Does anybody else hate everything they produce?

[Ermz]

Tends to depend. I can usually tell when something has lived up to its full potential or not. Most often, due to shoddy tracking techniques it never gets a chance, and as a result I always hear the end product as a compromise, which leads to quiet rage.

 

[Harry Hughes]

In general I think I suck at EVERYTHING I do really

 

[DolphinSplatter]

I don't really produce anything. I just record bands.
But I love every band that I record. Even if the mix isn't stellar, I love their songs and listen to them on a daily basis.
<3

 

[-Loco-]

In all honesty i wouldn't say i had a fixed sound in mind. Haha therefore I am fucked. I always find referencing guitars in a mix a bit of an aural illusion because they are made in context with the other components.

 

[Freak Of Metal]

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. - Thomas Edison

So true! Complete and utter satisfaction kills your drive and is the death of an artist.

 

[Charles J]

Tends to depend. I can usually tell when something has lived up to its full potential or not. Most often, due to shoddy tracking techniques it never gets a chance, and as a result I always hear the end product as a compromise, which leads to quiet rage.

QUIET RAGE! That's the perfect explanation, haha. Actually even thinking about hearing my older mixes gives me terrible anxiety. It takes a whule before I can really listen without cringing, no matter how badass I thought it sounded in the moment or how good it really does sound.

 

[JayB]

Not really , I actually quite dig the stuff I produce , but yeah a month or so later you always find that something is wrong with it... that's not a bad thing ! Just means you are constantly learning and getting better. If you mixes sounded WORSE over time and the old stuff sounded better , then I would be concerned...

 

[dcb]

i get sick of everything i do very very fast. esp my own stuff. i guess thats just the nature of things. if wed all LOVE what we do, we'd pretty much not develope into any direction.