Part 18 - Problem Solving
Over the last four months(!) we've introduced a number of tools and techniques, but we need to use them to get something finished. Then we need to keep going. The sports scientists will tell you it takes 66 repetitions to build muscle memory and create a habit; I'm not saying you need to sit down and write 66 songs (though that's not a bad target) but you do need to go and flex those new metaphorical muscles. So here are a few suggestions, some of mine and some from my friends at the Sound On Sound forum, to help unblock the process and finish the job. Tackling preventative behaviours. The first step is recognising this as a problem. If you're not sure what I mean by a preventative behaviour, this cartoon by Asher Perlman should explain it adequately: https://www.instagram.com/asherperlman/p/C0b7oCwuyMj/?hl=en Do you suddenly find yourself gripped by a compulsion to re-wire your studio? To write to your estranged aunt in Bogota? Do you convince yourself that you can...