Ultimately I would choose to have someone else mix and master my music. I’m a people oriented person. That means I would much rather someone being able to work with me and have a means to gain a working opportunity off my value. Also, I’m at a point where I would rather not have to spend a bunch of time learning the ropes of doing everything from scratch.
Takes Plenty of Practice
I’m not at a point where I’m comfortably knowledgeable about what it takes to be at least competent with leveraging technology to enhance my music at a professional level, but I’m 100% positive that it’ll take tons of practice in order to do it.
I’m not someone that’ll shy away from the process it takes to get better at something. I’ve actually went out of my way to invest in learning more about that process after I invested in a book called Mastery by Robert Greene. It’s actually been a while since I’ve revisited it, but there’s some truths that seems to constantly circulate about what it takes to get great at something: putting in 10,000 hours.
I’ve been in sports where I’ve found that piece of advice to be true. I’m at a point in time though where I feel that I should simply stick to my chops from a talent and skill perspective. I like where I’m at where lyric construction and marketing are what I consider to be my strong points. I’m probably speaking a little more on the extra side of claiming a “stuck in my ways” mindset, but that’s very well could change. I am however confident that I can build amazing things with what I have already. So outsourcing that work through my preferred channel should compliment my people oriented personality.
Being People Oriented
I like to think I’m someone who takes pride in being someone that likes to keep people first in mind when providing a service.
It’s what I truly believe keeps anyone in the flow state of minding their own business. To some extent you have to care about your fellow man because they make life worth living.
I’m actually still developing this value because it hasn’t translated as well as I’d like it to be on my brand platforms yet.
That would be different if I were able to remain consistent with communicating this particular value of mine.
That’s not necessarily your problem, but it’s a layer of transparency that I’m positive could help even myself out at a later time in life.
If I keep this mind more with my music and continue refining my ability to connect with the audience I care to be locked in with, I could only imagine how far I could take it—that’s a message that could apply to you all too that want a career with making music.