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Now, we don’t want you contributing to the struggle of the soul that is being a creative. We spend enough time down on ourselves and our talents that we certainly don’t need any help doing that. What we might need help with, however, is finding the way out of that mire. Even if you never feel like you’re making good music, so long as you keep the below in mind, you will start to show improvements. The reception to your newer tracks should show that, too.
You don’t work at it
If people aren’t taking your band seriously or they’re not taking your production seriously, it’s likely because they know that you don’t take it seriously. Sure, it’s easy to have the dream of getting the adoration of a talented musician when all you do is play the occasional gig at a local bar, but that’s not going to make you deserving of it. Music takes work. It takes you sitting down writing stuff, experimenting with new sounds, getting better on your instrument, and putting yourself out there more often. No-one is going to hand you the ability to write and play good music. You need to put the hours in. If that doesn’t sound like your cup of coffee, you might want to reconsider being a musician.
You’re not providing a quality sound
When it comes to the tracks you put out, the quality of the sound matters immensely. Looking after your instruments, your recording gear, and getting yourself in the proper environment for it is going to allow you a much better sound and more control over it. But you should look after your AV equipment with help of folks like George Meyer AV, on top of that. Failing to take care of your own listening equipment when you’re working on a track means you can’t get an accurate idea of the kind of sound quality even as you’re listening to it. That means everyone else will get a different sound from you and it’s not likely to be a pretty one.
You don’t have a diversity of sound
It’s a problem with people who are new to every kind of art. Painters, writers, filmmakers, photographers and, yes, musicians. It’s all too easy to even unconsciously stay too close to your inspirations, to ape off the big loves in your life and thus produce something that has very little originality in it. But that doesn’t have to be the case. All you have to do is start introducing yourself to a greater diversity of sound. No matter what your genre is, listen to music you’ve never listened to before. Pick up inspirations and let them inform your sound. It’s more than creating a hodge-podge of different inspirations. It’s creating a better knowledge of what can be done with music.
Don’t get lazy if you start to feel real improvement, either. Start to stagnate, start to neglect your equipment, and narrow your sources of inspiration and your music will start to show it, too. No-one can afford to rest on their laurels when it comes to making music.
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