10 REASONS

WHY YOU
CAN’T
FINISH
YOUR
TRACKS
PAUL NOLAN
1. YOU ARE TRYING TO
DO EVERYTHING AT
ONCE
THE NUMBER ONE THING I SEE
MANY PRODUCERS TRY TO DO
IS MULTITASK.

THEY’RE TRYING TO DO THE

MIXDOWN AS THEY WRITE THE
TRACK.

THEY’RE TRYING TO ARRANGE

THEIR IDEAS WHILST STILL
GETTING THE SOUND DESIGN
RIGHT FOR THEIR BASSLINE IT’S A MYTH EVERY BIT AS IT’S THE SAME IN THE STUDIO.
LARGE AS THE LOCH NESS
THEY’RE PUTTING MASTERING MONSTER OR BIGFOOT! IF YOU TRY AND DO ALL OF
PLUGINS ON THEIR MASTER THESE REALLY IMPORTANT
CHANNEL AND YET THEY WE’VE BEEN SOLD A LIE THAT CREATIVE TASKS THAT
HAVEN’T EVEN WRITTEN THE WE CAN DO MULTIPLE THINGS DESERVE YOUR FULL
MAIN HOOK OF THE TRACK!!! AT ONCE, AND STILL DO THEM ATTENTION AT THE SAME TIME,
WELL. WE CAN’T. YOU’LL DO NONE OF THEM
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE WELL.
HAS DEFINITIVELY PROVEN IF YOU NEED AN EXAMPLE, GET
HUMANS ARE INCAPABLE OF TWO PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO YOU’LL END UP TIRED,
MULTITASKING. YOU AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. FRUSTRATED AND FEELING
LIKE YOU COULD THROW
IT ACTUALLY DOESN’T EXIST! SEE? HORRIBLE, RIGHT! YOUR LAPTOP OUT OF THE
WINDOW!
 SOLUTION #1:

DO ONE CREATIVE TASK AT A TIME

STAY FOCUSED ON THAT ONE THING

IF IT’S BASS SYNTHESIS, DO ONLY THAT TASK,

AND NOTHING ELSE

DO IT ONCE

DO IT TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY

THEN, MOVE ON…

2. YOU ARE NOT
ORGANISED
ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU
DON’T FINISH YOUR TRACKS IS
BECAUSE YOU ARE DISORGANISED.

I HATE TO BREAK TO YOU, BUT YOU

ARE!

THE VAST MAJORITY OF US ARE

DISORGANISED IN SOME FASHION,
IN SOME FACET OF OUR LIVES.

I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME. A CLIENT

COMES TO MY STUDIO FOR
PEOPLE KNOW THEY SHOULD BE
COACHING, THEY OPEN UP THEIR
ORGANISED, BUT THEY DON’T DO IT ALSO ADDS A HUGE AMOUNT OF
LAPTOP, AND YOU CAN’T EVEN SEE
IT! WHY? BECAUSE IT’S NOT THE ANXIETY AND TENSION, AND TAKES
THEIR DESKTOP WALLPAPER, AS
GLAMOROUS, SEXY BIT OF STUDIO YOUR EVERGY AWAY FROM BEING
THEY’VE BEEN USING IT AS A
LIFE - IT’S BORING, IT’S TEDIOUS, CREATIVE.
DUMPING GROUND FOR
AND WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD AS
EVERYTHING FROM THEIR WORK
MUCH CRAP AS THE EVERY I’M SURE YOU’VE HAD THIS
REPORTS TO THEIR MOST
PRODUCER DOES, IT QUICKLY GETS EXPERIENCE TOO. YOU GET A
PRECIOUS MUSIC PROJECTS!
OVERWHELMING TO THE POINT GREAT IDEA FOR A NEW TRACK,
WHERE YOU DON’T EVEN BOTHER AND BECAUSE YOU’VE JUST SPENT
IT GETS EVEN WORSE WHEN IT
ANY MORE. 45 MINUTES TRYING TO FIND THE
COMES TO SAMPLE PACKS AND
RIGHT SOUNDS TO MAKE IT WORK,
PLUGINS - THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!
WHAT THIS DISORGANISATION YOU LOSE MOMENTUM, OR EVEN
SCATTERED ALL OVER THEIR
DOES IS ADD TIME. TIME YOU FORGOT WHAT THE IDEA WAS IN
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL HARD
HAVEN’T GOT. BECAUSE TIME IS THE FIRST PLACE! TALK ABOUT
DRIVES.
MONEY AS THE OLD SAYING GOES. ANNOYING…
BUT, IN THE STUDIO, IT MAY AS
WELL SAY ‘TIME IS INSPIRATION’.
 SOLUTION #2:

GET ORGANISED!

CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN FIND

YOUR FAVOURITE SOUNDS, SAMPLES AND
PLUGIN SETTINGS WITH THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON.

THIS WILL SUPERCHARGE

YOUR WORKFLOW IN NO TIME
3. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY
TRYING TO WRITE ‘SICK
BANGERS’
YES, I JUST USED THE TERM ‘SICK
BANGERS’.

NO, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT EITHER.

ANYWAY, THAT’S ENOUGH ABOUT MY

MIDLIFE CRISIS, LET’S TALK ABOUT
PRESSURE.

THE PRESSURE YOU PUT ON

YOURSELF TO CONSTANTLY WRITE
BIG RECORDS, TO BE MAKING TRACKS
EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU WALK
THROUGH THE STUDIO DOOR (OR
OPEN YOUR LAPTOP TO MAKE
MUSIC).
YOU ALWAYS SEEN TO WORKING ON
SOME KIND OF IDEA, AND YET, NONE
OF THEM EVER SEEM TO BE GOOD
ENOUGH, SO YOU OPEN UP A NEW
PROJECT AND START AGAIN, IN THE
HOPE THAT THIS TIME, IT’LL BE
DIFFERENT.
THIS IS A HUGE REASON WHY YOU
DON’T FINISH YOUR TRACKS.
YOU’RE PUTTING WAY TOO MUCH
PRESSURE ON YOURSELF. YOU’RE
CREATING EXPECTATIONS OF
YOURSELF THAT YOU CANNOT HOPE
TO FULFIL.
YOU’RE ALSO MAKING SOMETHING
THAT YOU LOVE ABSOLUTELY NO FUN
WHATSOEVER, WHICH MEANS YOU’RE
LESS LIKELY TO TO EVEN TRY.
ULTIMATELY, YOU’RE SETTING
YOURSELF UP TO FAIL, AND YOU’LL
MAKE YOURSELF FEEL LIKE SHIT TO
THE POINT WHERE YOU’LL WANT TO
QUIT ALTOGETHER.
THERE’S NO REASON TO DO THIS, AT
ALL.
MY SIMPLE ADVICE IS THIS - TAKE ALL
THE PRESSURE OFF YOURSELF.
REMEMBER WHY YOU GOT INTO
MAKING MUSIC IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
IT WAS FUN AND EXCITING, RIGHT?
AND THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU’RE
TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE HAVE FUN,
AND BE EXCITED WITH YOUR MUSIC,
ARE THEY REALLY GOING TO FEEL
THAT WAY IF YOU FELT DEPRESSED,
FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY WHILE
MAKING IT?
PROBABLY NOT.
 SOLUTION #3:

REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN IN THE STUDIO!

YOU DON’T ALWAYS NEED TO BE TRYING TO

MAKE THE NEXT BIG HIT.

LEAVE ROOM TO EXPERIMENT, PLAY

AND ENJOY YOURSELF
4. YOU SOUND LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE
THERE’S A BIG PROBLEM IN
ELECTRONIC MUSIC RIGHT
NOW.

EVERYONE IS TRYING TO
SOUND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

YOU LISTEN TO A LOT OF

TRACKS ONLINE AND IT’S LIKE
MOST PRODUCERS ARE
EFFECTIVELY MAKING THE
SAME RECORD, OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
IT’S A RACE TO CONFORM, TO
FIT IN, TO HIT A PERCEIVED
STANDARD OF WHAT YOUR
MUSIC IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
BUT ISN’T IT FUNNY, WHEN
YOU THINK THAT THE ARTISTS
THAT TRULY BREAK THROUGH,
ARE THE ONES THAT DON’T DO
THAT?
THINK DEADMAU5 WHEN HE
FIRST BROKE THROUGH.
THINK ERIC PRYDZ.
THINK MACEO PLEX.
WHEN THESE ARTISTS ROSE TO
THE TOP OF OUR INDUSTRY,
AND BECAME PART OF
MAINSTREAM CULTURE, WE’D
NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE
THEM BEFORE.
ALL THESE ARTISTS HAVE ONE
THING IN COMMON - THEY
AREN’T TRYING TO SOUND LIKE
ANYONE ELSE. THEY AREN’T
TRYING TO FIT IN. THEY ARE
TRYING TO STAND OUT
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN
SOUND THAT IS UNIQUE TO
THEM. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
THINK OF THEIR MUSIC
DOESN’T OCCUR TO THEM
WHATSOEVER.
THEY AREN’T TRYING TO FIT
THE MOULD OF THE INDUSTRY,
THEY ARE TRYING TO BREAK IT.
SO, WHAT CAN YOU LEARN
FROM THESE PIONEERS?
 SOLUTION #4:

DEVELOP YOUR OWN SOUND.

