A fledgling artist's journey into music production
A couple days ago, I made a big mistake. I let my fear keep me from starting work when I got up in the morning. Instead, I engaged in a campaign of immediate self-gratification – playing video games, watching YouTube videos, and so on.
My body did not put up with it for long.
Continue reading “Gotta Play Your Day”I’ve been working a little more slowly lately, as I try to process the mountain of information that is the Alchemy synth on Logic Pro X. I figured I would start with a trial run of that DAW, since it’s closest to Garageband in it’s UI. It’s still like drinking from a waterfall though.
Fortunately, that doesn’t scare me as much as it used to.
In my last business, I made the mistake of working too hard. I wanted to be turning profits now, or preferably months ago. I loved the idea of traveling the world, living off passive income generated by my wildly-successful online courses.
What happened was I became exhausted and burned out.
It taught me an important lesson, one that runs contrary to the words of motivational coaches, successful CEOs, movie stars, heavy-weight champions, and others.
Continue reading “Patience, Grasshopper”