Addicted to music gear!!!

Music is my day job,

I pay my rent with this, there is nothing else I need to do to feed myself so let me pass along some advice to those who are just starting out in the "Game" or even if you are not...

..If you are agonizing over what gear you need to acquire next then let me make things simple for you. This is all you need for digital recording: (Analog recording or hybrid is a different ball of wax) 1. COMPUTER 2. AUDIO INTERFACE 3. HEADPHONES/SPEAKERS 4. SOFTWARE:. D.A.W, Soft synth, Soft Drum Machine, Soft Sampler (Most DAW's come with these already so you won't need to buy anything extra) 5. MIC 6. MIDI CONTROLLER 7. ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS YOU PLAY

Yep, that's it, you have enough right there to make a chart topping smash. Believe me, it has been done with much less.

If you are screwing around with anything other than these pieces of equipment in your early days as a producer YOU ARE OFF COURSE, you are probably in the onset stage of a sickness known as G.A.S (Gear acquisition syndrome)

Gear is addictive, that's why we love it, some are inspired to greater productivity by it but I'm sorry to say to %99 of us, gear is a distraction and an addiction. WE end up being LESS productive as we acquire more stuff.

The truth is this: Within the context of your finished track nobody is going to give a shit whether you used the TR8, 909, or Drumzon. Within the context of a finished mix it simply won't matter.

People will speak up and disagree with me. you should know that: 1. I can pretty much guarantee they are not professionals, this isn't how they pay rent. or 2. They are telling YOU it matters to try and convincer THEMSELVES that all the time and money they sacrificed wasn't a waste.

I am a recovering gear addict and i'm telling you this: Those hours on CL and Ebay could have been spent actually producing music and they still could, today you have a choice stop trying to GET things like gear and start GIVING by writing and producing a new track with whatever you have at hand, you never know, the track you write tonight could be a massive hit! But it won't get written if you are chasing 35 year old drum machines on Ebay.

You can only dance with the girl who is by your side, if you chase the fantasy girl you've never even met, you're going to end up missing prom.

Oh, and if by chance you catch up to her, you'll see it wasn't her you wanted at all, it was her FRIEND who lives 100 miles away.

Man up (Woman up) and make some finished product

Leave the toys for the babies.