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FMM159 – Creative Burnout Can Floor You for Months: Here’s How to Avoid It

Have you ever felt disconnected from your art and disinterested in what you’re doing?

Sure, we all have times when our output isn’t meeting our expectations and that’s just part of being a creative…

…But what about when you experience the continual feeling of being a bit flat, uninspired, and demotivated in the studio? 

Well today we’re gonna delve into the murky world of creative burnout.

This is very real and can be very demoralizing. 

It tends to bring up questions such as “Is writing music even for me, do I really enjoy this?”

It is not a great place to be and it’s easy to get caught if you are not aware or mindful of it.

The good news is that it can be completely avoided. And if you do slip into a creative slump, there are ways to recover and get back to that place where you’re really excited to write music.

…where you find joy in escaping into that magical space in your world – where you get to bring your creative ideas to life.

So let’s dive in and I’ll share a bunch of things to help you avoid falling into the trap…

Key Takeaways:

  • The easy activities that can contribute massively to your creativity and enjoyment in the studio.
  • The importance of being intentional about doing things to light you up. 
  • The simple strategies that will massively help you recover from any slump before it becomes a burnout.

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FMM158 – How You Look at Problems Determines What’s Possible for You

Do you want to know the REAL biggest mistake you can possibly make?

Well today we’re talking about the problems that come with success. 

If you want to play a bigger game and achieve more in your life and with your music, you will be inviting new and bigger problems into your world. 

…and avoiding them is exactly the way that you’ll never reach your true potential.

If you play it safe you’ll play a smaller game until you reach the biggest problem of all…

…looking back and realizing you could have been, had and achieved so much more. 

This is life. This is serious. We want to act on these things now!

So how can you move past this fear of problems? This fear of failures, this fear of mistakes. 

Well, let’s find out in this episode. Get ready…let’s dive in.

Key Takeaways:

  • The secret that high achievers know that amateurs do not
  • How you can transform your relationship with problems so that you accelerate forward more quickly towards your version of success. 
  • How to unlock your creativity, to write more and better music and give more back to the music scene that you love. 

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FMM157 – Avoid Your Productivity Killers With the Power of the To-Don’t List

No one wants to look back at a life squandered.

…a life spent on poor choices and destructive habits. 

Destructive habits that put you in quicksand – no matter how focused you are on the race you are trying to run.

And if you don’t bring the habits and distractions that aren’t serving you well into your awareness, then you’ll waste time on tasks that make you feel busy. 

Today we will be examining one of the biggest productivity killers out there…

…and I’ll be showing you one of the most powerful tools that you can use to give yourself more time, bandwidth and resources to focus on the things that matter most to you. 

So if you want to look back on a positive year, a year of progress, then dive in!

Key Takeaways:

  • How to massively improve your chances of success.
  • Your best chance of avoiding destructive habits.
  • What people THINK focus means versus what focus REALLY means.

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FMM156 – How to Move Faster and Further on Your Creative Journey

Do you want to break new boundaries with your music?

…or discover exciting new ways to challenge yourself creatively?

Well, today I’m going to share with you a series of powerful and linked mindset hacks that I’ve curated from this year’s podcast episodes.

…To help you move faster and further into the next year of your creative journey.

To explore your influences and to craft your own unique sound so that you stand out from the crowd rather than blend in with it like the majority of new producers do.

There’s a hell of a lot to get through in this episode…

So get yourself focused and let’s dive in.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to move faster and further into the next year of your creative journey
  • How to break new boundaries with your music
  • How to craft your own sound so that you stand out from the crowd

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FMM155 – Christmas Mixes: Genre Spanner: Hyasynth Aus

Today we have an amazing mix to round off our series…

For our 4th and final showcase we turned to the skills of Australian DJ Hyasynth (Andrew Mashiko) for our showcase from the future!

This is a multi-genre mix covering a whole lot of bases and a lot of ground with 34 awesome tracks!

Sit back and enjoy!

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Tracklisting:

  • What I Needed – Selected Notes
  • Power – Hollistic
  • Empty – Ekayel
  • Saturday On The Piano – Sixbrix,Ian O’Shea
  • Komorebi – Hyasynth
  • Tangle – Martin Robinson
  • Spectral – Mark Tammo,Sean Harvey
  • Foundation (Breathe Mix) – Jesse Gay,Sheppard
  • Sunshine – Stateline
  • Lost In Waves – Hollistic
  • Afternoon – Leon The Lover
  • Lost In Waves – Hollistic
  • Divulgence – Hollistic
  • Helta Delta – Maslowe
  • After Hours – Neomonic
  • Lost – Tom Fält
  • What If – Stevie Jones
  • Synchronicity – Frizzled
  • Bjuh – Ian NoID
  • Synchronicity
  • Lysergic – Hyasynth
  • Let It Go – Eddie Quinlan
  • Pure Love – RL Music
  • The Dream – Baboolian
  • Believe – Kakura
  • Tears of the Sun – Hyasynth
  • Psychosis – Hyasynth
  • Dreams – Futatsu
  • Clockwork Omelette – Arkade
  • Soul Scream – Anna Lipsne
  • Feint heart – Al Herbs,Alex,The Shadow,Taylor
  • Anomaly – Lie Society,Jason Sieber
  • The Calling – Futatsu
  • Horizon – Hyasynth

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FMM154 – Christmas Mixes: Techno Mix: Alex Mar

In part 3 of our FMM DJ mixes we are being treated to some full-on Techno, in a mix crafted by Alex Mar from Slovenia.

As with the previous mixes this one is created entirely from music made by members of the FMM community. 

