You’re locked down (again), overworked, and over it. You find 20 minutes after a 13+ hour day of working to sit in front of your Zynthian and/or other toys. You’re uninspired, foggy headed, totally frazzled, but determined to make some kind of “progress”.
What’s the best way to go about that?
If I’ve got a recently polished track in memory a bit of dub/mixing practice is fun, but I haven’t had the time to put into much at all recently so I end up polishing turds instead. Messing with synths is fun for a while, but although I’m learning / reinforcing concepts, it’s less fun without the context of a song. Starting from scratch is usually a waste of time when I’m so frazzled, and for me at least covering a track requires being inspired in the first place.
I’ll (hopefully) have more time when a couple of these projects finish up, but at the moment work is redic and I’ve got all these lovely toys and no energy to play with them. Tho the desire to explore is there, I’ve never been one to get much out anything if all I can do is of dip in and out, I need to be immersed, and that usually requires long periods of focus time, and energy to do it.
Any advice from more seasoned / well practiced musicians?