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Turning off Your Brain: The Key to Creative Decision Making?

    Sleep. It’s a complicated topic. And one particularly close to creatives’ hearts. In my experience, we tend to come in two different groups: the big sleepers and the little sleepers. The ones that can go for a full circle around the clock after finishing something great, and the ones grabbing only a few hours before the crack of dawn, waiting for sunrise as they start working on something new. I lean towards that second category myself. By the way, when I say falling asleep in the studio, I don’t mean the post-session naps. You know, the ones you take on… Read More »Turning off Your Brain: The Key to Creative Decision Making?

    Summer Break: The 1000 True Fans Theory

      Today we continue the Summer Break Series. The idea is simple: I’m taking a little break from writing during the busy (and hot) summer months. Instead of leaving you high and dry, I’m using the opportunity to introduce you to some inspiring content. Sometimes you may already be familiar with it, like last week with Rick Beato’s channel. Sporting an impressive 3.5 million subscribers, he doesn’t need my help. I still wanted to share that video in particular, because these long interviews are pure gold. It might happen again today, as I’ll be writing about Damian Keyes. If you’re already familiar… Read More »Summer Break: The 1000 True Fans Theory

      Summer Break: The Butch Vig Interview

        Summer has been pretty intense in Europe over the last week or so. Temperatures have reached new record highs. Wherever you are, I hope you’re being careful and staying hydrated. It feels dangerous just to pop down to the bakery in the afternoon, to be honest… That’s why I will be sharing a long video with you today. Quite long. Close to two hours. I know. Who has time for that, right? Considering this extreme weather, it might be the best time to stay inside. Sit down and crack open a cold one. Throw in some peanuts. Then enjoy this… Read More »Summer Break: The Butch Vig Interview

        Redefining Music Production: What Does The Big Word Even Mean Today?

          What is music production? Or its more colloquial variant, what the fuck do you even do? And why should I hire you, mate? Even people in our industry seem confused by the term. Especially artists. They pop the question a lot. It ranks pretty high on Google. Which is why I’m writing today, obviously. Be a lamb and say a prayer to the SEO gods for me, please. It seems like, if you have a laptop, an audio interface and a pair of headphones, you qualify as a music producer. That’s pretty much it. If you have an USB microphone,… Read More »Redefining Music Production: What Does The Big Word Even Mean Today?

          On Being Honest. (With Yourself and with Your Audience.)

            Hey, it’s me again. My name is Baptiste, I’m a record producer and mixer on the Old Continent. Today I will not be answering the following questions: – How to export your files for mixing? – Which sample rate should you use? – How to write an efficient melody over your beat? – How to double your streams on Spotify in ten minutes? These topics, as interesting and useful as they can be to an aspiring musician making music in their bedroom, do not interest me. I could pretend to care by answering these questions and trying to help the… Read More »On Being Honest. (With Yourself and with Your Audience.)