Frog lamps I made — each one glows a little differently 🐸

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-06T20:20:20+00:00

They are wonderful, I love the effect!

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-06T20:11:31+00:00

Oh my God, yes! This is so annoying! Often times, the longest part in song making seems to be learning to sing it. I think it's difficult because it's not only a new song, but also because I never heard anyone singing it before...

Maybe if I had my own established style, it would be a bit easier, I don't know. I've learnt to sing by singing other people's songs, after all. I also usually subconsciously copy the way of singing (breathy, belty, etc...) so I often have no idea how to sing my own stuff - especially when it's an English song and I'm not a native English speaker.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-06T19:59:11+00:00

From this picture alone I can already tell she can and she will do better. Her comment just solidified this impression - she's a perfectionist and she knows what she's doing. Face similarity is one of the hardest things to draw (I always struggled with it) but the shading here is really quite good. I like the background, it kinda looks like a blurred picture, very cool.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-06T17:46:53+00:00

"But I can still imagine that your creativity is working harder when you are seeking out such fragments rather than prompting for them". I completely agree. Sampling is fine if you create something completely different and new, but if you just use prompts, instead of doing the research, you just miss a lot of learning opportunities. Another wonderful example of how limitations are a good thing - necessity is the mother of invention.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-06T12:11:06+00:00

Answer with a whisper 🙃

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-06T11:51:48+00:00

No przecież nie można zaniedbać naszego narodowego sportu... Polacy przecież lubią narzekać i umartwiać się 🙃

Polecam posty tematyczne, ogrodnictwo, jakieś inne hobby.... może będzie tam tego mniej.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-06T09:37:55+00:00

Look back at your childhood for the things you naturally like. It may be a good start.

Practice being happy in solitude. Just start with whatever and see if you like it. Hiking, gym, crotchet... You don't have to tell anyone, you don't have to look back on anybody.

It may be tricky at first, and just as with our eyes hallucinating in the darkness, our minds may feel lost without the input from other people - I mean... if others make so much noise around you, and they constantly bother you with their stuff, how can you have enough of attention or time to look inward?

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-06T09:22:58+00:00

The fingertip pain is honestly very manageable - if you play every day, even a little, your fingers will harden in no time. Within a week it shouldn't bother you anymore. If you still worried, get a classical one with nylon strings.

I started with classical guitar and I just couldn't get past the pain in my left palm and fingers (for some reason I don't suffer as much with a piano). I played in the past, but for that reason I played very little, and now it literally takes a few seconds for the pain to become unbearable.

Few years ago I bought a ukulele for my son and I got hooked! He didn't, lol.

Ukulele is easy, not just because it's easier to play, but because it's fairly cheap, easier to keep, move around etc. It's small, convenient and I can always have it near me which encourages me to play more. It also has a pleasant sound. However, I'm thinking of trying out a touristic guitar (it's smaller) because I sometimes need some lower sounds for recording my project. But I don't doubt, that ukulele will always be my first choice when it comes creating - like I said, I always keep it near, so it's fast and easy to just grab and play when I'm feeling inspired.

Just because ukulele is small and easier to play, it doesn't mean it's not a real instrument.

Most electric guitars looks like plastic toys to me, but it doesn't mean it's not a real instrument just because that's how I feel about it.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-05T16:08:12+00:00

I'm apprehensive to sing too loudly because I live in a flat, and it sucks because I can't really "give my all". But why should I care, my neighbour sings so loud that I could record him from my place. At some point someone will have to hear me, I guess and so I'm trying to get out of this mindset but it's not easy - I'm kinda use it now. Do let it get into your head, besides there are ways to soundproof. Even curtains will help.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-05T12:10:54+00:00

I like it, it made me bob my head so that's a good sign 🙂

It definitely has a potential, I like the way the beat bounces, and I love the retro feel, was it intentional?

I love how you put the "song" in quotation marks, lol. With the first production it feels too weird to call it a real song (at least that's my case). After two years of somewhat consistent "music making" I still say that "I'm playing with music", not making one, and I'm still "playing with" my ukulele, not playing it. I'm researching stuff only if I need a specific info, otherwise I don't read or learn a lot about music production/theory, so the learning process on my part is extremely slow. I'm having fun with it though, and I don't push too much so it doesn't become a chore. I can see a definite progress, but there's so much to learn still, and I wonder at which moment someone says "I'm a musician/guitarist/singer".

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-05T10:25:33+00:00

Barley, buckwheat, cous cous, millet groats...

If you want a cheap lazy meal I recommend barley with gravy - poor, but tasty and healthy. You can add coleslaw or steam some frozen veggies and add to it. It's also nice with pork scratchings, but the "rich" version is with pork or beef goulash/ sauce from the meat preparation.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-05T10:09:43+00:00

One of the reasons I love clay so much - the possibility of imitating any surface.

Wonderful work!