TAKE THE TIME TO DEEPLY EXPERIMENT AND

DEVELOP YOUR SOUND DESIGN SKILLS.

CREATE SOUNDS THAT ARE CUSTOM AND

UNIQUE TO YOU.
5. YOU AREN’T
CREATING MOMENTUM
MOMENTUM IS ONE OF THOSE
FUNNY THINGS. YOU EITHER
HAVE IT OR YOU DON’T.

YOU EITHER FEEL IT BEHIND

YOU, PUSHING YOU TO
GREATER THINGS, OR YOU CAN
FEEL COMPLETELY STUCK IN
THE MUD.

WHEN YOU FEEL ‘IN THE ZONE’

YOU CAN CREATE AND FINISH
YOUR MUSIC SO MUCH EASIER,
IT’S ALMOST AS IF THE TRACKS
WRITE THEMSELVES.
BUT, ON THE OTHER SIDE,
WHEN YOU DON’T FEEL THAT
MOMENTUM WITH YOU, LIKE
THE WIND FILLING YOUR
BOAT’S SAILS, YOU CAN FEEL
LOST, STUCK, AND ALL AT SEA,
AND LIKE YOU’RE GETTING
NOWHERE.
SO, THE QUESTION IS, HOW
CAN YOU CREATE MOMENTUM
IN THE STUDIO? HOW CAN
YOU, METAPHORICALLY
SPEAKING, TURN YOUR SAILS
TOWARD THE WIND AND GET
YOUR BOAT SAILING TO
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE?
(WOW I REALLY MILKED THAT
METAPHOR DRY DIDN’T I?)
MY SIMPLE ADVICE IS THIS -
CONSISTENCY.
GET INTO A REGULAR ROUTINE.
BE IN THE STUDIO AT THE
SAME TIME, ON THE SAME
DAYS OF THE WEEK, EVERY
WEEK. THEN, AFTER A COUPLE
OF WEEKS, YOU’LL START TO
FEEL THAT MOMENTUM
BUILDING.
WHEN MUSIC TEACHERS HELP
PEOPLE TO PLAY GUITAR OR
PIANO, THEIR BEST ADVICE IS
‘LITTLE AND OFTEN’. EVEN IF
IT’S JUST FOR 15 MINUTES A
DAY, EVERY DAY, THAT’S
ALWAYS BETTER THAN 6
HOURS OF FRUSTRATION ONE
SUNDAY PER MONTH
SO, TO SUM UP, CONSISTENCY
IN THE STUDIO CREATES
MOMENTUM
 SOLUTION #5:

