Welcome to the confessional, where you’ll find me opening up about some of my personal feelings. So, I think I’m a pretty darn good DJ, but my foray into music production is less than one year old. Its had some ups and downs and starts and stops. Sometimes I even catch myself making excuses or doing other work just to avoid making music. I did some soul searching and got down to the cause, which is that I’m really scared about making music. Its overwhelming, There is so much to learn, and the field is vast. I’ve learned a lot, and continue to try all the time but I don’t think I’m very good at it right now. Its not that I don’t have the creativity to make music, its more about not being able to tool to make my ideas into reality fast enough. Its like I’ve got this great riff in my head, but can’t get the guitar to make it. I guess that is why I’m scared, because I hate failure, I hold myself to very standards, and I’m very critical of myself. I know that I’ll stick with it, and that over time I’ll gain the experience I need to get where I need to, but in the mean time its frustrating. Of course when I think back on my first year of DJing, I was not good. Eventually with a lot of time, practice, and patience I was able to develop and hone my skills, and now I’m firing on all cylinders. I just hope I can do the same with producing.
EDIT
I drafted this post about 2 weeks ago and since then I’ve made some great strides on the track I’m currently working on. I guess maybe I just needed to get this stuff off my chest.
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