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Sometimes if you play with your guitar below your knees... you'll sound a lot better!

A wise producer once told me “vibe is king.” At the time I thought this was another one of his trite and pseudo-comical surfer dude sayings he was simply putting out in the air (he had a lot of them), but learned it was much more than that soon enough.

Remixing your own track into a different genre is incredibly refreshing

After stressing out so much about transitions and bass/guitar parts on my metal tracks I simply went and wrote a whole electronic version with only VST plugins out of a existing metal song from me as soft as I could go, kinda a remix and it sounds so freaking wicked that it made it to a full single release. This has refreshed and reignited that songwriting feeling that I missed for so long. Can only suggest doing the same, sometimes we create these constraints (gear, rules, genre, what if my fans hate it) and in the end it doesnt matter. You need to evolve and like it, the people that like what you do will come to you.

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How many of you make music simply because you enjoy it?

I'm curious to know how (dawless or with a daw) and why some of you make music. Do you release music, or do you just make it for yourself? Recently found that the whole process of finishing music, releasing it, hoping people like it and listen to it, and paying to promote it was rather stressful and an absolute drain on my creativity. I hate social media and constantly feeling pressure to make posts and check on numbers made me feel yucky. Has anyone else had the same experience? Currently just in the mood to turn on my gear, make a lil jam beat, trance out, dance, whatever. Been doing that for about a week instead of trying to make a song and I feel so much better , Edit: Wow. So many comments I haven't had a chance to read them all yet, but its really cool to read all your thoughts and stories! Looks like most of us are kind of in the same boat, and thats really cool to see, and I hope it was as refreshing to some of you as it was to me. Thank you for the reminder to just keep doing my thing, keep doing yours too.

Say the word ‘Jamaica’ and immediately people think of chilling out on a tropical beach p

aradise set to a reggae soundtrack. While reggae hits from the greats of yesteryear like Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and the iconic Bob Marley live on forever, new reggae stars like Chronixx Say the word ‘Jamaica’ and immediately people think of chilling out on a tropical beach paradise set to a reggae soundtrack. While reggae hits from the greats of yesteryear like Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and the iconic Bob Marley live on forever, new reggae stars like Chronixx and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley are making the world sway along with their equally conscious lyrics. Yet, for many Jamaicans as well as people across the world, especially in places like Japan, it is dancehall music that speaks to them.and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley are making the world sway along with their equally conscious lyrics. Yet, for many Jamaicans as well as people across the world, especially in places like Japan, it is dancehall music that speaks to them.