Cant make own stuff 5y into producing :(
Hi! I know this is a pretty generic question, but I’ve been feeling really lost when it comes to making my own music, and I’d really appreciate any advice on dealing with creative block.
For some context I’ve been learning a bit of piano and harmony for a few years, and I started producing about 5 years ago (which sometimes makes me feel insecure about my progress). Around 3 years ago I got really into dubstep and sound design, mainly inspired by Skrillex and Virtual Riot and also melodic riddimish stuff.
For a long time I focused on making remakes to learn how to use DAWs and Serum, and I feel like I’ve built a quitr decent technical foundation but now I don’t know how to turn that into making my own original music.
For the past few months I’ve been trying to stop doing remakes and push myself to compose, but I feel completely stuck, Idon’t know where to start, I get lost in sound design, I end up unintentionally copying existing tracks and if i try to make anything to ser where it goes i end up producing genres that i dont like because i dont have a main goal from the start. It feels like I don’t have enough creativity or I’m missing something.
Do you usually know what you want to make before opening the DAW? Do you “hear” music in your head, or does it come naturally while experimenting? How did you transition from remakes to making original music?
Any advice would help a lot thxx