Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production Quotes

“The consumer is constantly screaming "Give me what I want!", while inside they are really thinking "Inspire me", even if they aren't consciously aware of it. To give the customer what they want is everything that is wrong with music today. Popular music just continues to get more and more dumbed down. The consumer doesn't know what they want, plain and simple, and if you ask them, they will likely regurgitate something that has already been recycled, filtered, over produced and watered down for the masses.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“All we are is filters. Each of us has a unique filter that takes in information in a unique way and puts something new back into the world.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“You are NOT the person you think you are until you put those potential thoughts into action.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“When you attempt something new, set aside some time for the "suck factor".”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“I'll add another return track for compression. This will be used for Parallel, or New York compression, which is basically mixing the fully compressed sound with the original. This has the advantage of adding punch and fatness without losing the transients.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“The truth is, 80% and maybe more of the crap you’ve filled your head with is just an addiction to consuming information. It’s really just procrastination disguised as productivity.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“At the end of the day, the person that finishes the most songs wins every time.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“If you want to know whether you've got it in you or not, look at your daily habits, not your skill level.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“When you already have non-productive momentum, it's hard to turn that boat around.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Writer's block is simply fear disguised as other things. It's certainly not something that is out of your control. Make creating a habit, even if it's for fifteen minutes a day. Whatever you do, never stop because of fear.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Imperfection gives life to your music and art.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“It's really important to create partnerships with other musicians of a similar vibe or style. These are your "go to" people when you want feedback on an idea.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“See, you don’t have to call a song done forever, you just have to abandon it when your current ear is satisfied.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“The things that are easy in your life are processed as one simple task, while the things you dread fill your head with all kinds of seemingly complicated details.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“The secret to becoming great If you seek quantity over quality, you will get both.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Opening your DAW and listening to your 8 bar loop for twenty minutes is NOT making music. It's just procrastinating.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Spending a day or 2 putting together a “go to” list of 10 or less sounds for each section that gives you quick access to sounds you already know you like.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Ghost tracks are a common secret among producers. The basic idea is to grab a loop or section from a song you like and start playing along to it.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Mozart had a very similar experience of music. He felt that he was simply given full works of music, already completed. His job was simply to get out of the way and write down what had come to him.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Only one synth for a whole song No chords, only melodies How long can you sustain one note in a song without it getting boring? How long can you sustain silence?”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Thomas Edison was able to create these moments on demand by falling asleep in a chair with a spoon in his hand and a pan at his feet. When he would start to doze off, the spoon would fall from his hand onto the pan and wake him up. At those moments he would get his great ideas.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Exploring new tools should never come from the thought process that you don't have enough already, but from a "this looks like something fun to explore" standpoint.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“you want to make a mark on the music scene, fitting in is the best way to disappear.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“When your music takes you somewhere you hadn't expected, you become both the driver and the passenger. This is the best place for an artist to be.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“Trying to get the exact sound in your head and succeeding can be very satisfying, but it's largely a waste of time. Let me explain further.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“When we start to break things down into smaller and smaller categories, it becomes much easier to agree on who is the best. If you want to be the best in the world at something, you have to define who you are in very specific terms.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“The reward shouldn't be approval, it should be the satisfaction of finishing something you yourself are happy with.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“The real problem is and always has been your reaction to your new habits!”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“My proposal to you is to devote yourself to just fifteen minutes a day, every day, to music making.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow

“My god, if I couldn't steal recipes from people much more gifted in cooking than me, I'd be in even more trouble.”
― Jason Timothy, Music Habits - The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production: Finish Songs Fast, Beat Procrastination and Find Your Creative Flow