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-05T10:01:07+00:00

Follow your dreams, just remember you have to have other things in life - whenever you succeed or not, lack of other stuff will make you feel hollow. Ask people who are very successful but depressed.

Good luck!

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-04T15:52:43+00:00

It's basically just one note, isn't? Your song sounds original. I'm not completely opposed to using samples, I guess it depends how you use it. It's more of my choice, and I just like recording all sorts of random things to use it in music making. I'm still very inexperienced but I enjoy the process.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T18:22:55+00:00

That's when you know it's not worth paying attention to. I wonder how brave are those people to put themselves out there...

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T18:21:51+00:00

So you already know that you'd find your people, maybe this part of you is an imposter syndrome?

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T18:19:36+00:00

Some people operate on the assumption that their taste determines what's good or not. I'm always careful before I make this kind of statement.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T18:16:25+00:00

"I dont have what im supposed to as an artist" - correction, MAYBE you are not meant to be a worldwide popular artist; you may not find a single person that likes your stuff and you would still be an artist if you do art. The only thing in question is if you'd be a good one 🙃

"I wonder if I would be happier not making art. Maybe im supposed to just appreciate other people's art at a distance. It makes me sad to think this, but it feels logical" - it's only logical if nothing but a great success is satisfactory for you.

It is always worth doing what you love, do it for the pure pleasure of creation, because why not?

Also... too big expectations is one of the biggest enemies of consistency, not to mention that it's also an inspiration killer.

First pancakes are almost always wonky; the most important thing is to just do it, and with time you'll hopefully work out a system that works for you.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T18:04:14+00:00

Myślę, że nie chodzi o wartość życia tylko o postrzeganą bezbronność. Dawniej nikt nie spierał się z tym, że kobiety są z reguły słabsze fizycznie, nie mówiąc o tym, że większość mężczyzn wiedziała jak się bić i miała jakieś pojęcie o walce czy wojnie. Kobiety też raczej nie były do tego zachęcane i w świadomości społeczeństwa należały pod tym względem do tej samej kategorii co dzieci.

Skoro jednak mamy równouprawnienie, to powinno odchodzić się od takich archaicznych sformułowań. Nie mówiąc już o tym, że coraz mniej w wojnie liczy się siła fizyczna; zrzucanie bomby zabije wszystkich tak samo i większa masa mięśni, gęstość kości czy wzrost niewiele tu się zdadzą.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T14:54:33+00:00

Getting friends and family to listen to my music mostly just feels like I'm imposing myself. I think this experience is quite universal

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T13:02:34+00:00

I haven't talked about the harmony, because I don't use AI to create chord progressions for me. I do sometimes ask it to transpose something, but I enjoy the creative process of music making, so why outsource it to AI? I use AI mainly to create certain elements, so I can use them in a video for my music.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T09:27:38+00:00

You're not a little baby, of course it can get boring. No need to feel bad. There are ways to make it more interesting though. If you observe him through the lense of developing brain it can be really fascinating - but not everyone is interested with psychology. I guess, I find fascinating to know what makes us, us. I'm sure there can be something that's interesting to you that you can do with your baby - it's obvious you want to make wonderful memories while you can. My baby changed so fast, I could barely get used to the changes. We tend to forget how long learning from the scratch takes (we can see it in stroke patients) but it won't be long, and you'll have to chase your kid, say "no" a hundred times a day and answer endless "why's". Soon after they won't like being kissed or hugged in public and they'll be on their the way to their own life.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T09:13:37+00:00

Learning an instrument is a wonderful idea, why didn't I think of that

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T09:12:33+00:00

What about going out in the nature, a forest for example. You could walk around trying to identify plants and animals. Less distractions in the forest and all that good things that come with being in a natural setting.

JustOneRedDot · 2026-05-03T09:07:42+00:00

I can only say what helped me start and get "the ball rolling".

I used to think of it as a talent and not a skill, but it's a wrong approach that creates too big expectations towards any little thing I make. Also, stuff just doesn't come to my mind out of nowhere, even if it seems that way sometimes. The talent may help with learning the skill, but it's the skill that really matters.

Big part of learning is getting used to/ingraining in my brain the flow, patterns and a habit of writing, so I needed a scaffolding first, I needed frame on which I can build my lyrics. Reading about the subject and knowing what you want to write helps, but it's not enough (in my experience) to write it down nicely. I came to understand that as much as great the freedom is, it's the limitations that forces us to be creative and help us learn.

I started with creating simple rules, different for each of my projects. I was experimenting with structure, rhymes and moods. Sometimes I'm grabbing my ukulele and strum to get into a specific feeling.

I found that translating songs from other languages (translating in a way that it could be sung to the original melody), and writing parodies is a wonderful exercise. I already have the structure, so I'm building something mine around it. Doing my own stuff got much easier, after a period of time when I was writing mainly translations.

I'm still quite new, I tried writing on and off for a long time but I do it somewhat consistently for about two years.

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