Phsychological Inertia

[arkjack]

One of the other areas of my training is "systematic innovation".... there are several concepts that are apropos to songwriting and recording... One of the biggies... overcoming psychological inertia.... which is an inability to look past.... our brains are not wired (especially in western academia) to get past what looks easy and simple.... kind of " this is what's there guess I have to use it..." an example is ... you buy a new house... and every room has 3 two socket outlets... so you have to go to the hardware store and get a jillion six or twelve outlet strips with a surge proteciton.... so you can handle all the electronic devices and appliances... nobody ever gets past the psychological inertia to realize that someone has to invent a twelve outlet wall socket with built in circuit and surge protection and there should be at least one on each walll...... So what kinds of psychological inertia have I been encountering in my music quest... ??first, the inability to let a song be retired.... its a great song.. it keeps getting rejected, I rewrite some lines... re record... resubmit... and return again... I fall in love with the tune and keep trying to make it into a hit... or forwardable track....The thing I should do is break the inertia and move on to a new song... put that one in my bag for me when I play out... . its my song.... The other area is recordings... you wrote the song, made the arrangement, laid down the tracks.... and have an investment of time... but the feedback comes back and now the track needs modification... psychological inertia kicks in... I have to salvage the best parts of the original tracks and since I can do non-destructive digital edits I can repair and modify... I wind up with a butcher job....What I should do is just start a new file and recut the tracks to the new arrangement... yeah, I might lose a riff or two from the original performance... but with punching maybe I can replay it just right, or... let it go and try and get something even better... and if that take doesn't make it... do it again... instead of falling in love with the original track....The idea is to pay attention to whether PI is getting in the way of your creativity. I've noticed I've had to do it myself , and thought the concept might be useful to my buddies here at the forum....Shoot!!!!!! @#$^%#$%$ I just realized that daylight savings just ended and suddenly its an hour later.... boogerz!!!!Chat wit y'all tomorrow..ArkJack