You now have something tangible, that you created, that is complete, which you can evaluate and learn from. However, if you instead force yourself to do your best with what you have and what you know, print a mix or master and call it a day, then you create a unique opportunity for yourself. Sessions become a continuous work in progress. We’ll then come back to the original project and tweak some more. Therefore our tendency is to work on projects, never pronounce them complete, and then fiddle with something else. Because of the freedom of time and money afforded us by powerful computer recording we aren’t ever under any real deadlines. If you never complete a recording or mixing project it becomes very hard to improve your skill as an engineer. Via Andrew Hurley Flickr Unfinished Business I have a better way for you…finish your projects. The videos hopefully are helping (heck, I hope MY videos are helping you), but the first two are usually a waste of time. So what do we do to accomplish that end? We buy more “professional” gear, join online recording debates, and watch a lot of tutorial videos on YouTube. Most of us truly desire to increase in skill and ability and thereby produce music of high quality. If you’re like me, you want to get better at recording and producing music.
