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The Mindset of
Making Music
WITH KEITH MILLS
FMM196 – The Startling Truth About Distraction and Why You Need to Tell Your Loved Ones
Today we’re meeting a familiar foe but in a surprising new way. The enemy in front of us is distraction, and we’ve uncovered some new research that shows that everything we thought we knew about distractions and their impact on creatives is actually way worse. And some of the things we didn’t know were distractions……
FMM195 – Post Vacation Syndrome: Getting Back to Your Creative Groove in Days Not Weeks
No matter how organised and self-disciplined you are, change is inevitable. And, as a result, that will shake up your routine. This episode is all about the inevitable breaks that from time to time we are forced to take away from our regular creative sessions. Whether it’s an illness, life events, vacations, work, or perhaps…
FMM194 – Studio Paralysis: The Red Flags to Beware!
Nobody wants their art to be a stressful frustrating anxiety-inducing experience. And yet I’ve noticed so many creatives bring this upon themselves by creating their own studio paralysis. In this episode, we’re going to be exploring a strange phenomenon that will hamper your ability to make progress with the piece of music you are writing….
FMM193 – KPD: Building a Career That Feeds Your Soul
Today we are entertaining one of Spain’s finest House Music Producers, KPD. With hundreds of releases to his name on the world’s biggest labels from Defected to Toolroom AND with one of his singles reaching 25 million streams on Spotify, I was keen to understand how he maintains this output, at this quality. And all…
FMM192 – My Wife’s Expensive Mistakes and Why I Chose to Talk About It
Today we are going to be talking about mistakes… … particularly mistakes my wife Ana has made. And let me tell you, they’ve cost us a few quid! But… they have also revealed a profound lesson for me and a way of thinking about mistakes that, if you find yourself holding back due to fear…
FMM191 – Stop Sabotaging Your Music!
Today we are going to be talking about sabotage! Specifically, how we often sabotage our chances of success by worrying, avoiding, and procrastinating on the things that we really want to achieve. Maybe you know you’re doing this regularly, maybe you can see that you are starving yourself of learning opportunities, growth and the results…
FMM190 – What Labels Expect From You
This is the second part of a double-header focussing on what it takes to get your music signed on the labels you love, and the shortcuts to get you there fast. Previously we heard the perspectives of established artists in the scene learning how to get noticed, and the pitfalls they have fallen into so…
FMM189 – Get Signed Now: Powerful Insights From Music Industry Heavyweights.
In this episode, we’re talking about getting your music out into the world… …so that you get to impact and share your creativity with others. I decided a great way to do this would be to search through our podcast interviews and curate the most powerful lessons from artists at the top of the game. …
FMM188 – Jesse Saunders: On Making Your Mark as a Dance Music Innovator
It’s not often we have a bonafide pioneer of dance music on the podcast… Today I’m in conversation with house music legend Jesse Saunders who holds the impressive accolade of releasing the first ever House record… …planting the seed that sprouted into the global phenomenon that is dance music today. In this interview, we follow…
FMM187 – Machinedrum PT2: On Finishing, Mixing and Releasing Music
Travis Stewart is the gift that keeps on giving… Having left you dangling with one hell of a cliffhanger last week, now’s your chance to pick up where we left off… …and dive into part two of our conversation with Travis Stewart aka Machinedrum aka T.Stewart. We received amazing feedback about the first part of…
