If he was depressed then how was he motivated to keep making songs?

>>68857814
writing was the only thing keeping him alive

>hurr

He was probably schizophrenic. Had EST, once.

>>68857814
He did quite a bit of drugs, so that probably helped.

He only made 3 albums, that's pretty pathetic. Artists who aren't prolific aren't really worth your time, anon.

This seems like the perfect opportunity to shamelessly plug my shit.

https://soundcloud.com/appleavenue/things-behind-the-sun-nick-drake-cover

>>68857871
you sound like you have a mustache. do you have a mustache, anon?

>>68857866
Source?

>>68857967
Literally his Wikipedia page.

>Drake began to smoke cannabis, and that spring he travelled with friends to Morocco, where, according to travelling companion Richard Charkin, "that was where you got the best pot". He most likely began using LSD while in Aix, and lyrics written during this period—in particular for the song "Clothes of Sand"—are suggestive of an interest in hallucinogens.

He was undergoing treatment, also, as >>68857868 pointed out he didn't exactly write a lot when he was alive.

>>68858029
Well he wouldn't have wrote a lot once he was dead. Unless he was making decaycore.

>>68857871
Guitar work is excellent but your voice makes it hard to make this work.

>>68858029
he still wrote way more than since he's dead though

>>68857871
great guitar
what tuning are you playing in?
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/n/nick_drake/things_behind_the_sun_ver2_tab.htm
is this a good tab?

>>68858029
>3 albums in 6 years
not so bad tho

>>68858254
It's standard, capo 4.

I use this site:

http://www.chrish.ndo.co.uk/

It's not perfect, but I tweak them when I can tell they're wrong.

there's a big difference between real depression and le sad boy depression used to sell your image as with him

>>68858453
there is no way "Parasite" is the product of someone being wicked sad for a living. That's as dark as it gets.

>>68858453
Retard

>refused to perform live
>refused to promote
>wouldn't leave room for days
>fits

Also,

>>68858264
*3 years

Five Leaves Left was released in '69; Pink Moon in '72.

>>68857814

He'd only write and play when he wasn't depressed. Otherwise he was doing nothing all day while smoking pounds of weed

>>68857814
To add onto what everyone else has said, Nick also believed he was going to make it big. He had ambitions, and he thought success would make him rich and happy. Of course that didn't happen and all his albums were commercial failures.

>>68859421
o fugg, that sounds like me

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We could ask the same question for...

>>68857814
He didn't have /r9k/

>>68859498
If he thought that he would make it big, why did he not play live and isolated himself?

>>68859531
God damn am I glad I managed to leave that place

>>68858453
why would he commit suicide then

>>68859588
Every part of 4chan is just /r9k/ with different themes Tbh

Normal, happy people do NOT use imageboards and forums.

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>>68859553
Who knows, we never got much psychoanalysis on Nick. He probably had bad stage fright or general anxiety. And the isolation was probably due to his depression. He did actually play live a few times though, and even on a television show. Unfortunately no recordings have survived of them, but this video (pic related) from a festival Nick was confirmed to have played at supposedly shows him walking around.

>>68859616
disagree I'm happy as hell it's just like 97% of you who are miserable fucks

>>68859631
You're probably still not normal though.

>>68859620
Its slender nigga

>>68859643
No one's normal senpai, unless you mean bland

>>68859631
Come off it. You're not happy. Nobody here is happy. Why else come here. You just might be less pathetic than the regulars at /r9k/.

he didn't have the stress reliever of calling people on 4chan cucks

>>68859673
I come here because no one at uni has a broad enough taste in music for me to discuss with them
Also because I get bored

>>68859616
Most boards don't focus on propagating people to isolate themselves from society to fit in (to the extent of r9k at least)

>>68859689
Do you think he'd do that?
His eyes just don't scream "ree" to me

>>68859723
yeah they do
>plebeian / patrician
>if you like normie superhero movies you're a faggot
>everything about /pol/

>>68858014
Doing hallucinogens if you're depressed/schizophrenic is not such a good idea

>>68859526
He rarely wrote anything after 1992. Most of the songs for In Utero were actually written in 1990 and 1991.

>>68859771
I said most, you're just listing some of the many boards.

>Pleb/Patrician
The only real plebs are the ones taking everything strangers on the internet tell them to heart.

>>68859553
imagine fucking up in front of a live audience

>>68857814
Good Point
>tfw I know that feel

>>68859795
seriously this, especially if your situation is your own fault
pot can help, and good MDMA can have some therapeutic value if used wisely, but hallucinogens will show you everything right in your face, with all that entails, and you can't run

>>68859915
Nobody notices really.

>>68859795
>>68859928
all that happened to me was i got paranoid about my friends, shit like "wah they don't like me!!!"

it was annoying but the body-high and visuals were worth it

>>68859915
So he thought that he would make it big without performing live? I mean when people say they want to make it in the industry the first thing they imagine is usually playing to massive crowds.

>>68859964
I mean it's not that inconceivable. Around the time he was starting The Beatles had quit playing live completely and were garnering even more acclaim than when they did used to play.

And if he stuck around a few more years he would've seen that exact success he was hoping for. Such a shame really,.

>>68859915
people are fucking stupid so you can play it off unless you completely stop playing.

>>68859421
But did he get the money?

>>68859943
>>68860049
have you guys ever had anxiety?
It tricks you into assuming the worst.

>>68859963
>all drug experiences are the same
grow up pls

>>68860064
Oh I used to beat myself up over it for months whenever it happened, audience just compliments you though.

>>68860028
Good point, completely forgot The Beatles, although I can't think of any other bands that didn't perform at the time and were successful

>>68860081
>counter-point to "if you have depression or anxiety and do hallucinogens you'll be Daniel Johnston for the rest of your life!!"
>claiming i was generalizing all experiences

the world is not made for shy and quiet people
it sucks

>tfw tried to kill myself same way as nick
is amitriptyline overdose for true patricians?

