The Finish More Music Podcast

We all want to write better music. But what if your pursuit of quality is the very thing holding you back? In this episode of the Finish More Music Podcast, we explore the hidden trap that catches so many creatives off guard. It starts with a healthy desire to improve… But quickly spirals into: comparison, perfectionism, overthinking and endless detail tweaking. And I don't have to tell you, these...

Your music isn't just a series of sessions that lead to loops, half-finished tracks, or a folder of finished pieces… 
It's a reflection of your path, your growth, and your identity as an artist. In this episode, we explore how every session you sit down to write is shaping the story of your life. Whether it's a win, a struggle, or a breakthrough—it all counts.  And it all adds up. If you've been s...

This week on the Finish More Music podcast, I'm joined by Kedrick Jeffries—CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas and a lifelong musician and community leader.   Kedrick has spent over two decades pouring into the lives of young people, helping them reach their potential through the power of music and mentorship.    In this episode, we explore the profound impact that a single individual...

In this powerful conversation, I sat down with Mark Turk, founder of the Austin-based nonprofit Beat 4 Beat.    Mark's organization brings music education to underserved youths by hiring local musicians to teach in after-school programs—using creativity, performance, and songwriting as tools to transform young lives.   In this show, we explore:
   ✅ How teaching is a superpower for creatives  ✅...

What does it truly mean to give everything for your art?   In this powerful episode, drum & bass legend Tony Colman aka London Elektricity shares his deep philosophy on music, contribution, and living a life of service.   From founding Hospital Records to performing in war-torn Ukraine for free, Tony's career is a testament to the power of giving without expectation—and the unexpected rewards that...

Welcome to our first-ever Finish More Music podcast series!   This podcast series, "The Creative Calling," explores how pursuing one's passions, particularly in creative fields, leads to a more fulfilling life for you and for others.    In the series I use research and personal stories to illustrate the profound positive impacts of creative pursuits on mental, physical, and emotional well-being, a...

Welcome to our first-ever Finish More Music podcast series!   This podcast series, "The Creative Calling," explores how pursuing one's passions, particularly in creative fields, leads to a more fulfilling life for you and for others.    In the series I use research and personal stories to illustrate the profound positive impacts of creative pursuits on mental, physical, and emotional well-being, a...

Welcome to our first-ever Finish More Music podcast series!   This podcast series, "The Creative Calling," explores how pursuing one's passions, particularly in creative fields, leads to a more fulfilling life for you and for others.    In the series I use research and personal stories to illustrate the profound positive impacts of creative pursuits on mental, physical, and emotional well-being, a...

Welcome to our first-ever Finish More Music podcast series!   This podcast series, "The Creative Calling," explores how pursuing one's passions, particularly in creative fields, leads to a more fulfilling life for you and for others.    In the series I use research and personal stories to illustrate the profound positive impacts of creative pursuits on mental, physical, and emotional well-being, a...

Welcome to our first-ever Finish More Music podcast series!   This five-part series concludes the story I shared last year about my instantaneous and permanent recovery from depression—and how I simultaneously regained my hearing, despite multiple medical professionals telling me it was lost forever.   I thought I fully understood what had led me into the darkest time of my life and the reason for...

So we are deep into a story together…   A story of the darkest must tumultuous time in my life.    A time that almost ended me.   And now things are about to get very, very weird,   It starts with an event that spiralled me into panic followed by multiple appointments with the UK's top specialists.   And then there was a flash of intuition from my mentor that turned my entire world upside down.  ...

WE… ARE … BACK! Hello, It's been a while! 18 months to be precise.   After 4 years of never missing a beat and recording an episode of the podcast every single week…We suddenly disappeared.   Why?   It's a big question and it deserves a big answer.   In this podcast, I will share with you the reason why I and the podcast disappeared.   Fair warning: it may be unsettling for you. It is a dark story...

Discover how to escape being stuck with the same cycling thought patterns that keep you living in the past so that you can set yourself up for success in music and every other area of your life. The reason why people use time as an excuse.  'I don't have enough time', 'I've wasted to much time and I'm running out of time'  - and how to dispel the lies that we tell ourselves in order to create an a...

Today we are going to be talking about tearing holes in the fabric of reality and collapsing time .   Nope, it's not sci-fi.    This is something you have access to. And easy access to.   Changing your reality and collapsing your own personal timeline.   So that you get to achieve what you want in your life and your music in a fraction of the time you think possible…   …by taking shortcuts that yo...

In today's episode we have a controversial conversation that I would love to have your input on.   Rob from Team FMM is convinced that hardware has been knocked off it's perch…     …and that the future lies in the box and therefore we should all focus on software going forwards.   I threw my best shots at him during this session in support of hardware and he ducked, weaved, countered and even hit...

Today we welcome Ambient and Electronica producer John Hayes to the show.   John is currently signed on a three-album deal to the excellent Nettwerk label alongside artists such as Sasha and il:lo.   His music is supported on radio stations worldwide, including the iconic BBC, and his track Sleep Song has over 2 million streams on Spotify.   In this conversation, we discover John's approach to alb...

  Are you open to exploring something a bit leftfield?   We all know that there are ways to get into a creative headspace at the start of a writing session that will help us to be more productive in that session…   And maybe you are already making good use of many of them…   DAW Templates…Creating a tidy studio space…Having a plan of what you want to achieve…Even meditation.   But what if I told y...

In this episode, we're asking the question - has it all been done before?   Have we reached the frontier of music and there are no new genres, sounds, or musical directions to pursue?   Given the amount of music in the world and the hundreds of genres and subgenres that exist, it would be easy to conclude that the answer is yes…   …Our lot now is to simply refine what exists and there's nothing fu...

In today's episode, we're going to be exploring that question.   Said another way:   Just because a particular genre lights you up to hear it in a club or on your phone, does that mean it's the music you were put on this planet to make?   …or could it be that holding on to the belief that you must make the genre that's your favourite to listen to is dragging you down and sapping your enjoyment of...

Today we're meeting a familiar foe but in a surprising new way.   The enemy in front of us is distraction, and we've uncovered some new research that shows that everything we thought we knew about distractions and their impact on creatives is actually way worse.    And some of the things we didn't know were distractions… to our minds, actually are.   Distractions cause us to react, and when we rea...

No matter how organised and self-disciplined you are, change is inevitable.    And, as a result, that will shake up your routine.   This episode is all about the inevitable breaks that from time to time we are forced to take away from our regular creative sessions.   Whether it's an illness, life events, vacations, work, or perhaps you've simply fallen off the wagon and stopped writing music…   No...

Nobody wants their art to be a stressful frustrating anxiety-inducing experience.   And yet I've noticed so many creatives bring this upon themselves by creating their own studio paralysis.   In this episode, we're going to be exploring a strange phenomenon that will hamper your ability to make progress with the piece of music you are writing.   In fact, if left unchecked this way of operating has...

  Today we are entertaining one of Spain's finest House Music Producers, KPD .   With hundreds of releases to his name on the world's biggest labels from Defected to Toolroom AND with one of his singles reaching 25 million streams on Spotify , I was keen to understand how he maintains this output, at this quality.    And all whilst DJing around the world!   The answers to these questions are actua...