We have more members than ever releasing music and landing on top tier labels in the underground music scene and more members seeing huge breakthroughs in quantity and quality of their music.

So let’s dive in! If the last two mixes were too laid back for your tastes then this one will wallop you!

Grab your running shoes and crank up your headphones…

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Tracklisting:

  • Selected Notes – What I Needed
  • Anna Lipsne – Soul Scream
  • Ian NoiD – Bjuh
  • Mark Tammo & Sean Harvey – Spectral
  • Jesse Gay & Sheppard – Foundation (Breathe Mix)
  • Mark Tammo & Sean Harvey – Faderunner
  • Chris Feeney – Purple Sunshine
  • Nordic Noir – Beneath the Surface
  • Jacki-E & nOzart – Searching The Bass
  • The Metaphaze & Tom Schippers – Ghosttown
  • Daemon Chills – Bngr A Phry
  • Lie Society & Jason Sieer – Anomaly
  • Nordic Noir – First Encounter
  • Kakura – Believe
  • Zaria – Tunnel Vision (Original Mix)
  • Nordic Noir – First Encounter
  • PlateauX and Leon the Lover – Algarve
  • Nordic Noir – Repercussions
  • Nordic Noir – Immortal Soul
  • Jacki-E & nOzart – Twisted Synths
  • nachtPilger – Too Many Dinner Parties?
  • Nordic Noir – After All
  • Araz – That Is Wisdom
  • Nordic Noir – Black Swan
  • The Catskills – LAYX
  • Ian NoiD – Bjuh

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FMM153 – Christmas Mixes: House Mix: Tom Marron

We continue our voyage of discovery this week with part 2 of our FMM Christmas Showcase!

Today we move into a much more Housey vibe with another cracking mix, this time from our Bristol-based DJ, Tom Marron aka TGM.

The quality of the music is insane and I absolutely love this mix! It’s a real journey from start to finish and is a great reflection of the talent inside of FMM and the diversity of Electronic Music in our community.

Check this out…

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Tracklisting:

  • Brighter Days – Stateline
  • Moments – Stateline
  • Moving On – Leon the Lover
  • Once again – Leon the Lover
  • Colour Code – Maslowe
  • Afternoon-Leon the Lover
  • Preacher – Stateline
  • Mosaic – Stateline
  • Cortina – Stateline
  • Walk or Talk – Stateline
  • Let You Go – Ian NoiD
  • Three T_s – Old Man Shodan

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FMM152 – Christmas Mixes: Melodic Mix: Ian O’Shea

This week I’m bringing you something a little bit different…

…and a lot special!

To celebrate a wicked year inside the FMM community I thought it would be a great idea to showcase the talents and highlight the diversity and quality of what our members are producing.

So I’m bringing you a very special series of guest DJ mixes from our members that feature music created 100% by our members.

In this first episode, I’m going to take you on a Melodic journey with a mix created by one of our kick-ass FMM members, Ian O’Shea.

Sit back, relax and enjoy!

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Tracklisting:

  • Ekayel – Bittersweet
  • Stevie Jones – Passing Through
  • Tom Fait – Lost
  • Sixbrix & Ian O’Shea – Day One
  • Ekayel – Shuka
  • Outersoul – You
  • Sixbrix & Ian O’Shea – Saturday On The Piano
  • Chris Feeney – Black Friday
  • Sixbrix & Ian O’Shea – Sublima
  • Martin Robinson – Tangle
  • Tom Falt – See It For Yourself
  • HEILAN – Subido
  • Outersoul – Rise
  • Zaria – The Watcher
  • Kakura – Believe
  • Ian O’Shea – Forgotten Dreams
  • Maslowe – Yellow Peas

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FMM151 – Best of Artists (A Look Back Over the Top Guest Moments)

Have you ever been in a position where the first time you heard something it wasn’t the right time?

…but the second? That was the moment that flicked the switch.

That was the moment that inspired you to be, do and have more in your life and with your music.

That’s why reflection is important. It’s so easy to forget pieces of information that can literally be life-changing.

This year I was privileged to welcome some of the biggest names in electronic music production with huge amounts of experience and wisdom in what it takes to move to the next stage in your journey and ultimately to reach the very top of the game.

Today I’m digging into a series of bite-sized highlights from the most impactful guest interviews. 

This is a chance to reflect and dip back into the knowledge that these guys brought to the table.

You just don’t know which gem of info will be the difference that makes the difference for you…

Key takeaways:

  • What it takes to reach the top of the music production game
  • How to be, do and have more in your life and with your music.
  • The key to a career in the music industry

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FMM150 – The Key Lessons I Learned From a Challenging Year

This year has been messy…

…one of the most challenging years I’ve personally experienced in some time. 

And today I’m going to share with you those challenges – the highs and the lows – and how the journey unfolded up until now.

Most of the world treats the end of the year as a time to wind down, but for me , this is the  time to put my foot down on the accelerator. 

Learning from our own struggles and victories, and also from those around us are what leads to growth and personal development. 

…and who you become determines the results that you’re going to get.

So I’ve cherry picked what I hope are going to be the most impactful lessons for you…and if just one of these resonates with you…then this is going to be time really well spent. 

How can you make progress? 

How can you grow as a person? 

How can you do more of the things that have worked for you? 

Everything is a learning opportunity. 

I’ve got some great stories for you… 🙂

Key takeaways:

  • “Happiness is not contained in what you have but who you become”
  • The formula to achieve success
  • How to be resilient and recover quickly from knock downs so you can keep moving forward.
  • How to experience more growth in your life and a lot more fulfillment and joy as a result of it.
  • How to ensure you take advantage of the new year.

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