Firstly, there should be no reason to feel/be uncreative or un-experimental in your genre. But here I go...
Recently, I've taken a natural break from producing Hip-Hop. I've been making something else I've been enjoying listening to, which I consider in some ways to be more 'experimental'.
I've found this very freeing.
I've noticed, that, firstly, to try and get into this vibe of creating, I need to first let go of my habits from making hip-hop. That goes from how I make/create my drums, to sound selection;
The interesting thing I noticed here, is how many drum sounds/kits I have that I've previous dismissed as being crap/no good, or kicks I've just thought aren't worthy, snares/claps too... suddenly I'm like, wow these are actually decent sounds.
This made me realise (even more so), just how fussy, peculiar I am about my drums when making hiphop (and probably the rest of the beat too. You can end up having too much 'expectation' of what sound you should be using, or how that sound should sound. Like you can often end up overlooking sounds, because it doesn't fit that ingrained criteria you've developed/adopted for your genre.
Obviously, there is good reason for it, you probably don't want to use a really thin, non compressed rock kick for a hiphop beat with an EDM snare. (maybe you do, but you get the point). But maybe overtime this can become a bit too embedded in your mind. Your criteria becomes far too specific, that maybe you become far too conventional within your genre, or even within your own style.
I feel this whole concept is likely more relevant to people who have been beatmaking for ages. Even if you consider yourself to be someone who experiments, doesn't conform etc.
Maybe I've only been able to notice this, as the music in the genre I'm making can often be closely linked to hip-hop, but without the limiting expectations of what it has to be.
Kinda writing this, incase it stirs thought in some of you who maybe need to hear it or think about it, incase it might be useful.
Recently, I've taken a natural break from producing Hip-Hop. I've been making something else I've been enjoying listening to, which I consider in some ways to be more 'experimental'.
I've found this very freeing.
I've noticed, that, firstly, to try and get into this vibe of creating, I need to first let go of my habits from making hip-hop. That goes from how I make/create my drums, to sound selection;
The interesting thing I noticed here, is how many drum sounds/kits I have that I've previous dismissed as being crap/no good, or kicks I've just thought aren't worthy, snares/claps too... suddenly I'm like, wow these are actually decent sounds.
This made me realise (even more so), just how fussy, peculiar I am about my drums when making hiphop (and probably the rest of the beat too. You can end up having too much 'expectation' of what sound you should be using, or how that sound should sound. Like you can often end up overlooking sounds, because it doesn't fit that ingrained criteria you've developed/adopted for your genre.
Obviously, there is good reason for it, you probably don't want to use a really thin, non compressed rock kick for a hiphop beat with an EDM snare. (maybe you do, but you get the point). But maybe overtime this can become a bit too embedded in your mind. Your criteria becomes far too specific, that maybe you become far too conventional within your genre, or even within your own style.
I feel this whole concept is likely more relevant to people who have been beatmaking for ages. Even if you consider yourself to be someone who experiments, doesn't conform etc.
Maybe I've only been able to notice this, as the music in the genre I'm making can often be closely linked to hip-hop, but without the limiting expectations of what it has to be.
Kinda writing this, incase it stirs thought in some of you who maybe need to hear it or think about it, incase it might be useful.
