Ever feel overwhelmed?  Too much going on or a problem too big or complex to really be solved on the surface?  We have.  In fact it’s happened many times with the DG project and here’s what we do to try and shake things up at our studio...

1. 1. Thanks to a few kind souls out there in the internetverseweb, there’s a site out there that allows you to access random OBLIQUE STRATEGIES created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt to help artists challenge themselves and overcome obstacles when dealing with their work.  Check out the site I use often here.
   

2. 2.When everything fails or seems too big, I resort to writing it down on my wipeboard or creating a flowchart.  Write down what the problem is and think of strategies to get around or solve it.  This has helped us in a number of ways!  Check out the following flowcharts I took pictures of over the last few weeks when we ran into brain drain here in NYC. 
   

Usually this method ends up inspiring me quite a bit more than if I let the thoughts roll around in my head.  When in doubt, WRITE IT DOWN!  You’ll thank yourself later, trust me!

We used these when we ran into problems with line noise in the studio, ran into writer’s block with a track we’re working on currently and when we needed to take down steps needed when syncing two laptops to each other via a wireless network in Ableton Live.