I'm writing this email with my entire comic book collection strewn around me.

Bendis. Loeb. Morrison. King. Snyder. Gaiman. Slott.

I could name so many more high-profile authors but those are just some of my favorites off the top of my head.

Ennis. Ellis. (whew...almost forgot those guys..they seem like the type of guys who would not take kindly to being forgotten...)

If you recognize the names above, I'm sure we'd make fast friends.

But if you're the boomer blowhard who thinks comics are still for kids, let me just say how sorry I am for you. It must be hard to be such a loser.

Some of the best storytelling happens inside graphic novels and you can learn a lot about snappy dialog from reading even just one comic book from Brian Michael Bendis.

But...why are all my favorite comic book authors sitting on the floor, you ask?

Well they've all been boxed up because I'm renovating my home studio this month.

I'm ripping up the floors to take care of some termite damage and because I'm already "home" I thought I'd ALSO "Go Big!" and redo the entire room to start fresh.

So I'm flipping the studio workstation to the other wall and putting up a whole wall bookshelf behind me (I ain't done buying comics...), and converting the studio more into a "home office/media production room" than a "dark home recording studio" like it currently is.

All the black acoustic treatment on the walls can really drag your mood down and sooner or later you're listening to Marilyn Manson (again..), painting your fingernails black (again...) and wearing eye-liner (again...).

Sometimes it's just time for a remix.

A time to pull all the faders down and put the tracks back together in a new way.

Your mix will have the same tracks, but starting from scratch with a blank canvas allows you to come up with something new and fresh.

So it's time for a bit of a Rebirth (™ DC Comics...) for the Audio Issues studio as I pivot away from only talking about home studio mixing and start focusing on getting you results with your music production, music marketing, and your mindset to succeed.

If you've read this far, I'd love to hear about how I can help.

What are you currently struggling with when it comes to releasing, promoting, and succeeding as a musical creative?

If you need help in any of these areas:

• Content creation to promote yourself
• Starting a music business online
• Finding customers, clients and fans
• Email marketing to keep in touch with your fans and followers
• Sound storytelling principles for marketing your products and services

Please hit reply to this email right now and let me know what you need help with.

Even if you just want to pick a category for me to focus on, let me know and I'll make sure to cover it for you.

Talk soon,

Björgvin "Boy Wonder" Benediktsson