CONSISTENCY IN THE STUDIO CREATES

MOMENTUM
6. YOU ARE STUCK IN
LOOP WORLD
PICTURE THE SCENE - YOU’VE HIT A
WAVE OF INSPIRATION, YOU’VE GOT
AN AMAZING SOUNDING NEW IDEA
FOR A TRACK, AND YOU’VE BEEN SAT
THERE LISTENING TO THE BASIC LOOP
YOU’VE MADE THINKING ‘THIS IS THE
BEST TRACK I’VE EVER MADE’…AND
YOU CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE
LOOP…OVER AND OVER AGAIN…FOR
HOURS…
DAYS….WEEKS….MONTHS….YEARS…
YOUR GRANDKIDS JUST HAD KIDS,
AND YOU’RE STILL THERE…LISTENING
TO THE SAME LOOP… IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE THIS WAY,
AND THERE’S A SIMPLE WAY TO GET USE THE REFERENCE TRACK LIKE
YOU’RE TRAPPED INTO THE BLACK YOUR TRACKS OUT OF LOOP WORLD GOOGLE MAPS IN YOUR DAW’S
HOLE KNOWN AS….LOOP AND INTO A FULL ARRANGEMENT. ARRANGEMENT VIEW. IT CAN OFFER
WORLD….AND YOU CAN’T ESCAPE! YOU A ROUTE TO TAKE, BUT
USE A REFERENCE TRACK ULTIMATELY, YOU’RE DRIVING THE
LOOP WORLD IS WHERE GOOD CAR AND CAN DECIDE TO GO OFF IN
MUSICAL IDEAS GO TO DIE. I KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNIVERSAL YOUR OWN DIRECTION AT ANY
BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF MINE HAVE TRICKS OF THE TRADE. I’VE SEEN THE MOMENT.
BEEN SUCKED INTO LOOP WORLD’S MOST BASIC BEGINNER USE IT, AND
VOID, NEVER TO RETURN… SOME OF THE MOST LEGENDARY I GUARANTEE THIS ONE SIMPLE TRICK
PRODUCERS AND ARTISTS OF ALL WILL CHANGE YOUR WORKFLOW
SAD ISN’T IT? ALL THAT POTENTIAL TIME STILL USE THIS METHOD EVERY ALMOST INSTANTLY.
LOST…EVERY ONE OF THEM SINGLE SESSION.
POTENTIALLY THE IDEA THAT TAKES
YOUR MUSICAL LIFE TO THE NEXT AND NO, BEFORE YOU ASK, IT ISN’T
LEVEL. CHEATING. YOU’RE USING A
REFERENCE TRACK FOR
INSPIRATION, NOT DUPLICATION.
 SOLUTION #6:

USE REFERENCE TRACKS

7. YOU HAVE TOO MANY
PLUGINS
HONESTLY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST
PROBLEMS I SEE PRODUCERS
BOTH NEW AND EXPERIENCED
FACE, IS OVERWHELM.

THERE’S ALMOST TOO MUCH

CHOICE NOW - SO MANY DAW’S,
PLUGINS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE,
APPS, KEYBOARDS…SO WHAT DO
YOU DO?

WELL, IF YOU’RE LIKE MOST

ASPIRING PRODUCERS, YOU’LL
YOU END UP NOT FINISHING INTIMATELY, YOU CAN MAKE ANY
END UP COLLECTING PLUGINS,
ANYTHING. SOUND YOU WANT WITH THEM.
RATHER THAN ACTUALLY MAKING
MUSIC.
YOU BECOME A PLUGIN JUNKIE. THIS WILL MASSIVELY SIMPLIFY
YOUR WORKFLOW, KEEP YOU
YOU CAN’T FINISH THIS TRACK YOU
IT’S A BIT LIKE A CARPENTER ORGANISED, AND NOT TO
ARE WORKING ON, BECAUSE ‘THE
HAVING 12 SAWS AND 65 MENTION, SEND YOUR SOUND
PRESETS ON THIS SYNTH PLUGIN
SCREWDRIVERS IN THEIR TOOL DESIGN SKILLS THROUGH THE
I’M USING AREN’T GOOD ENOUGH’
BAG, BUT THEY CAN’T EVEN PUT UP ROOF.
OR ‘THIS NEW PLUGIN IS GOING TO
A SHELF.
MAKE ME SOUND LIKE MY
SO IF YOU HAVE A FOLDER FULL OF
FAVOURITE ARTIST’.
SO, HOW DO WE AVOID THIS? HUNDREDS OF PLUGINS, MAKE A
LIST OF THE ONES YOU USE THE
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU’VE
MY SIMPLE ADVICE TO YOU IS THIS - MOST, AND DELETE THE REST. YOU
GOT MORE TOOLS THAN YOU
RESTRICT YOURSELF TO A CAN HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 5.
KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH, AND NO
MAXIMUM OF 5 SYNTH PLUGINS, CHOOSE WISELY.
END PRODUCT TO SHOW FOR IT.
THAT YOU KNOW SO DEEPLY AND
 SOLUTION #7:

HAVE A SMALL BUT POWERFUL SET OF

PLUGINS AND TOOLS YOU KNOW DEEPLY
8. YOUR ‘WRITING
LOOPS’ ARE TOO SHORT
ANOTHER REASON WHY PRODUCERS
FAIL TO FINISH TRACKS IS BOREDOM.

IN SOME CASES, A MUSICAL IDEA

DOESN’T HAVE THE LEGS TO BECOME A
GOOD QUALITY FINISHED TRACK.

IN OTHERS, A PRODUCER CAN SIMPLY

FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH THE TRACK.

