Tag: mindset
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Remembering to Listen
What’s the difference between making good or bad mixing decisions? For many, it’s the difference between looking and listening.
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The Myth of Creative People
Hearing someone say ”she/he/they are so creative” makes me cringe. You know what I hate hearing even more? ”I am not a creative person”. Then what are you? A stone?
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20 Things I’ve Learned in 20 Years of Being an Artist
Last year marked my 20th year releasing electronic music as an artist. I started dabbling with electronic music and made my first tracks already back in 1996. But I started releasing music to the public in the following year. Back then I was using tracker software to make music and I ran a tracker scene…
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Piracy – Why Shouldn’t You?
There’s a request I keep getting regularly. It comes in different shapes and forms but the gist is always the same. Here’s an example of an email I received: “I began with the program Logic pro X. But i have a problem: I want to get some plug ins for this program, i’d like to…
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6 Lessons From Mozart to a Modern Creator
I recently listened to an excellent audio biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (grab it free with Audible trial here). It was extremely inspiring and thought provoking to say the least. Besides teaching me a lot about history, it got me thinking about the parallels between Mozart’s days and ours. Of course, musical styles and the tools of making music…
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How The Levels Changed My Approach to Writing Vocal Music
In the past couple of years I’ve been working on a lot of vocal tracks as part of our new project, The Levels.