I agree with this 100%. You can get way too OCD about music and start making it sound TOO polished where it will turn people off. It needs to sound sincere--real.

Also, it will freeze your artistic impulse if you worry about stuff too much, or how you might think people will react. Just let it flow. Get it out. Learn and grow.

The only people who want you to stop and spend $19,000 on your albums are people who own studios. And they HATE Band in a Box. smile And they will be more than happy to tell you so.

There are a few simple things I have learned about not mastering your music too loud I shared on another thread on "Music Making it to Music Supervisors" but the bares bones of making your music ready for the industry are simple. Less is more.

I have put out about 5 albums in the past two years. Would I remix a lot of the stuff now? Of course. Do I care? No.

Why?

Because if I had not written those songs and put them out I would not have written the 40 or so songs I have written over the past two months, 20 of which have gone to music supervisors in the past week.

Just be yourself, have fun, have a blast in fact, keep cranking, and follow the basics. Keep it simple and don't use too many presets that will make it a brick and you will be cool.

smile

David Snyder
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