Need some advice/methods for overcoming long term writer's block

I find it perfectly normal to get writer's block, but what about block when it comes to specific tracks for long periods of time?

I've been working on this track on and off since... September, and I cannot do anything meaningful past the point which you hear:

https://soundcloud.com/evoava-2/wip-3000001-er-major-writers-block

I really like the ideas in this track, but I'm having trouble expanding the track. Everytime I do I end up getting rid of the days progress as it sounds worse, or the melody I come up with or replace is a bunch of meh. I'm also having trouble finding melodies that could compliment the track. It's so weird, I've never had this trouble on ANY other tracks. I could probably not have the writers block issue if I decided to abandon the track and just move on, but I'm stubborn and feel like my writer's block has issued me a direct challenge.

So I've asked people on the track to suggest things I could do in the track so many I could find one thing that would allow me to move on.

But I am also wondering, especially for watmm, if anyone has run into this issue before, where they've had a track or tracks they had trouble expanding for months, and then out of nowhere perhaps inspiration struck?

I know you said you were too stubborn but I'd give up.

1) You are putting energy and time into something that is not working, which could be used to create something better and new.

2) I find allowing ideas to go on over time is ultimately fruitless as it becomes hard and harder to get into the mindset of when you originally started, and thus each new iteration doesn't really maintain a continuity, but rather lead to numerous alterations that never really satisfy.

3) I would however, keep it and never listen to it until such time that you can't actually remember it. Then listen to it. You will probably find yourself hearing it in a completely different way and with a bit of luck you might be struck with some creativity. I sometimes experience this. At the very least I can tell whether or not it is even worth the time to complete a track.

FYI: 2:01 onwards is clearly the best bit for me so I'd use that as the basis for a track.

  On 3/21/2016 at 10:43 PM, b born droid said:

I know you said you were too stubborn but I'd give up.

 

1) You are putting energy and time into something that is not working, which could be used to create something better and new.

 

2) I find allowing ideas to go on over time is ultimately fruitless as it becomes hard and harder to get into the mindset of when you originally started, and thus each new iteration doesn't really maintain a continuity, but rather lead to numerous alterations that never really satisfy.

 

3) I would however, keep it and never listen to it until such time that you can't actually remember it. Then listen to it. You will probably find yourself hearing it in a completely different way and with a bit of luck you might be struck with some creativity. I sometimes experience this. At the very least I can tell whether or not it is even worth the time to complete a track.

 

 

FYI: 2:01 onwards is clearly the best bit for me so I'd use that as the basis for a track.

yeah happens all the time. definitely just this one down and work on something new. don't think about it or listen to it. maybe pick it back up like 4 months from now. if you can't work on anything new, then try just trying to copy a song. take a track u like and just try to make the exact same song form the ground up, you will not be able to do make the exact same song and when it goes loopy you will end up a whole new song to work on.

Some tracks can fool you into thinking you have writer's block when you don't, keep that in mind.. and if you are supposed to finish it then you will eventually, it can take years in some cases. you don't have to finish every idea right away. my two cents

Come up with some kind of bridge. Sounds like you are going for a tussy vibe. So yeah make a hard left with the melodies and maybe the tambres. Then come back?

Thanks for the advice, I finally 'broke through' the writers block last night, it was a great 4 hours :)