution Atlantica, AizerX Classic Trailers Toolkit, AizerX Trailer SFX Tools
- REVERB: ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer
- MIXING & MASTERING: iZotope Ozone 9 Advanced, iZotope Neutron, FabFilter Pro-Q3, FL Studio Plugins
- DAW: FL Studio 20
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💻 HARDWARE & PC SPECS:
- Desktop PC: 3.7 GHz Intel Core i7 8700k / 32GB DDR4 RAM / 2TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD
- Laptop PC: Asus ROG GLW752 (2.6GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ / 16GB DDR4 RAM / 1TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD)
- Audio Interface: M-Audio M-Track Plus
- MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Keystation 49 MkIII

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@bibibobs 6 жыл бұрын

"Just an idea" - Gets blown away

@johnespy585 6 жыл бұрын

Lol facts

@filiphron3147 6 жыл бұрын

He's just trolling us. Epic way. :P

@majorpain4206 6 жыл бұрын

Doesn't really have anything to do with the content of the video itself, but: I just wanted to say 'thank you' really quick for all your time and effort (and skills) you're putting in your videos. I subbed like a year ago thanks to the Apocalpysis Noctis Orchestration but didn't get around to check out the tutorials due to lack of time and motivation, but I'm currently working myself through them and I really love your work. It's really helping a lot and I appreciate it very much. (Also, your Green Hill Zone Remake just killed me completely. An additional thank you for creating such pieces of work, there's nothing that can make me as emotional as music and you're doing a great job with getting me to that point :D)

@WayanAyama 6 жыл бұрын

This is actually how I keep myself going! I just make sure that every day I open my computer at least once to work on something, even if it doesn't end up going for long. If I have no major songs I want to work on, I try to make something new, and if I don't like it, I don't force myself into frustration by trying to finish it. But I still attempt, so I'm still keeping my creative muscles active. That, and the freedom of just trying something new can inspire some incredible ideas I never would've come up with otherwise

@jugglerkkev 6 жыл бұрын

that song sounded so thomas bergersen xD well done! luckily i never had this experience of a writers block, but what i generally do, especially after a huge track, is taking a few days break from music before doing the next, i just need that to recharge my inspiration a bit.

@epiczeven6378 6 жыл бұрын

Wise words. Sometimes we forget about the joy of "just making music" and not adding all the adicional preassures. I usually feel like I´m "weak" for not being able to make a song with a billion instruments and lots of powerful parts, It´s good to see that you are Human too :p

@AlexMoukala 6 жыл бұрын

And you need to take into account that it's not the number of tracks that makes the song great. It's better to have a simple song that makes sense rather than a complex song that sounds like chaos. Beginners usually go for the latter to impress, and they end up with the worst results they can muster. Focus on the simple, but effective stuff. Leave complex ideas for later.

@epiczeven6378 6 жыл бұрын

So true! It blows my mind to hear how much they did with most NES soundtracks back in the days, with only 3 sounds at the same time and white noise for drums... Simple can be very powerful as well! always enjoy your vids :)

@mirzaaljic 6 жыл бұрын

I completely agree, this works for me as well. I have been experiencing some burnout for the past 6 months and exercises like these can make all the difference.

@farisfirdaus4744 5 жыл бұрын

The 'pressure from friends' thing is so accurate. The more they expect from me, somehow, the less ideas I have. Because of that I really just decided to stop music, in which, it has been about a year now. I'm not a music producer or anything, it's just as a hobby, but the fact that the 'fire' that used to be in me to just make some music is just, gone.... make's me feel kinda miserable. Your method of overcoming this writer's block seems interesting and somehow inspiring. I'll be giving this a shot.

@pancakeforge 6 жыл бұрын

ALEX ILY! CONGRATS ON THE DRIVING TEST!

@RosentwigMusic 6 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. Kind of in a similar situation rn. If you really do start making synthwave, let me know :D

@MichaelMaurice 6 жыл бұрын

Synthwave ftw!

@enisruznic5918 6 жыл бұрын

I don't make this type of music, but I still love how u do it! Alot of Inspiration

@IamINERT 2 жыл бұрын

I released my first EP a month ago and having writer's block. thanks I will try

@matthewvalle5142 5 жыл бұрын

totally me! i already do this but never new why. Definitely helpful and insightful.

@aaroncostello4845 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah i get this.. its like your setting out to do something simple and you do it.. builds some confidence and then you can go from there. Nice video Alex!

