My longest-running habit is my morning smoothie. It’s so ingrained in me and I feel so positive about its contribution to my success that it even made an appearance in You Get What You Give. The template for the smoothie is simple: Protein (powder and yogurt) Seeds (variation of chia, hemp hearts, flax) Assorted fruits Spinach...
Clarity. That’s one of the hardest things to find as a musician. And not having clarity means it’s easy to lose focus on what matters to you. And that leads to feeling overwhelmed. I’ve faced this problem myself. So I want to share with you three ways to overcome overwhelm as a musician. Do One...
Being innovative in music might seem like a difficult task. Trends are hard to predict, and understanding what will work and what won’t is something simply no one can do for sure. Great artists and innovators have been rejected for years for not being good enough or trendy enough, before making a major breakthrough and...
You can have the best, most top-of-the-line, highest-rated tool in the world. But if it’s the wrong tool for the job, it’s about as worthless as a pebble you kick down the street. When you’re cooking and your dish needs a bit of something to make it pop, many beginners reach for the salt. If...
When I first got into music production, I had the bad habit of starting a new project before finishing the one that I was working on. The result? Tons of unfinished tracks and nothing to show. I think we all can agree that starting a new track is a lot easier than crossing the finish...
One of the biggest questions you probably have is…how do musicians make money? In other words, how can you make money? Like, for real. Not theoretically. You don’t just want “ideas.” You want some concrete evidence and a clear path forward. That’s what I’ll cover in this blog post… How Musicians Make Money Today I’ll...
I was hanging out with my Insiders yesterday and the conversation turned to which famous producers we like watching on Youtube. During last year’s COVID lockdown I got really into the Mix With the Masters web series. And my favorite guys on there were: Andrew Scheps for his general music production philosophy Greg Wells for...
After my rant yesterday, I needed to chill so I went for a float in a sensory deprivation tank. It takes meditation to a whole ‘nother level as you float in pitch-black darkness. You can’t see a thing and you sometimes don’t even know whether your eyes are closed or not. You also have earplugs...
Working with music, especially working with digital music and DAWs, is at least as much about visual stuff as it is about audible stuff. Slick design, cool interfaces, endless amounts of knobs, dark modes, dB meters, audio analyzers, layout, workflow. The list goes on. It’s easy to get too caught up in what’s going on...
Jay is an Insider who has shown considerable improvement in his productions since he first started attending Feedback Friday as an Audio Issues Insider. However, he had follow-up up questions regarding some of my feedback from last week and I thought it would be a good opportunity to answer them in public so others may...