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πŸ“² Find Focus in a Busy World πŸ€– workflow

Having trouble focusing on composing or creating? Here are a few ways to help make it easier:

Turn Everything Off

Nothing is more invasive than...

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πŸ”• Productivity Hacks for Composers πŸ€– workflow

 Balancing my work as a composer, content creator, and educator can be tough.

To prevent myself from working weekends or pulling all-nighters,...

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⏰ How To Make An Orchestral Template in 1 Hour πŸ€– workflow

If you’re a composer writing orchestral music and you haven’t made a template yet, you could be saving hundreds of hours a...

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πŸ€– I’ve Been Cloning Myself πŸ€– workflow

I saw entrepreneur and educator Chris Do speak at a university a few weeks ago.

During the panel, a student asked Chris what he thought...

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πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ The Problem With Composing FAST πŸ€– workflow

As educational resources have grown on YouTube, I've seen a lot of emphasis on how to write music quickly.

On one hand, I totally get it...

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πŸ’Ύ Why use External Drives for VSTs? πŸ€– workflow

This topic stumped me for a while. Here's the short of it:

Computers do two things at once with data: reading and writing.

When...

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⌨️ The DAW shortcut I Can't Live Without πŸ€– workflow

 If you're not using this one, start now. Seriously. You'll thank me later

Poin-and-click workflow is inefficient. It's slower...

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