>>68858505
>pee in a bottle and wouldn't leave room for days
Wtf I love Nick Drake now.

>>68860291
You can't listen to "patrician" music if you're dead

>>68859631
no one cares

>>68859498
How he wasn't homeless? Did he live with his parents?

>>68857848
you need food and shelter and stuff too

>>68859616
yeah pretty much. 4chan very much has a culture, and while there are differences beteeen boards there are a lot of common themes throughout the whole website. (lack of a significant other, poor sex life, social outcast, or even just being different than most people, sexual depravity, sexual degeneracy, satirical, mild and also exaggerated bigotry) the list goes on.

>>68860398
Yes, for the most part

>>68857814
His last album was recorded over 3 years before he died

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>>68860398
Yeah, his parents were well off. His father was an engineer and both of them were musically inclined, so they probably created a very good environment for Nick to foster his interests. Nick did live with his parents toward the end of his life too.

He wasn't depressed while writing music, he got depressed because his albums didn't sell well. I think he was a bit understood as well, he was extremely shy and I believe many people mistook his introverted behavior as depression

Actually going to visit his hometown of Tanworth-in-Arden this weekend, see where he's buried and what he grew up and lived around and stuff. Should be an experience

>>68859620
Nigga was a giant, fucking nephilimcore.

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Post Nicks

>>68860051
prali naht broh

>>68860051
*Actually, I meant WHERE did he get the money for food, rent and stuff, since he didn't performance.

>>68861418
Fav pic, up to now.

>>68859795
I think in general this is solid advice but you should speak for yourself.

Bump for interest

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>>68863232
What do you want to know, anon?

>>68858099
mmm i think the voice is good too

>>68863251
I'd like to see a picture of him from 1973 or 1974, apparently the depression made his apperance change quite a bit.

>>68862192
damn that's a beautiful pic

>>68860497
probably this, i have the same problem

>>68859795
duh, that's why he eventually ended up dead, they didn't help him in the end

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>>68863325
Hmmm, I don't think I have ever seen from that time. A few probably exist but aren't released. Here's a family picture.

>>68859620
>tall
>sexy
>talented
but why was Nick so fucking miserable

>>68863544
cuz he never had any hoors to bang

>>68863703
damn...

People are multi-dimensional, you know. No one is 100% sad, and no one is 100% happy. You should know this since you're a human yourself, I assume.

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me on the right

>>68858453
OP has a legitimate point though.
True depression eats all motivation to create.

I have the ability, equipment, and material to record a full-length album, and depression makes it difficult for me to even find the energy to even plug my audio interface in at all.

>>68863750
you can't be this stupid
we know that capt. obvious, but there's this thing called depression, no, not 14 years old attention whores tier sadness, i eman real depression, is a thing you know?

>>68863841
how about this
>>68860497

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>>68863766
From what I remember I think that photo was taken in New York, and of course Nick never came to America. Also that guy is like the same height as Lennon, and Nick was 6'3". Apparently Nick did have a friend that worked for John Lennon, but I don't think they ever met.

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Here's a picture of Nick performing live

>>68859915
You'd be taking your knickers down and hoofing the bass into the drum kit and then go to a sharp 5!

>>68864008
I would have loved to take Gabrielle on a date

>>68864081
Look at that never ending internal scream. He took drugs eh?

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>>68864093

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>>68864118
He was a massive pot head and did some sorts of hallucinogenics too.

>>68864180
Really. What a cunt.

>>68864202
fuck off

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he was perfect

>>68864145
BONER

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He was a guitar god. He is my biggest influence when it comes to acoustic guitar, but I never could play as good as him. And I practice since 2010 almost everyday

He wasn't doing much of anything right before he killed himself, JUST drifting between friends houses smoking weed and going on walks.

>>68864434
I bet you're better than him really

>>68864452
No, I'm not. But thanks anyway.

>>68864482
Whatcha thinkin bout Nick?

>>68864515
Suicide.

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Why didn't he just try to be himself?

>>68864504
Oh right what do you practice then? Christ. Six years everyday?

>>68860341
lots of bedrooms in Bongistan have sinks in them. So he probably didn't have to use bottles and instead pissed in the sink like a civilised person

>>68863979
The Original Shoegazer. Suck it MBV.

>>68864145
Nigga, I'm trying to quit faping, don't make it harder.

>>68864434
>>68864452
>>68864504
I think I get what you mean, I can play harder stuff than what he made, no tecnical difficult, still I can't create at the same level yet.

why everybody here talks about depression? it's spreading like a disease

>>68863544
it's like you don't know what depression is

>>68866093
You'll be great :)

>>68866629
This is 4chan afterall and I think one thread influents other
Everyone knows that you are fucked up.

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Is Nick the guide come to take us by the hand?

>>68859915
>The folkies did not take to him; [they] wanted songs with choruses. They completely missed the point. He didn't say a word the entire evening. It was actually quite painful to watch. I don't know what the audience expected, I mean, they must have known they weren't going to get sea-shanties and sing-alongs at a Nick Drake gig![28]

>The experience reinforced Drake's decision to retreat from live appearances; the few concerts he did play around this time were usually brief, awkward, and poorly attended. Drake seemed reluctant to perform and rarely addressed his audience. As many of his songs were played in different tunings, he frequently paused to retune between numbers.[42]

>>68860431
it's mostly satirical dude. especially outside of r9k and the weirder boards

>>68860096
He wasn't quite as successful from a monetary standpoint, but Dylan was almost non-existent as a public figure from the mid 60s to mid 70s after his motorcycle accident.