Here are two invaluable lessons for finishing more
creative work.
- Having a deadline makes you accountable to finish your work.
- Following a process makes it easier to hit that deadline.
If you don't set a deadline, you'll procrastinate.
If you don't work within limitations or follow a process, you'll second-guess yourself every step of the way.
Case in point...
Last week I mixed a song in front of a "live studio audience" as a part of my LIVE Step By Step Mixing Challenge.
I followed the step by step mixing process and shared everything with them so that they could replicate the process with their own songs.
If I hadn't needed to show up for these sessions with the promise that we would have a finished mix by the end, I could've procrastinated on my song for a few more weeks.
Instead, I have a finished mastered mix that's ready to be released (stay tuned for that).
And if I hadn't worked within the limitations of my process, I could've kept tweaking my mix forever, testing
new plug-ins, procrastinating on which compressor to use, etc, etc...
Instead, the entire class learned a process that would help them go from rough recording to finished mix, in less than five hours.
So the live Step By Step Mixing Challenge was a huge success, both for my students AND for myself.
It's BY FAR my
favorite program I've created since I wrote Step By Step Mixing. It's like my book on steroids where you can see how all the pieces fit together to make a great-sounding mix.
If you missed it last week, don't worry!
I'm happy to report that the entire Step By Step Mixing Challenge
has re-opened as an "on-demand" challenge that you can take whenever you have time.
No need to show up to a session at a specific time. Just watch the challenge videos on your own time and easily make progress on your mixes when you follow the process I lay out for you.
So if you're looking to finally finish that mix that's waiting for you on your hard-drive...
...now's the time to challenge yourself to finish once and for all.
Click here to start the challenge.
Enjoy!
Björgvin