I’VE DEFINITELY DONE THIS IN THE PAST

MYSELF, EVEN DUMPING A TRACK AFTER
I’VE FINISHED IT!

BUT WHAT IF THE MUSICAL IDEA IS

REALLY GOOD, BUT THE ARRANGEMENT
PUTS PEOPLE TO SLEEP?
THE CAUSE OF THIS IS USUALLY THAT
YOUR COMPOSITIONAL PHRASES OR
‘WRITING LOOPS’ ARE TOO SHORT.
I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME WITH MY
COACHING CLIENTS - THEY COME TO ME
WITH A TRACK THAT THEY AREN’T SURE
OF WANTING TO FINISH. THE CORE
CONCEPT OF THE TRACK IS GREAT, BUT
EVERYTHING ELSE DOESN’T ENGAGE THE
LISTENER.
WHEN I TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, I SEE THE
TRACK HAS BEEN STITCHED TOGETHER
FROM A SERIES OF INCREDIBLY SHORT
PHRASES…IN SOME CASES, 1 BAR LOOPS!
THIS MEANS THERE IS VERY LITTLE
ROOM FOR THOSE VITAL COMPONENTS YOU’LL ALSO ARRANGE YOUR TRACKS
IN ANY PIECE OF MUSIC - EXPRESSION, WITH CONSUMMATE EASE, AS THEY’LL
AND VARIATION. BE SO MUCH EASIER TO STRUCTURE.
IF YOU ARE WRITING WITH 4, 2 OR SO THAT’S MY SIMPLE ADVICE - WRITE
EVEN A 1 BAR LOOP, STOP. LIKE, RIGHT YOUR INITIAL IDEAS IN LARGER LOOPS
NOW. PLEASE. FOR ME. FOR YOUR OR CHUNKS, AND FEEL THE BENEFIT OF
LOVED ONES. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ALL THAT EXTRA SPACE TO ADD RICH
WORLD! EXPRESSIVENESS AND VARIATION INTO
YOUR TRACKS
BY EXTENDING YOUR ‘WRITING LOOPS’
TO AT LEAST 8 BARS AT A MINIMUM,
YOU CAN ADD MORE VARIATION INTO
EVERY INSTRUMENT IN YOUR TRACKS…
YOU CAN ADD FILLS TO YOUR DRUMS,
MUSICAL PHRASES WITH TUNED TOMS,
NOT TO MENTION MORE LYRICAL,
FLOWING, AND EXPRESSIVE BASSLINES,
SYNTH LEADS, PADS, MELODIC
ARPEGGIOS…YOU NAME IT….
 SOLUTION #8:

COMPOSE YOUR IDEAS IN LOOPS OF

8 TO 16 BARS AT MINIMUM
9. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY
STARTING NEW TRACKS,
RATHER THAN FINISH THE
ONES YOU ALREADY
HAVE
THIS IS A CLASSIC MUSIC
PRODUCTION ILLNESS.

YOU’LL START A NEW TRACK, GET

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW IT
SOUNDS…AND THEN, IN ALMOST THE
NEXT BREATH, YOU’VE STARTED A
NEW TRACK, AND THE LAST IDEA YOU
HAD, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS THE
GREATEST THING YOU’VE EVER
WRITTEN, NOW GATHERS DIGITAL
DUST ON YOUR LAPTOP.
THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST INFECTIOUS
DISEASE IN MUSIC PRODUCTION
I CALL IT ‘START-ITIS’
SO MANY PRODUCERS WHOARE
TALENTED AND YET DON’T MOVE
FORWARD, ARE GREAT AT STARTING
TRACKS, BUT NEVER EVER SEEM TO
FINISH ANYTHING, NEVER MIND
RELEASE THE END PRODUCT ON
GOOD RECORD LABELS.
SO, WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
‘START - ITIS’ TENDS TO BE MOST
PREVALENT IN PRODUCERS JUST
STARTING OUT.
THEY KEEP CREATING NEW TRACKS
ALMOST ENDLESSLY, LOOKING FOR
THAT ONE IDEA THEY WANT TO
FINISH. THEY ALMOST NEVER FIND IT,
LEAVING A TRAIL OF DAW SESSIONS
IN THEIR WAKE, CLOGGING UP THEIR
HARD DRIVES WITH SO MUCH
UNTAPPED POTENTIAL.
MY SIMPLE ADVICE TO THEM, AND
YOU, IS THIS - FINISH EVERY TRACK
YOU BEGIN. NO MATTER HOW
TERRIBLE YOU THINK IT IS, NO
MATTER IF IT ISN’T UP TO THE
STANDARD SET BY YOUR HEROES YET.
THE ONLY WAY YOU GET TO ‘HERO
STANDARD’ IS TO KEEP WRITING, AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, KEEP FINISHING
TRACKS.
IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY GET
BETTER. AND ITS ABSOLUTELY OK FOR
THE FIRST RESULTS TO BE TERRIBLE -
YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO BE BAD
AT SOMETHING BEFORE YOU GET
GOOD AT IT.
IF YOU CONSISTENTLY COMMIT TO
FINISHING EVERY TRACK YOU START,
YOU’LL BECOME A MUCH BETTER
PRODUCER AND ARTIST, AND A LOT
QUICKER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK
TOO.
 SOLUTION #9:

