The Finish More Music Podcast

This week's podcast took an unexpected turn…   When two members of my team decided to give their own commentary on my podcasts!   Now it's all well and good me giving you my opinions and thoughts each week but I'm always curious to hear others' takeaways.   And that's exactly what I got this week I was away travelling to see family overseas.   Rob and Terra from the Team, both music producers them...

How can you show up in a new way to move from procrastinating to finishing? …to getting signed on the biggest and best labels in your genre?    Well, the best way to discover this is to hear from people who've made these leaps… …and made them in a short period of time.   The producers in this episode don't have any particular talent. They don't have formal music training. They don't have the world...

You name one pro-athlete, one entrepreneur, one top CEO, one pro producer who doesn't have a consistent source of feedback.   Feedback is not just important, it's essential for any artist's development.    And if you don't know how to receive feedback…   … you will squander its potential to help you improve.   …and you will alienate the people who are supporting you.   So if you want to build valu...

One word guaranteed to strike fear and terror into a creative's heart…   …Deadlines!    What runs through your mind when you hear that word?   Too much pressure! The enemy of creativity! The quality of my art will suffer!   Any piece of music you write can be open to a never-ending set of revisions, tweaks, and changes.     There's always something else to do, right?   And this creates a problem f...

Have you ever found yourself trapped in the murky world of perfectionism?   If the answer is yes then you will almost certainly know how debilitating it can be…   Second-guessing everything that you do.   Endlessly spotting something else to change.   The sheer frustration of knowing that it is time to move forward yet stuck in perfection paralysis, literally not moving forward at all…   But consi...

You would be crazy to want to stunt your growth as a producer, right?   …but a fair few people fall into a trap that leads to exactly that.   These are the people who tend to hold onto knowledge and keep it to themselves.   This typically comes from a place of insecurity. A place of fear of giving someone else a competitive advantage.   …But the reality is, the reverse is true.    By holding onto...

When I started digging into the effects of multitasking, I was absolutely blown away by how deep the rabbit hole goes…   It runs so much deeper than I imagined.   It slows you down, it lowers your IQ, it weakens your memory.    It kills your creativity and productivity while giving the illusion that you are getting more done.   And quite frankly, as someone who creates every single day, this was a...

Have you ever heard a piece of music that lit you up and changed your day for the better?   Perhaps it lessened the fact that you felt fearful, anxious, or worried about something.   Now more than ever, we've been given a sense that our actions really do impact the world around us.   Maybe it's just one person in one moment that takes them from a place where they're struggling…   …to a place of in...

  Have you ever felt disconnected from your art and disinterested in what you're doing?   Sure, we all have times when our output isn't meeting our expectations and that's just part of being a creative…   …But what about when you experience the continual feeling of being a bit flat, uninspired, and demotivated in the studio?    Well today we're gonna delve into the murky world of creative burnout....

Do you want to know the REAL biggest mistake you can possibly make?   Well today we're talking about the problems that come with success.    If you want to play a bigger game and achieve more in your life and with your music, you will be inviting new and bigger problems into your world.    …and avoiding them is exactly the way that you'll never reach your true potential.   If you play it safe you'...

No one wants to look back at a life squandered.   …a life spent on poor choices and destructive habits.     Destructive habits that put you in quicksand - no matter how focused you are on the race you are trying to run.   And if you don't bring the habits and distractions that aren't serving you well into your awareness, then you'll waste time on tasks that make you feel busy.    Today we will be...

Do you want to break new boundaries with your music?   ...or discover exciting new ways to challenge yourself creatively?   Well, today I'm going to share with you a series of powerful and linked mindset hacks that I've curated from this year's podcast episodes.   ...To help you move faster and further into the next year of your creative journey.   To explore your influences and to craft your own...

