Limiting Your Limitations
Limitations can be a fantastic device for pushing your work into directions you would never have taken on your own. When I get stuck for inspiration I will often pick out a challenge to take me outside my comfort zone. The trick to it is knowing at what point to abandon the limitation.
When I create a track based on limitations I usually hit a tipping point where I must decide: is it is better to keep the limitations or to abandon them to make the best track I can? I would suggest that the later is always the correct choice. I believe to willfully chose not to push a song to it’s full potential is missing the point of why we create in the first place.