Big VISION, Small WINS: The Mindset That Keeps You Making Music

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This week, we recapped ADE, riffed on why the scene feels more alive than ever, and decided to add a weekly roast to the show, one community member gets live-roasted (with love) right here via a Discord raffle. We also pulled a “clip of the week” about aiming small vs. big, and landed on this: keep a big vision (your “Tomorrowland”), but celebrate the tiny wins so your motivation survives the long game. From there we hit community questions: how to handle A&R feedback without killing your core idea, what to do when opening your DAW makes you anxious, how we structure studio days, the simple way to handle remix rights, best practices for following up with booking agents post-ADE, and how to keep momentum without dropping your own output. We wrapped with a left-brain/right-brain chat (creativity vs. engineering). Next week: Arcando joins us.

(00:00) Intro

(03:29) Why the ADE roast worked (and our plan for weekly roasts)

(05:05) ADE felt “more alive”: late pop-ups, awards, global crowd

(10:55) Multiple genres rising at once (not just one wave)

(14:14) Clip of the Week: Aim big and celebrate tiny wins

(21:14) Community Qs start + Discord invite & roast raffle info

(22:31) Should I tailor my sound to labels or DJs? (A&R reality check)

(27:31) Triplet drop feedback—when to keep it, when to revert 4-to-the-floor

(32:00) DAW anxiety: lower the bar, timebox, just start creating

(41:01) Remix request: fees, rights, and a simple one-pager

(43:03) Booking agents post-ADE: vision, fit, and rookie mistakes to avoid

(46:19) Too many new contacts? Prioritise and keep your own output moving

(47:52) What a studio day looks like (multiple tracks, phases, structure)

(55:05) Left vs. right brain in production (split creative/engineering blocks)

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