Producing media and art takes an extreme strain on body, mind, and soul.
Overly lengthy production sessions often leave me in a slightly (or more than slightly) confused or disoriented state, and this can lead to a lack of attention to possible dangers, and other issues.
Here are 5 cases where producing music (or projects) might have killed me.
Btw: no drug or substance abuse was involved in any of these. It's just that I go "all-in" with my mind when I focus on something.
As I got older I began to reflect on these, and try to do a more balanced and healthy approach to creativity.
1. Speedcore Excess (album on Speedcore Worldwide, and nomen est omen, I guess)
Was still dizzy and dazed after a 4 hour non-stop production session, so I made a traffic error on my bike and was nearly crushed by two incoming cars. In the end I just got a few bruises.
2. Slowcore Revolutions
Tried to cut my toe-nails (!) in between a production session that lasted for several hours. Accidentally cut into my flesh, and the bleeding was very hard to stop.
3. Summertime Hardcore Mixmarathon
tried to pull a bit of skin from underneath my soles, accidentally ripped it off, started to bleed, didn't treat it well, became infected, sepsis, needed to go to ER and got on antibiotics.
doctor said a little bit of rest might have done the trick, but i did not rest, because of the work on this project.
4. Slowcore Compilation part 1
Felt very strange and sick after corona vaccination, didn't go to the doctor and thought it would go away on its own, and eventually it did.
Later i realized that that not all corona complications are harmless, and it might have been dangerous and it would have been much better if i went to the doctor for it, but in my "doomcore mindset" at that time i was not able to think like this.
5. doors to the pleasures album (aka doors to heaven and hell)
got corona for real now, and felt even more sick.
did not take care of this properly, for similar reasons as above.
during my feverish nightmares, i actually had a dream where "my ancestors" were coming to me. in my dream, i asked them if this meant i was going to die, and they said: "no".
there were many, many, many more cases, but i will stop for now.
this topic might seem a bit more morbid than usual, but to my defense, some of things i listed are quite commonplace amongst the population. like the "i don't want to go to the doctor even if i'm extremely sick" mindset. i have seen completely sober, fluffy pop-loving business, academic, office clerk types with that attitude. so it doesn't take a "doomcore head" for this to happen.
either way, maybe there is something we can learn from such incidents, which is that it is important to watch and take care of one's health, both bodily and mental health. that a person should neither strain the one nor the other. and to go to the doctor and / or talk to your friends about your problems (if you have any problems, but i am sure that you do).
it could make all the difference in the world, you know?
Overly lengthy production sessions often leave me in a slightly (or more than slightly) confused or disoriented state, and this can lead to a lack of attention to possible dangers, and other issues.
Here are 5 cases where producing music (or projects) might have killed me.
Btw: no drug or substance abuse was involved in any of these. It's just that I go "all-in" with my mind when I focus on something.
As I got older I began to reflect on these, and try to do a more balanced and healthy approach to creativity.
1. Speedcore Excess (album on Speedcore Worldwide, and nomen est omen, I guess)
Was still dizzy and dazed after a 4 hour non-stop production session, so I made a traffic error on my bike and was nearly crushed by two incoming cars. In the end I just got a few bruises.
2. Slowcore Revolutions
Tried to cut my toe-nails (!) in between a production session that lasted for several hours. Accidentally cut into my flesh, and the bleeding was very hard to stop.
3. Summertime Hardcore Mixmarathon
tried to pull a bit of skin from underneath my soles, accidentally ripped it off, started to bleed, didn't treat it well, became infected, sepsis, needed to go to ER and got on antibiotics.
doctor said a little bit of rest might have done the trick, but i did not rest, because of the work on this project.
4. Slowcore Compilation part 1
Felt very strange and sick after corona vaccination, didn't go to the doctor and thought it would go away on its own, and eventually it did.
Later i realized that that not all corona complications are harmless, and it might have been dangerous and it would have been much better if i went to the doctor for it, but in my "doomcore mindset" at that time i was not able to think like this.
5. doors to the pleasures album (aka doors to heaven and hell)
got corona for real now, and felt even more sick.
did not take care of this properly, for similar reasons as above.
during my feverish nightmares, i actually had a dream where "my ancestors" were coming to me. in my dream, i asked them if this meant i was going to die, and they said: "no".
there were many, many, many more cases, but i will stop for now.
this topic might seem a bit more morbid than usual, but to my defense, some of things i listed are quite commonplace amongst the population. like the "i don't want to go to the doctor even if i'm extremely sick" mindset. i have seen completely sober, fluffy pop-loving business, academic, office clerk types with that attitude. so it doesn't take a "doomcore head" for this to happen.
either way, maybe there is something we can learn from such incidents, which is that it is important to watch and take care of one's health, both bodily and mental health. that a person should neither strain the one nor the other. and to go to the doctor and / or talk to your friends about your problems (if you have any problems, but i am sure that you do).
it could make all the difference in the world, you know?
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