Happy Father's Day to all the dads on my
list!
Even if you don't have kids, you might treat your unreleased songs in a similar way.
Most notably, it's hard to choose between them so you procrastinate working on any of them because you can't play favorites.
And because you can't choose, nothing gets finished.
And if you don't finish, you don't release.
And every year you add to the brood of songs on your hard-drive without actually having anything to show for it.
I understand this all too well because I have quite a few songs that have never been released.
My last song I released
in March, Sympathy, was written in 2008. It took 16 YEARS to release it.
My next song, Getting By, I just finished mastering this week, was written at about the same time.
It's not that these songs haven't been performed live or demo'd in some way.
(and it's not like I haven't released other songs between now and then...)
These particular songs just never got proper attention.
BUT, I am slowly working my way through them and I'm committed to releasing as many of them as possible.
So if you're working on
your music, don't wait until they're old enough to go to college to give them the attention they deserve.
And trust me, once you make progress to finish one song, you'll create momentum that inspires you to keep going.
A creative mind in motion stays in motion.
A song resting inside the hard-drive graveyard stays
stuck in the hard-drive graveyard.
Once you pick one of your babies and release it, you'll not only want to work on the next one, but you'll also make room in your mind for more songs.
And if you need help with that final push to make your next track sound radio-ready and release-worthy, my Independence Day Sale will help you get there.
The sale ends tomorrow so make sure you grab it today.
Cheers,
Björgvin