Theres no relation between TIME spent and QUALITY of music. -The same applies to how many tracks there is in a song

Bounce MIDI to AUDIO. - its good practice committing to ideas - it enables you to see your ideas in a new light - Better stability in your DAW

COLOR CODE! - It keeps project organised - Its nice on the eyes/mind

SIDECHAIN COMPRESS before playing in parts. Bass and instruments.

OFFSET claps. - This stops claps getting lost in the mix

PRACTICE WORKING FAST. Learn your DAW shortcuts

give your song a NARRATIVE/Set the tone. -using samples, like vocal samples

FOCUS on IMPORTANT rhythmic/melodic ideas early on. Dont waste time layering sounds

Fix from SOURCE whenever possible. KEEP processing clean & calculated REMOVE silences for a cleaner mix

THINK: in terms of ENERGY, RHYTHM, VIBE, EMOTION. NOT: punchy, clean, analog, mono

Only EQ/COMPRESS when needed.

when you see a SPECTRUM ANALYSER, think in terms of OCTAVES

BOUNCE REVERB to AUDIO. then you can filter/ precisely control it

SYNCOPATION IS KEY TO DANCE MUSIC. Syncopate a vox sample and synth or kick

USE WHITE NOISE to fill empty space subtly

MONO is LOUDER, so use it when you can.

ALWAYS START your track with an interesting IDEA

AUTOMATION - Name your automation channels. E.G filter sweeps

Create TEMPLATES in your daw. Work from these rather than blank projects. Speeds up the creative process when laying down new ideas.

DRUMS SIDECHAIN EVERYTHING to KICK DRUM Test KICK and SNARE on multiple sources make the KICK the loudest peak in the song (makes mastering alot easier)

BASS SUB BASS should sit 1-2 octaves below root note. No reverb on bass Length of kick decides room for bass

LEADS group layers turn off individual track fx use 1 compressor/ reverb on whole group delay>reverb>saturation

VOCAL SAMPLES make more SYNTHS/FX from VOX SAMPLES. - humans love human voice.

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Monotony has nothing to do with a place; monotony, either in its sensation or its infliction, is simply the quality of a person. There are no dreary sights; there are only dreary sight seers.

Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.

I'm going to announce in the very near future, I'm going to lead by example and start paying 20 percent of my health insurance.

Dont cling to fame. Youre just borrowing it. Its like money. Youre going to die and somebody else is going to get it.

America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones.

Even if I have a home in Paris and sometimes in New York, whenever I was saying I have to go home, it was going to my mother.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

For all the creationists out there, Darwin's just an atheist. But he was actually agnostic.

Fundamentalists are crazy. They're the real world equivalent to the evil geniuses of our spy fiction and our superhero comics. They want to mold the world into a specific shape that they really believe in, and if you don't believe in that, if you can't relate to that, it just seems crazy.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

Never laugh at live dragons.

Hope and change are hard-fought things.

It's insane how much press my Instagram will get. It's weird, in a way, that I can dictate the agenda - but I love being able to have a say in all of that.

Every love that leads away from His love is in fact a punishment only a love that leads to His love is a heartfelt and pure love.

'War Horse' was all flat caps and thick trousers.

As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

I have principles in my professional and personal life as to how things are done.

Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.

I learned nothing while I was in school.

I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.

You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.

Most years, if you were to ask me how much I make, the genuine answer is that I have no clue. I usually find out the answer to that question once a year, at tax time, when my accountant tells me.

I feel like I'm on cloud nine right now.