The piano in the living room sounded
annoying.
It wasn't perfectly in tune so every time I played a chord I could feel the notes fighting with each other.
But it wasn't so out-of-tune that it sounded like I was playing a rag-time tune in a wild west saloon waiting for my hat to get shot off.
It was in limbo. Not tuned enough to sound
good, not out-of-tune enough to sound fun.
So yesterday, I got it tuned.
I had to wait a while for the right person who came recommended from an audio engineer friend of mine, but it was worth the wait.
Now my little singer-songwriter corner in the living room sounds good again.
If you want to be creative, it's important to have a creative space that encourages creativity.
When you sit down to write, record, or mix, you don't want the space to fight against your creativity. You want the environment to move you. To help you find flow.
Having a mix template is similar. It helps you get into a flow state
faster.
Too many options makes it hard to make decisions. A mix template sets you up with just enough structure to keep you going while making you feel creative.