@JabbaDG 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex :)

@brodiemarshall4031 6 жыл бұрын

This could not have come at a better time ! Thank you for this video thats amazing advice, thanks !

@gesslr 6 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot of great insights here, Alex. Thanks! :)

@Lightning4554 6 жыл бұрын

Finally a new video 👍 nice job Alex

@TimothyShortellMusic 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video Alex, this is exactly how I've been feeling recently. Maybe I'll give this a try.

@Fabi-es1xy 3 жыл бұрын

Hey there, the winner of the Thomas Bergersen Grant :D

@musa4060 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Ales, I firstly want to thank you for all your amazing videos. They are very helpful and informative. I´m just wondering if you have a tutorial on how to use Kontakt 5 as a beginner. From your videos, I feel like you have a very good knowledge of Kontakt 5 and how to use in properly in FL Studio (Daw I am also using). Making a series of how to use Kontakt 5 as a beginner will help so many of us (beginner producer). I hope you see this message. Love your videos :)

@SamuelTornqvist 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this great idea.

@dennisbaptistBE 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@StanislavMitrenga1993 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Alex ! I have like tons of music unreleased and like you said there are some good ideas amongs it :)

@GdZ_Music 4 жыл бұрын

Duuuude! This is insane!

@Nicoladen1 4 жыл бұрын

I did this for five years without ever finishing anything.. I now have over 500 projects of which most suck, but some have potential. Theoretically I could go back to alot of these and remake them now that I finally invested in some proper equipment and libraries

@snootboi6988 5 жыл бұрын

The ONLY Writer's block that I have is that Every time I try to compose I'm afraid that I might Copy another Composer's Song, And Everything I put down, Sounds Bad because I'm trying to compose in the Style of the SNES. P.S. I love your Work. :)

@AlexMoukala 5 жыл бұрын

That's 100% normal if you're just beginning, I used to have that a lot too. But just push through it and write the thing anyhow, if it becomes a cover, so be it. Eventually you'll start to write 100% original things.

@messiahblack4816 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful music Brotha....

@donaldsuitemusic8902 6 жыл бұрын

I compose everyday.Yeah I start something then trash it after a couple hrs.Then a couple of days I come up with something. Like, I'm impressed my Piano chops. In a track.Or Some days I watch and listen to Video's on You Tube.I learned something the other day from an Evanant Video.On different Chord progressions.

@mikaelplanefeldt4255 6 жыл бұрын

Nice one! Which choir-library is that one?

@mbkc5191 5 жыл бұрын

WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW i like it. Amazing Alex :)

@cinemailerreports204 6 жыл бұрын

Alex bro Studio one tutorial please

@xuhuiming2694 5 жыл бұрын

"Song in 70 hours in a day."

@user-rk9su7nj2m 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Alex I really like your videos! Just wanna suggest you to try making orchestration like Arkadia (violin : katali ) by Sakuzyo

@aakashr2101 5 жыл бұрын

I'm in this situation

@ShSmith 6 жыл бұрын

Are those Kontakt running? I use one and it starts to crackle. I have an i7 7700hq 8gb memory and a nvme drive

@notsnho Жыл бұрын

My problem isn’t writers block it’s I have no sounds. the music I want to make there’s no tools, samples, vsts, plugins, drums etc out there for me to work with.

@aniketpatil4111 6 жыл бұрын

hey alex. are east west hollywood libraries are good for composing orchestral music? i m going to buy them but need your suggestion and review about east west products...

@ChaozLife 6 жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks for new video. Can you recommend something to read about orchestral music? I mean books.

@AlexMoukala 6 жыл бұрын

Can't remember who it was, but a good composer once recommended me "The Study Of Orchestration". I still need to check it out tho.

@davidklemencz 6 жыл бұрын

Alex Moukala Samuel Adler👌🔥

@Fabi-es1xy 3 жыл бұрын

That song sounds pretty similar to Creation of Earth from Thomas Bergersen lmao

@vengadorsky 6 жыл бұрын

QUESTION: How do you get past the little music theory barries? Like counting tempo and Time signatures? When I ignore that stuff and I try to quantize my stuff, it gets all messed up! lol. How do you do it?

@AlexMoukala 6 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say tempo and time signature require you to study music theory to understand them. Rhythm is very primal. If you're totally lost however, study the basics on musictheory.net/ and then try to stick to 4/4 until you mastered that time signature. Then write a song in 4/4 using triplets. Then 3/4. Then 5/4 and then try to do crazy stuff.