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question: "what would be your main advice for other musicians/artists"
answer: "Early on just make as much music as you can. Doesn't really matter what you're making, just make it. Get good at getting what's in your head into your DAW etc in the most pristine way you can. Make connections with other artists and try to make music together. Learn what makes the stuff you like to listen to work the way it does. If you want to sell music and make a living from it you have to think a bit differently than if you're just making it for sake of making it. You need to start thinking about where the music is played, is it going to be good live or not, is this the "catchy" song, where should that song be on the album. David Byrne from the Talking Heads wrote a great book called "How Music Works" and it's a great read/listen, even if you're not a huge Talking Heads fan (I am, which was a bonus)/ Listen to lots and lots of music, especially stuff outside of your genre. Your unique take on ideas that have been done before is what is going to make your music stand out. Don't emulate, re-write, re-imagine, etc. Take that one cool idea you loved and see if you can reframe it in a new and interesting way. It's also okay to suck because sucking is the first step at getting good at what you do"
question: "what would be your main advice for other musicians/artists"
answer: "Early on just make as much music as you can. Doesn't really matter what you're making, just make it. Get good at getting what's in your head into your DAW etc in the most pristine way you can. Make connections with other artists and try to make music together. Learn what makes the stuff you like to listen to work the way it does. If you want to sell music and make a living from it you have to think a bit differently than if you're just making it for sake of making it. You need to start thinking about where the music is played, is it going to be good live or not, is this the "catchy" song, where should that song be on the album. David Byrne from the Talking Heads wrote a great book called "How Music Works" and it's a great read/listen, even if you're not a huge Talking Heads fan (I am, which was a bonus)/ Listen to lots and lots of music, especially stuff outside of your genre. Your unique take on ideas that have been done before is what is going to make your music stand out. Don't emulate, re-write, re-imagine, etc. Take that one cool idea you loved and see if you can reframe it in a new and interesting way. It's also okay to suck because sucking is the first step at getting good at what you do"