Mindset
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Creative block and how to overcome it
You know the feeling. Staring at a blank page, digital or otherwise. Might be an empty lyric sheet, might be the empty grid of your DAW. Whatever it looks like to you, it feels the same. Nothing comes out of you or worse, everything sounds trite and average. Bad feeling for sure. We have all…
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How to be an artist while working a day job
Lately I’ve been seen quite a few artists on my feed expressing frustration for having to find time around their day job to be creative. I am very thankful because I’m not in that position anymore (it surely feels like a day job sometimes anyway), but I’ve been there so I relate I’d like to…
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Dark Souls III As A Metaphor Of Work Ethic
Tonight I finally completed Dark Souls III; took me almost four years, on and off and restarting from the beginning a couple times.I’m very satisfied with myself and when the last sword hit brought the final boss to his knees, the rush of endorphins was epic.Let me explain:The Dark Souls games, if you don’t know…
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This producer’s midlife crisis (or, how I embraced the new school)
I was born in 1976, meaning I grew up in the golden era of classic albums. As a kid I used to spin Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon”, Kraftwerk’s “Trans Europe Express” and Maiden’s “Piece Of Mind” on my uncle’s turntable, until one day the repeated listening of U2’s “Achtung Baby” opened…
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