Today's question comes from Pep: "Hey Mike, I'm enjoying the Pod walks but was wondering if you have ever made a Pod walk about overwhelm as result of working on so many tracks using the machine? It's a problem (although a good one) I face lots of times and I think others may too..."

From Jon: "I have a bunch of songs (about 12) I wrote in the "traditional" way (singing with a guitar/keyboard) about 15 years ago, and never recorded them after stopping working in music for many years. I still feel there's something in them, I regret not sharing them, and I have a very close emotional connection to them. It seems a big barrier to get them finished and out. Should I leave them or should I persevere and get them finished?"

From Jon: "When you say you probably won't use 80% of material, do you mean 80% of splurges, or 80% of finished tracks?"

Release doubts

I can’t decide

On the surface, it might seem that "balance" is a worthy goal. Don't we all want balance in our lives? I'm not so sure. Here's why...

I'm no expert in "Burnout", although a lot of people talk about it. But I have a particular approach I use personally with this category of problem...

In the early stages of the Magic Music Machine I suggest you ignore mistakes, for a bunch of reasons. but when is the right time to turn your mind to fixing mistakes in your music? And what is a mistake anyway? Find out more about the Magic Music Machine here: https://shop.makemusicyourlife.com

I know there's a lot of people who have had "better results" using reference tracks. And they do have their place as a TRAINING tool. But if that educational resource turns into "training wheels" you never take off...if it becomes THE way you make music? You have a BIG problem, which is going to progressively get worse.

Why it's a bad idea to delete your music, no matter how bad you believe it to be...