Instead of pushing through the arrangement, you open YouTube. "Top 10 VSTs for Professional Bass" or "This One Plugin Changed Everything."
Three hours later, you're $200 poorer, your inbox has another "order confirmed" email... and your track is still unfinished.
If this sounds familiar, you might have Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS).
If you do, then welcome to the club. There's a lot of us here.
With GAS, you convince yourself that if you just had that plugin, that sample pack, those new monitors, then everything would click.
Contrast that with Porter Robinson.
He produced his breakthrough "Spitfire" EP on $100 Logitech speakers from Best Buy. Not studio monitors. Not thousand-dollar reference speakers. Logitech. From Best Buy.
Here's his take:
"What's more important than having a hyper-accurate system, perfect room, and obscure soviet synths that can't stay in-fucking-tune, is knowing your system and working hard."
Look, gear itself isn't the problem. It's nice to have quality plugins, sample packs, keyboards, and monitors. We make tools ourselves (like Superknobs, which Ableton users love 😉).
But there's a massive difference between buying tools that serve your workflow versus buying tools to avoid the hard work of actually producing.
What really moves the needle? Learning fundamentals. Practicing techniques. Developing your skills. Finishing tracks.
You probably already have everything you need. What you might be missing is structured learning paths that help you make music you're proud to call your own.
That's where our VIP All-Access Bundle comes in. Six core courses covering songwriting, mixing, sound design, drums, and mastering. Over 180 hours of training to help you master what you already own, and finally finish the music you've been sitting on.
P.S. After coming across the Porter Robinson quote, I went back and listened to some of his Spitfire EP tracks again. So good. Vandalism was prob one of my most played tracks in 2012.
EDMProd
You're stuck on a track.
Instead of pushing through the arrangement, you open YouTube. "Top 10 VSTs for Professional Bass" or "This One Plugin Changed Everything."
Three hours later, you're $200 poorer, your inbox has another "order confirmed" email... and your track is still unfinished.
If this sounds familiar, you might have Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS).
If you do, then welcome to the club. There's a lot of us here.
With GAS, you convince yourself that if you just had that plugin, that sample pack, those new monitors, then everything would click.
Contrast that with Porter Robinson.
He produced his breakthrough "Spitfire" EP on $100 Logitech speakers from Best Buy. Not studio monitors. Not thousand-dollar reference speakers. Logitech. From Best Buy.
Here's his take:
"What's more important than having a hyper-accurate system, perfect room, and obscure soviet synths that can't stay in-fucking-tune, is knowing your system and working hard."
Look, gear itself isn't the problem. It's nice to have quality plugins, sample packs, keyboards, and monitors. We make tools ourselves (like Superknobs, which Ableton users love 😉).
But there's a massive difference between buying tools that serve your workflow versus buying tools to avoid the hard work of actually producing.
What really moves the needle? Learning fundamentals. Practicing techniques. Developing your skills. Finishing tracks.
You probably already have everything you need. What you might be missing is structured learning paths that help you make music you're proud to call your own.
That's where our VIP All-Access Bundle comes in. Six core courses covering songwriting, mixing, sound design, drums, and mastering. Over 180 hours of training to help you master what you already own, and finally finish the music you've been sitting on.
Check it out here: edmprod.com/vip
Less gear, more learning and finishing.
— Sam
P.S. After coming across the Porter Robinson quote, I went back and listened to some of his Spitfire EP tracks again. So good. Vandalism was prob one of my most played tracks in 2012.
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