Somewhere You'll Be Proud Of

If you don’t have a plan you’re still gonna end up going somewhere.

A plan simply helps make it somewhere you’ll be proud of.

A plan is scary because if you make one and it doesn’t totally work out, then you’ve ended up in the ‘wrong’ place. On the other hand, not having a plan you can never end up in the wrong place because there was no stated destination to begin with.

Make a plan. Make a project. Learn to compromise. Follow through. Enjoy the ride. Celebrate the victories. Appreciate your growth. Do it all again.

 

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Punch It Up

I don’t usually hear that phrase in the music biz…I usually hear it in reference to a script or comedy bit.

Script writers and joke writers get their best draft together and then bring it to their writer buddies to tinker with it. Punch it up. Make it shimmer. Add some sizzle. Not big strokes, meaningful little ones.

The people punching it up may not get credit for the subtle re-writes but it doesn’t matter. Being trusted to make the thing better is what matters.

We need this more in songwriting and production. Punch up the song…two or three little things that might make a big difference.

 

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The Loudest

I don’t know much about mixing records. It’s a dark art full of multi-band EQs, side chain compression, transient shaping, and the many choices of reverbs and delays.

But I know one thing.

Not everything can be the loudest.

The snare and guitars and synths and vocals and thumping bass can’t all be the loudest.

At any given moment in a song the mix engineer has to choose what the rest of the mix is revolving around. There are a lot of essential elements and instrumentation that need to be part of the underlying mix in order to support the thing main thing.

Because if you try to make everything the loudest, nothing is the loudest.

As a metaphor it holds up for lots of other applications.

 

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After The Complaining

After the complaining. After the hypotheticals and what-ifs. After all the blaming and deflecting.

Who has a good idea?

The good idea is the best way to complain.

 

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Low Budget Energy

A low budget plus excitement and drive equals a great vibe.

No time to dwell. No time to pick apart. No time to slow down.

We have to go and we have to go now. The budget is running out!

Of course this is beautifully portrayed in the making of an artists first record. No money, all heart, overflowing passion.

That low budget energy is hard to recreate by throwing money at it.

 

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