Two weeks ago I went to a wedding in Sri Lanka.

In case you don't know where Sri Lanka is, it's basically a 25 hour trip to the other side of the world by India from where I live.

My wife and I used the wedding as an excuse to double it as a late honeymoon after our friend's wedding.

So anyways, the Sri Lankan wedding was a two-parter and the first one was at this incredible Buddhist temple (complete with a 5 year old resident elephant that just seemed to wander around the place).

During this part we decided to go all-in on embracing the culture and both wore the traditional Sarong to the ceremony.

A Sarong, in case you don't know, is basically just a sheet you put on and tie around your waist. It ends up looking like a long, fancy skirt but I thought "if that's what people wear then that's what I was wearing."

The Sarong, although it's traditional and most people wore it, made me look even more out of place.

It's one thing to be one of the few westerners at the wedding wearing normal fancy clothes, but wearing a skirt!

Talk about feeling self-conscious!

Don't worry, I didn't draw attention from the bride though ;)

But it made me think about getting out of your comfort zone and learning new things.

Showing off my recordings and mixes terrifies me sometimes.

Why, don't you blog about it all the time?

Well yeah, and I believe I can teach you a thing or two but it doesn't mean I'm always confident in everything I'm doing is the "best."

Because it simply isn't.

My way works for me and hopefully it can work for you if you want to learn through my eBooks and tutorials.

But I'm always learning as well so the only way to keep improving (in my opinion) is to get things out there into the world.

That means finishing mixes and releasing songs.

In the last year I've released two singles with the band that I've produced myself.

I'm damn proud of them! Just listen to this kick-ass song we released two weeks ago!

But when I listen to the earlier song we released I can hear how I could've done better.

Does that mean I should go back, remix and re-release the song because I think I can make the kick-drum, guitar, vocal, etc sound better?

No, absolutely not.

If I did that every time I'd just be stuck in a continuous feedback loop where I'd be so focused on the old I couldn't concentrate on the new.

So that's getting out of the comfort zone with producing for me.

I know I'll do better in a year. But I'll have to get to "better" by using the skill-set I have now and keep recording, mixing and (most importantly) releasing.

It's all a learning process and by picking up some new skills along the way I'll make each song better than the next.

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