hey wat up! hows the rest of your tour been?
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hey wat up! hows the rest of your tour been?
Good! I'm back in LA now missing everyone, especially Spinsta =( Sussing out the next gig tho; looking like i'll be out there come November.
sweet! lookin forwards to that! my birthdays in november. i request a riot :p
well ever since i got into djing i am testing out stuff, coding my midi controller, reading this forum .. sleep is much reduced.
at any rate, the most important thing is to make the most of the sleep you do get. the key is to ensure that you never interrupt a REM phase. usually we need 2-3 REM phases per day .. dont remember exactly, but a REM phase including leadup time is around 1.5 to 2.5 hours, healthy adults usually need 6-7 hours of sleep per night. the good news is that with a little getting used to .. you can break up those REM phases across an entire day. some people claim its actually better to always just sleep one REM phase at a time.
i dont have one of those, but there are alarm clocks and software tools that monitor your movements while you sleep with a camera. based on this information and the time you want to wake up at the latest, they can determine if they need to ring the alarm early, so that you do not have to be woken up in the middle of a REM phase.
that would be awesome. Maybe I will try this, sleeping three times daily. I am always more productive at night, barring the amazing power of the internet there are fewer distractions.
any addiction is a bad thing, to creativity or otherwise.
i agree with comments said before. cut caffeine, stop smoking, creative a scheduled bedtime and stick to it. it will take several weeks to get into the routine and for your body to get used to it. but eventually you wont need to look at the time before your body will let you know when it is time to sleep. remember, your health, family and dayjob are more important then your creative process. you have to prioritize.
Sleep is overrated.
Not trying to Hi-Jack this one, but wanted to point out that addiction is not a bad thing. People with addictive personalities, Addicts , can never overcome addiction. Rather the way to cope with it is to replace unhealthy addictions with healthy ones, like going to the gym.Quote:
Originally Posted by djalexlaine
I had many sleep problems as well, but would like to point out that going to the gym was a huge help for me. It wears your body out and makes you feel great at the same time. Shouldnt have any problems after that, plus i usually feel very creative after the gym cause i got my endorphins kicking!
+1 All of what Summervest said. Oddly enough, while I have been able to get to sleep easier because of this, it has also allowed me to stay up much later if needed without being under "certain influences".Quote:
Originally Posted by rvltion909
Also, if you want to start making yourself go to bed early, turn off all sources of bright light in your house an hour before you want to go to bed. This includes TVs and computer monitors. Having light present tells your brain that it still needs to remain active. If you remove the light earlier in the night and reintroduce it earlier in the morning, you can change your "sleep timer" in your brain. There are many good programs about this on the Discovery and Science channel, but I don't remember what they were called.
OT - my personal quit smoking program was nicknamed "Packs for Tracks". It also included the pill and patches, but was mostly a mental game. Instead of spending 6 bucks fa day for a pack, I can now buy an extra .wav track on top of what I normally would, and still put nearly $100 a month away for new gear, just on the money saved from not smoking. Turning my real obsession into a means to get rid of a nasty and expensive habit.
yea, I dont smoke. I try to hit the gym for at least an hour 3 days a week. I do love me some caffein and ever since I started taking melatonin (3+yrs now) I dont have trouble falling or staying asleep.
Its a double edged sword. Either get some sleep, join the rest of the world and not spend enough time on my passions. Or... be a walking zombie in a state of mind that is unhealthy for me and others around me. (queue violin music)
If I were smart enough I'd find a way to literlly make it impossible (or VERY inconveinient) to have the net and certain electrical outlets active at certain times of the night
(yea, that will happen)