I've opened my DAW (Reason), fiddled around for an hour or two, and closed without saving anything that sounds good for quite a few nights in a row now. I know awesome music does not just happen but I remember in the not so distant past I could get at least something neat done in a few hours (be it a synth setup, a drumkit pattern, a bassline). Now it is just knob here, slider there, try that sample, but I can't seem to get anything together. Wondering if I need a bigger break. I am not a professional but as a hobbyist, I'm quite frustrated.
Also not sure what happened when I upgraded my DAW version from Reason 4 to Reason 10. Everything from synths to drum machines and effects to which I'm used to are still there and usable, but the GUI seems to have become a real annoyance for me. I can't get **** done like I used to with the older GUI for some reason, even when the majority of Reason users say the new GUI is goddang awesome and so on. Can't really see anything specific in it which would make me perform worse (other than the new stupid default colors for the sequencer that are too light toned so you can't see anything properly without manual selections).