15 Albums in 3 Months: The One Habit That Made It Possible

In the last 3 months, I have produced and released 15 albums (a total of around 110 pieces of music) under different artist names.

To produce such a large number of tracks in such a short amount of time all I did was stick to one habit.

Non-Negotiables

A non-negotiable is something that you have to do every working day. Something that cannot be put off or delayed.

My non-negotiable was to write a piece of music every working day.

To ensure I stuck to this habit the first thing I did when I sat down was write music. I didn’t check my emails, I didn’t tidy up, I didn’t go on social media.

I opened up Logic Pro with a clear idea of what I wanted to achieve by the end of the session.

“Today, I am going to write some Dungeon Synth” for example.

I wouldn’t stop until I had written, and finished, a piece of music.

Sometimes I would be done in 15 minutes, other times it would take 2 hours.

When the track was done, I would export it and put it in Dropbox so I could listen when I was out and about (to check levels and stuff).

Letting go of perfection

Working in this way has meant that 2 wonderful things have happened:

I have gotten faster at producing music
I have gotten better at letting go of “perfection”

This has meant that I have embraced the idea that some of the tracks won’t be my best, and that’s ok.

If working as a professional composer has taught me anything, it’s that your own opinion of your music isn’t always the most objective (obvs).

As a result, I have released each album and moved on to the next one which gave me very little time to anguish over errors of judgment, lack of likes/streams etc.