Mono Yapp: Desire

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First stop was: The Investment.

Up Next: Desire

I'll keep this one short for the most part....

Oh the continuing battle between Quantity vs. Quality! Of course the obvious answer is Quality - But no no no, not so much in this instance. Even more so if you're an amateur.

Put it this way, practice makes perfect right? You want to have the best quality hit out there in the industry, but that is never going to happen without trial and error. Every great producer has gone through the ins and outs of this.

For me, quality is always numero uno in terms of priority but I am not going to agonize myself all night over one beat. If it takes too much energy, brain cells and time consumption to perfect JUST crafting the beat - then it means I'm forcing it too hard for people to like it. It's unnatural. Music has to come out spontaneously. And that spontaneity stems from your desire. This brings me back to The Investment editorial. I'll reiterate that time is of necessity when you are doing any type of music. And for the majority of the time desire often always comes up at the spur of the wrong moment. For example: in the shower, in bed, at work, on the train, etc. That's when your musical genius and juices start to flow. What you need to do is keep pushing your ideas more and more until you have full access to your MP, PC, whatever. Keep the light fused and then you can torch it on the beats. Otherwise...

I can't imagine scheduling myself to sit down and work on a new beat (Saturday 8 PM.)

Nope. Sorry, it doesn't work like that. I'd have to want to do it. Unless I'm touching up or editing previous work - you can't get me to do something for you on the spot if I'm not in that zone. Hats off to the few gifted people that can do it, but if you're anything of a common folk like me - you'll see it's not going to be productive.

Once you young lads learn to match desire with your music, it's a beautiful thing. It really is. I can only explain it to a certain extent. This is really one of those magical things where you have to be there to believe it.

So remember, don't sap your music by arranging when you want to do a track, do so on your own terms and when your soul opens up to it. The joy factor is a HUGE plus! You'll be more relaxed, you'll be more into it = the music will reflect and will be the by product.

Till next time,

Keep 'em Plugged.

A.