You’ve finally found it!
The reason you struggle to make the kind of quality music
you know you have within you...
Defeat frustration for good when you discover this BRAND NEW
"brain-based" breakthrough to make much better music:
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From 1994 to 2010, I released well over 300 tracks as Mike Monday and toured the world playing my music to 1000s. But by 2010:
I WAS BURNT OUT...
So, I sold all my gear to focus on helping other musicians, producers, and composers make much better music in a lot less time. But then, after well over 10,000 hours of coaching, I discovered the solution I'd been searching for...
I found a method of making music that SOLVED the problems, which inevitably led to my creative burnout.
I couldn't help it...
I simply had to dust off my headphones and make music again!
Fast forward to October 2020…
Using this method, which I'd practised and distilled into a fine art…I made a new piece of music EVERY SINGLE DAY. I created 524 pieces of music live on my Zentaur channel, which were WAY BETTER than anything I made before.
And now, in 2023, I'm on course to write and produce 3 albums using the same method.
Moreover, I made all this music in a crazy busy life…
(I have 4 young boys, a wife, the Make Music Your Life team, this business, and all my coaching clients!)
And I'd love to share this method with you!
But you might wonder, "Exactly who is this weird bald bloke, and why on earth world would I listen to you?"
In my musical journey so far...
As you can see, I've been around the block and back again. But that's more than enough about me :)
What matters is YOU.
If you get stuck in the loop….
Don’t have enough time to get in the studio…
Suffer from rollercoaster motivation to make music…
(Just like I used to…)
IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT!
Because you’ve been taught to make music using methods that put you into a battle with yourself.
And here’s the cure:
Introducing the...
In the Idea Explosion Challenge you're going to discover my unique, creative "Splurge" methodology for coming up with TONS of new track ideas on the fly.
And then you'll discover how to harness that raw creative output by channeling it through the Music Machine system to make the best music possible.
Now, you might be thinking...
This “EITHER I start making loads of ideas... OR I’m finishing this piece of music” approach simply DOES NOT WORK.
Because how you start determines what, how and whether you finish!
By practising your Idea Generation, you will save time, have more fun and produce music of much higher quality.
Here’s why this works:
No matter how prolific you are as a musician, some ideas are going to be better than others.
And some ideas will be easier to finish than others.
I don't know about you, but my best work often comes from the least amount of work!
By following this process and making an ENORMOUS number of ideas... and then choosing the best ones to finish... you're leveraging quantity to get to the quality ideas that "finish themselves."
Instead of beating a few mediocre ideas into submission, you'll finish way better (and higher quality) music by making way more ideas.
Making music is a SKILL.
The more you practice, the better you get at making music.
We know that intuitively.
But if you spend MOST of your time in the studio, struggling to finish ideas, spending all of your time polishing, editing and tweaking...
Guess what you get good at?
Polishing, editing and tweaking!
First and foremost, great music comes from great musical ideas.
By putting the PROCESS first (practising your ability to make great musical ideas), you'll get the RESULTS (finishing more quality music).
You can't do that if you spend all your time trying to "finish" every idea you've latched onto.
98% of musicians I've coached don't make nearly as much music as they could or the quality they could.
Here's why:
They're trying to finish tracks that aren't worthy of finishing!
If you spend hours, days, weeks or months on ONE particular idea, you get emotionally invested in it - no matter how good or bad it is!
This creates the perfect conditions where it's almost impossible to finish anything.
Not only is the musical idea not strong enough... but because you're so attached to it (and you don't want to ruin/lose it)... what the piece of music "already is" has been "set" in your mind.
You can't finish it because you're too attached to what it ALREADY IS.
And because you can't finish it, you can't finish anything else either. In the worst cases, you don't even start anything else!
The Idea Explosion Challenge allows you to BREAK this cycle.
You'll create an abundance of ideas to choose from. You don't get overly attached to any track.
And because you know you can always create MORE, ever-better ideas, you're less worried about "ruining" any of them.
Taking this carefree approach, you can choose the best ideas to take forward... and you'll finish much better music in a lot less time.
Your BURNING DESIRE to make the highest quality music stops you from accomplishing exactly that!
It could even prevent you from making anything at all.
How?
If when you make music, all you can think is, "This isn't good enough," - you're not allowing the process to happen.
You're editing yourself into a creative prison.
Inside the Idea Explosion Challenge, I'll show you a particular way of making music using a set of "rules" called the "Splurge" methodology.
Not only does the Splurge method produce heaps of ideas..., but it also increases your music production skills. These are the perfect conditions to practice a new sound, instrument, or process you've always wanted to learn.
By opening yourself to making ANY and ALL kinds of good and bad ideas, you'll notice patterns and sonic signposts leading to your unique style.
With practice, you'll start making the quality music you know you can make.
Are you ready to start the Idea Explosion Challenge?
My unique "Splurge" methodology (and 5 key variations) so you can create new musical ideas on demand with no blocks on your creativity. UNBURDEN your mind for when it's "creative showtime."
A simple, 3-step review process most musicians NEVER THINK about using. It's a foolproof way to improve exponentially through the experience of good AND bad sessions.
The "Direct Listening Technique" that lets you identify the RIGHT musical ideas worth focusing on. THE MOST IMPORTANT skill for a professional producer to have.
The T.I.C.K. process for eliminating all unnecessary distractions, so you can become immediately focused when it's "studio time."
The "Music Machine" system and template. Move ideas forward with a simple "do this, then that" system so you can finish more music than ever before!
Over the next 11 days, let me show you how you can finish more music than you have in the last 11 months...
The real #success though is all the splurges and the couple Drafts still in the pipeline. I've always had 1 project to work on and was basically stuck with it once the creative flow dried up. Now there are so many open projects on one hand but also a clear way to finish each on the other hand. It feels like a much healthier foundation.
I started this course three tunes into a coming back to producing after ten years off. My previous obsession with whether things sounded good enough (sounds, the mix, punch etc) seems to have taken a back seat.
80 Splurges, 4 currently in Discover, 2 in Draft, 4 in Done. All of this adds up to the fact that I'm really enjoying making music again.
I have done the splurge every day since starting the course. I have added a music making app on my phone and done some more splurges there. I have completed 2 songs and have a bunch of great ideas. The biggest success has been a number of changes in my thinking around my music and the development of a strong creative practice.
Loving the process. I don't think I'll ever produce the same way again!
Got four tracks complete already, which is incredible! Then there are another three more in [Discover], two in [Draft], and I’m still splurging a minimum of once per day. This is all really insane considering I have a full time day job, run my own mixing and mastering business, a record label, and I’m a DJ performing live many weekends.
I'm finally back... after being totally lost in self commiserating and procrastination. I finished 32 Tracks. 5x of what I did the last 5 years... and a 10x in quality
Over the next 11 days, let me show you how you can finish more music than you have in the last 11 months...
Please send any questions you have by using the help button on the bottom right to start a conversation with me (and the MMYL team).
We're always happy to help!