The Secret to Getting Motivated

Today I want to share with you a very powerful and simple technique that will help you get motivated to making more music. This can be used in pretty much any area of your life, but I want to focus on how it can help you both in the studio and as a musician. 

If you have any decent amount of experience recording music, mixing, mastering, or songwriting, then you have probably struggled at some point and time with being motivated. You want to make good music but you just don't feel like it. Maybe it's just the thought of having to set up all the gear or spend your one day off doing more work. Whatever the reason, there are times where it is just simply difficult to get motivated. 

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How To Get Motivated

Working on music isn't always a fun endeavor. Sometimes it takes a lot of setup time, technical work, and frustration to get the ball rolling. Whether you plan on recording, mixing, or doing some songwriting, all of us hit times where we just don't feel motivated.

So how do we get motivated to start working on our music? 

I've found two ways that almost always work for motivating and energizing me to start working on my music. These two methods are simple, easy, and effective.

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Don't Wait Till You're Ready

That title probably sounds kind of confusing. Don't wait till you're ready? What does that even mean? Well, in short, it means...

Don't wait till you have everything figured out to start. 

If there's a passion, dream, business, project, mix, or whatever you want to start on, why are you waiting?

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The Number One Rule When Starting a Business

Today I'm going to talk less about mixing and more about business. However, it is relevant and will help you in both aspects! I want to talk about the number rule you should follow if you plan on starting a business, or maybe just being a freelancer.

Are you ready?

Okay, here it is.

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10 Mixing Tips in 10 Days: Day Nine - Limiting Yourself

Hello and welcome to day nine of the 10 Mixing Tips in 10 Days series! This has been fun and there's only one more day left in the series. I'm sad, but it's okay.

Today we're going to talk about something super important! This is less of a mixing technique and more of a personal and psychological technique. I want to talk about limiting the amount of plugins you have as a mix engineer.

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