The Mindset of
Making Music

WITH KEITH MILLS

FMM146 – Victoria Labalme (Risk Forward) – Finding the Right Path for Your Music

We’ve got a pretty special episode waiting for you this week! This is something that we’ve never done before – brand new and totally unique! So let me first ask you this… Do you worry about putting your music out into the world? Maybe a fear of judgment stops you from being creative. Perhaps you…

FMM145 – Opening the Creative Doors in Your Mind

Don’t be a ‘Yes, but…’ person! We all know people who rubbish ideas. Nobody wants to speak up and share ideas in their presence. And often nobody even wants to be around them. And yet unwittingly, we often find ourselves being THAT person… The person who picks holes in other people’s suggestions, cutting the creative…

FMM144 – The Incubation Period: Your Subconscious Weapon

So here’s the deal. We all hit creative problems. And we often try to solve those problems with the same level of thinking that created them. …forcing a solution the wrong way, digging in deeper, making the problem worse, and building frustration in the process. Maybe you start second-guessing perfectly good work, start to make…

FMM143 – Inspiration to Release: Writing the Revelate Album With QUIVVER

John Graham aka Quivver is a man who’s been at the forefront of electronic music for over 25 years, both as a producer and DJ, writing and playing everything from House to Techno to Breaks to Drum and Bass. With his new album Revelate released on Bedrock and hitting the music stores we really got…

FMM142 – The Importance of Having Killer Taste

As music producers we all want to achieve the sound that we hear in our heads but we often get disheartened that our work does not sound as good as our ambitions. …And this is because our abilities don’t currently match up with our taste.. Maybe you can relate…you get so caught up in the…

FMM141 – The Art Of Deliberate Practice

Have you ever caught yourself saying “I don’t have enough time”? We’ve all been there…you can have hours and hours of time, yet see no meaningful growth in your skills and the quality of your music. But it often isn’t a lack of time that is creating the problem… …it’s a lack of efficiency in…

FMM140 – The 3 Core People Every Successful Artist Surround Themselves With

The power of getting the right people around us can’t be understated… …but who exactly should we aspire to surround ourselves with? This week we dig into a concept that ties together several ideas that I’ve talked about previously in this podcast. And these are actually concepts that I’ve purposely built into the Finish More…

FMM139 – How to Stand Out From the Crowd With Dave Seaman

Today we are in conversation with electronic music legend Dave Seaman, well known for his releases in the famed Renaissance Masters Series and Global Underground and currently releasing music and running his highly respected label Selador. In this episode, we lean heavily into the music industry and what it really takes to get heard and…

FMM138 – Take Your Opportunities or Someone Else Will

We all get opportunities in life, some that come quite regularly and others that are more significant and rare. We sometimes call them lucky breaks, the types of opportunities that can make a huge difference in our life… …and none of us wants to be the person who had that chance and let that golden…

FMM137 – Forging a Career in Today’s Music Scene With Cassy (Aus Music)

If you’re like most music producers juggling the logistics of home life with studio time you’re going to love this episode… Today I’m sitting down with Cassy, a globally in-demand DJ and producer who boasts landmark recorded mixes for the likes of Panorama bar and Fabric, and has releases on a who’s who of labels…