@Lex Christopherson That's a fantastic idea. One thing to consider is the timezone; I have difficulty joining calls because they take place at night in Europe, and my English isn’t very strong. :) Tonight, I’m staying up to catch Rick Wade’s interview, but I know it’ll be challenging at work tomorrow 😅 Still, I’m really excited about the chance to attend the interview.

@Lex Christopherson I'm in France

One technique I use sometimes is setting a 10-minute timer to push myself forward on the next task in my production. It helps me avoid getting stuck. If I can't complete the task in 10 minutes, I either take a break or switch to another task and come back to it later. I like to set very short-term goals to keep myself in a creative stress that forces me to make decisions. For example: I need to finish the entire arrangement in 1 hour. This helps me focus on what’s essential and eliminate distractions (like changing the snare 50 times...)

For backups, I use Carbon Copy Cloner—one disk connected via USB to my Mac and a Samba mount on my NAS. Otherwise, Dropbox or an equivalent solution does the job perfectly. The interesting part about the cloud would be real-time collaboration, which would be awesome.

I’ve been using Ableton 12 since version 6, and now I’m starting to learn Bitwig. I’m also into NI Maschine (not really a DAW, but its workflow is awesome for quickly coming up with ideas)

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