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Always Crashing In The Same DAW

from What I did in February by Chris Harris

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My install of LIve 10 had become increasingly unstable during January. Reinstalling it (after I wrote this, naturally) fixed the problem.

I am now happily using Live 11.

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Got out of bed this morning
Gathered up my wits
and fired up the big machine
to start the work of changing
soundbites into bits
what happened wasn't altogether unforeseen

I just clicked on "save" but I'm beginning to suspect
I'm going to find these best-laid plans have just been wrecked

I know that even if I get my files back
They won't sound like they did before
And I'll be missing all my best performance tracks
I'm always crashing in the same DAW

As my controller
starts pretending it's not there
the muse collapses at my feet
I pause to offer
an exasperated prayer
then hit CTRL and ALT-DELETE

No helpful error message
to explain what's wrong
The program simply goes away
I sit here in amongst
the wreckage of a song
while my remaining hair turns grey

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from What I did in February, released March 14, 2021

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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