“Talk about yourself,
Write about yourself,”
Said my boss.
I’ve been slacking on my music homework this semester hardcore. My usual 2 hours of studio a day slipped to binges between assignments for my 400 levels. School is a convenient excuse. Anything is a convenient excuse not to do it. Whatever “it” is for you, in going for your goal, procrastination will inevitably strike; creativity will be paralyzed; frustration will mount.
A good book taught me you simply need to sit down and do it.
Poorly, successfully, mundanely,
Just do the thing.
I go through creative spells. When my production mana is low, my mixing mana is high. I’ve churned out a lot of quickdraw mashups and rather cheeky bootlegs for my sets this year and worked on a fair amount of original material, but man I am nowhere ready yet.
That’s okay. When I went to see what was good enough to play that was a result of my trying, that makes me happy, I got enough to make a mix of it. I had more content than I thought.
Working with your own things, especially in the beginning, is so difficult.
Always imperfect, so you may as well embrace your flaws.
I learned from my homework that I’m less worried about achieving a “label” sound, and more focused on creating something that sounds like me — as imperfect, and as genuine, and as bright as I see myself.
Track List:
- E-40 – Earl (Nvrsoft Bootleg)
- Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz – Snap Yo Fingers (Nvrsoft Mashup)
- Paramore – Careful (Nvrsoft Mashup)
- Atreyu – Doomsday (Nvrsoft Mashup)
- Santana – Wishing It Was (Nvrsoft Mashup)
- Dance With the Devil (Nvrsoft Mashup)
- Nvrsoft – ID
- Alt-j – In Cold Blood (Nvrsoft 87 Edit)
- Yo Gotti – Rake It Up (Nvrsoft Bootleg)
- Nvrsoft – ID
- Nvrsoft – ID