FINISH EVERY SINGLE TRACK YOU START.

EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
10. YOU DON’T THINK
YOU’RE GOOD ENOUGH
TO MAKE THE MUSIC
YOU LOVE
ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES I
SEE STANDING BETWEEN A
PRODUCER AND THEM FINISHING
THEIR TRACKS, IS THEMSELVES.
SELF SABOTAGE IS RIFE IN OUR
INDUSTRY.
CONSTANTLY, I SPEAK TO PRODUCERS
BEATING THEMSELVES UP, AS THEY
APPARENTLY AREN’T AS GOOD AS
THEY THINK THEY ‘SHOULD’ BE.
THEY SET THEMSELVES UP FOR
FAILURE FROM THE OFF.
MINDSET IS EVERYTHING IN MUSIC -
AND ESPECIALLY SO IN MUSIC
PRODUCTION. SO MANY INCREDIBLY
TALENTED PRODUCERS FAIL
BECAUSE THEY CAN’T GET OUT OF
THEIR OWN WAY, AND THEIR FEAR
AND LIMITING BELIEFS ABOUT
THEMSELVES ULTIMATELY
UNDERMINE THEIR CHANCES OF
SUCCESS.
SELF - DOUBT CAN BE CORROSIVE.
I’M NOT ABOUT TO LAUNCH INTO A
‘WOO WOO AND UNICORNS’ RANT
ABOUT WHAT YOU APPARENTLY
NEED TO DO, BECAUSE THIS ISN’T
INSTAGRAM, I’M NOT ON A BEACH
WEARING A BIKINI (THANKFULLY),
TELLING YOU TO ‘BELIEVE IN
YOURSELF’
I’M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU
ARE GOOD ENOUGH, AND YOU
DESERVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS AN
ARTIST.
YOU’LL PROVE THIS TO YOURSELF IF
YOU ARE ONE THING - CONSISTENT.
YOU SEE, SUCCESS ISN’T ACTUALLY
ABOUT GOALS, IT’S ABOUT SYSTEMS.
THE KEY IS TO DESIGN A SYSTEM
ACHIEVES YOUR GOALS ALMOST
AUTOMATICALLY - ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS TURN UP AND START THE
PROCESS, ON A REGULAR,
CONSISTENT BASIS.
THINK ABOUT IT LIKE A CAR - THE
STEERING WHEEL GUIDES THE CAR
AROUND CORNERS TO GET YOUR TO
YOUR GOAL (YOUR DESTINATION),
BUT THE SYSTEM THAT GETS YOUR
THERE IS THE ENGINE
HOW ARE YO GOING TO BUILD THE
ENGINE OF YOUR MUSIC CAREER?
 SOLUTION #10:

FOCUS ON SYSTEMS, RATHER THAN GOALS

YOU CAN CREATE A SYSTEM FOR
SUCCESS IN THE STUDIO BY
APPLYING EVERYTHING WE’VE
SPOKEN ABOUT IN THIS E-BOOK:

- ORGANISATION
- A REGULAR, REPEATABLE
STUDIO SCHEDULE
- WORK CONSISTENCY
- GET ORGANISED
- USE REFERENCE TRACKS
- FINISH EVERY TRACK YOU
START
- FIND YOUR OWN SOUND
- WRITE & COMPOSE IN
LONGER PHRASES
- USE A LIMITED TOOL SET.. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF ONLINE EVERY ASPECT OF BECOMING
COURSES, INCLUDING THE THE ARTIST AND PRODUCER YOU
ALL OF THIS WILL CREATE THAT WILDLY POPULAR AND WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE.
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