Today we have an amazing mix to round off our series… For our 4th and final showcase we turned to the skills of Australian DJ Hyasynth (Andrew Mashiko) for our showcase from the future! This is a multi-genre mix covering a whole lot of bases and a lot of ground with 34 awesome tracks! Sit back and enjoy!

In part 3 of our FMM DJ mixes, we are being treated to some full-on Techno, in a mix crafted by Alex Mar from Slovenia.   As with the previous mixes, this one is created entirely from music made by members of the FMM community.    We have more members than ever releasing music and landing on top-tier labels in the underground music scene and more members seeing huge breakthroughs in the quantity a...

We continue our voyage of discovery this week with part 2 of our FMM Christmas Showcase!   Today we move into a much more Housey vibe with another cracking mix, this time from our Bristol-based DJ, Tom Marron aka TGM.   The quality of music is insane and I absolutely love this mix! It's a real journey from start to finish and is a great reflection of the talent inside of FMM and the diversity of E...

This week I'm bringing you something a little bit different…   …and a lot special!   To celebrate a wicked year inside the FMM community I thought it would be a great idea to showcase the talents, and highlight the diversity and quality of what our members are producing.   So I'm bringing you a very special series of guest DJ mixes from our members that feature music created 100% by our members.  ...

Have you ever been in a position where the first time you heard something it wasn't the right time? …but the second? That was the moment that flicked the switch. That was the moment that inspired you to be, do and have more in your life and with your music. That's why reflection is important. It's so easy to forget pieces of information that can literally be life-changing. This year I was privileg...

This year has been messy ...   ... one of the most challenging years I've personally experienced in some time.    And today I'm going to share with you those challenges - the highs and the lows - and how the journey unfolded up until now.   Most of the world treats the end of the year as a time to wind down, but for me , this is the  time to put my foot down on the accelerator.    Learning from ou...

There's a trap that you can fall into that is a sure fire way to lose your energy…   ...A trap that will suck the enthusiasm right out of you.   And let me ask you, who is more likely to succeed, the person brimming with enthusiasm or the person feeling flat and disappointed?    How we measure our progress determines how much progress we are likely to make...and if we measure our progress in the w...

Today we're looking into a topic that I love...   ...this is something that if leaned into can be the basis for a Pandora's box of inspiration.   And if you embrace this strategy you will unlock new sonic territory and drive your creations in exciting and original directions.    However, if you're closed off to this idea, you run the risk of being stuck using the same old style process, getting th...

This week we're joined by a Grammy-nominated producer, DJ, label owner, and bonafide pioneer of Detroit techno .   Someone who has continued to set trends and break boundaries with his music, his sound installations, and his performances.    The man in question is Carl Craig , a key figure in the electronic music scene who has blazed a trail through several decades under a variety of aliases and s...

We've got a pretty special episode waiting for you this week!   This is something that we've never done before - brand new and totally unique!   So let me first ask you this…   Do you worry about putting your music out into the world? Maybe a fear of judgment stops you from being creative.   Perhaps you are struggling to figure out your next steps. You feel that things aren't quite right in your l...

Don't be a 'Yes, but...' person!   We all know people who rubbish ideas.   Nobody wants to speak up and share ideas in their presence. And often nobody even wants to be around them.   And yet unwittingly, we often find ourselves being THAT person...   The person who picks holes in other people's suggestions, cutting the creative connections dead…   ...And who knows what the next idea might have be...

So here's the deal. We all hit creative problems.    And we often try to solve those problems with the same level of thinking that created them.   ...forcing a solution the wrong way, digging in deeper, making the problem worse, and building frustration in the process.    Maybe you start second-guessing perfectly good work, start to make mistakes, and head in a direction you did not want it to go...

John Graham aka Quivver is a man who's been at the forefront of electronic music for over 25 years, both as a producer and DJ, writing and playing everything from House to Techno to Breaks to Drum and Bass.   With his new album Revelate released on Bedrock and hitting the music stores we really got down to the nitty gritty of the creative process and how the album came together...   "I did want it...