I used to love music. I really did. I played guitar for hours a day, studying every scale, mode, chord etc. that you could find listened to every record. I played for a while in a jazz fusion band. About five days ago I woke up, listened to some music, and I just got depressed. I can't explain it, but it brought me nothing but sadness where there was once unrequited joy. I tried again the next day, and the next day: the same. I just tried again, and it was even worse.
Am I done? Am I burned out? What's happening to me?
Start listening to harsh noise for a while until a love of music comes back to you
Nathan Wilson
maybe you should take your feelings and make music that comes from your heart. something truly meaningful.
Owen Fisher
Give it a little while, do something else. You'll come back in time, don't worry
Robert Evans
You realized that music theory is a meme and it's all subjective. Take some acid.
David Adams
This but unironically
Jayden Hernandez
>Am I burned out? I heard this can be a thing, so try taking a break >listened to some music, and I just got depressed I have depressed music to vibe to when I'm sad and I don't listen to it in other occasions
Julian Morgan
I work at a record store. I've been there for years. This has happened to me several times. You're just burnt out. It will come back. Give it some time.
Nathaniel Parker
Listen to something wild. Completely outside your comfort zone. A musical evolution approaches.
Xavier Evans
I wasn't being ironic to begin with. Harsh noise always gets me back to enjoying regular music This is also a possibility, and kinda half what I'm saying. I'm saying specifically harsh noise, but listening to anything completely wild and outside of your comfort zone might help
What do you listen to? Give me maybe ten artists that you listen to more than anything else. I'll rec you something wildly opposite of that, or something wildly more challenging.
Noah Brooks
I think it's time to tackle onkyo-kei, user
Asher Ward
Give it a break. Listen to music you don't usually listen to and give yourself some time to miss playing guitar and listening to what you used to
Landon Thomas
Not OP, bit I'd like some of your recs, please: My top 10 listened to artists: >Def Leppard (high and dry album only) >Grateful Dead (mostly early 70s era) >Motley Crue (first two albums) >Jefferson Airplane (live mostly) >Lily Allen (first album) >The Kinks (anything up until Victoria) >Brian Jonestown Massacre >The Clash (first two albums) >Jesus and Mary Chain (first two albums) >Howard Roberts
I generally prefer the rawness of early stuff from bands, as opposed to the super slick over produced later stuff
its called depression and its gotten so bad that your main coping technique has stopped working.
alternatively - you might just be bored of the typical music you listen to. Try something different.
Grayson Wood
>Howard Roberts >Grateful Dead
I recognize you from the other thread lol.
Michael Nelson
Peking opera is the weirdest shit I've ever heard, and I saw a real live performance in China
Caleb Roberts
Thanks man
Yeah, that's me, haha
Ryder Jenkins
that's depression. try playing just to play and exploring your voice. try listening to stuff until something actually moves you. theory and chops are a means not an end - it's great that you have skills, now figure out what your voice is and hone that. seek new.
