So I'm trying to make instrumental music with new techniques - instead of programming all of it I combine programming with physical equipment (drum machine & synthesizer), having a more loose collective of styles rather than being more stylistically focused, making generally longer songs, practicing buildups, possibly adding in vocals/lyrics, etc.  But it's been really frustrating because I've gotten so good at the much more creatively limited methods I used before, and it feels like I'm back to square one to a degree.  I tried going back to old methods and it's going great. I'm getting way more music done than I have been in months. But it feels *too* easy, if that makes sense. Like I could come up with a lot more creative and imaginative stuff if I wasn't just hypnotically pumping out the same stuff I'd always done.  I guess my question is, is it possible for creative projects to be *too* easy to make? How do I know when
  I've hit that creative hotspot to make truly great art?
it's always going to be a game of chase