So I thought I'd gotten really good at the following when it comes to artin':
- Don't be a perfectionist.
- Focus on releasing.
- It doesn't matter if it's shit, that's how you learn.
- You can release a "bad" song to Soundcloud without ever putting it on an album for wider release.
How am I now sitting on 10 unfinished songs at this point? Some are basic beats, some are actually pretty far along, it's weird... I've been failing them for the following:
- I don't like this.
- This doesn't "feel like" Lorelei and the Ghost (whatever that means).
- I only have a few followers and I don't think they'd like this.
- I don't like this approach to composing (Push v Keyboard, composing on guitar v. synth v. bass). I should use a different one that is "right" (which not only means dropping the current song, but spending the following few hours having an existential crisis about what approach to music is the most "me". Of all my road blocks, this one feels the most trans π).
Funny thing? I really, genuinely believed these thoughts had nothing to do with my perfectionism for a few weeks and really were just me trying to keep an eye out on the quality of my work and how I present my tiny little baby project (LatG).
And this may have been true if I'd skipped, like, a track or two. But 10? Nope. That's just me standing in the way of my own growth.
Time to buckle down and just release π
