So without going into developer tools via Facebook messenger, I am trying to pay tribute to a mutual friend by completing our unfinished song. The problem is, the audio he sent via messenger and he has thus passed so if anyone has any idea I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone ! I’ve been away for a bit learning and chipping away. I joined this community last year and found the coolest group of people that I’ve had the pleasure of collabing with. Some I even get to call friends now 🥹, I’m thankful for mastering’s YT videos, fix the mixes and the wonderful people I met here. I got to a point where I did enough learning and now its time for tire to meet the road. I just released this single called SOUVENIR, first of many this year. There’s deff things I wanted to keep tweaking but I’m learning how to just finish and let it go. I’m certain every release will get better and better. It’s my first time doing the production, mixing and mastering on a song so any feedback on it would deff help the next go round🤍. SOUVENIR- https://linktr.ee/shmadukes

I woke up this morning with something new in my thoughts. A new perspective at my current life and where I am physically and mentally. As many of you may know I have several health issues and a couple of conditions that some (including myself) might consider challenging. I must admit I have lamented over the loss of abilities in many of the things I love to do. For some wonderful and unexpected reason I have a new understanding of some of my personal challenges and it started this morning. I think it was Helen Keller that said “"I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet," that coming from a Champion of Overcoming physical limitations, is the basis for my new outlook and for posting this to TRE family. I could list my “disabilities” and health issues but to my point they don’t matter. And no one needs to know what my ailments are. It is counterproductive. I am going to learn and grow and make music and help other people make music and Trust the Process and Enjoy the Process! I was going to say and “Process the Trust” but that would have been stupid so I’m glad I didn’t say it.

Hello everyone, I’m a 14 year old music producer and I’m feeling really down right now. I’ve made a few songs as a beginner, but after that, I feel like I’ve made little to no progress. I really don’t think it’s my mindset, because I’m definitely willing to put in the work, but it just feels like there’s so much to learn and I don’t know where to focus. I end up not making music because I get overwhelmed, and it's really messing with my mood. I love music production. It feels like my purpose and I have so much fun learning. Right now, I mainly make Lofi music because that’s what I’ve always wanted to do, but at this stage, I’m open to trying any genre to help me learn. I can play a bit of piano, but when it comes to actually creating a song, I get lost unless I’m following a tutorial. I don’t want to stay in this spot forever, so if anyone has advice on what I should focus on or how to get past this plateau, I would really appreciate it. You’d be a godsend! Thanks so much for reading. (Edit) —————————————————————————— Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to engage with my post and share your helpful feedback. I apologize for not being able to respond to all of you in as much detail as I would have liked. I've been really busy with school lately, and when I'm not working on school stuff, I’ve been sick (I’m an online student). Now, I’m going to list out some of the common questions I’ve been asking myself but never quite got around to asking anyone: - As someone who loves reading, are there any music production or music related books that you’d recommend? - If you had to start over from scratch, forgetting everything you've learned so far, but you could leave yourself just one roadmap to get to the point you're at now, what would that roadmap look like? - If you could go back in time and give your younger self any advice whether it’s about music or life in general what would you say? - Do you have any tips for making it easier to recreate songs, or is that just something that comes with time and a lot of trial and error?

This BBC take is interesting because this man made 10m allegedly from buying bots and his music partner informed the FBI. I wonder if he is convicted how this will affect the streaming landscape moving forward. Also, I found it funny given how these services all make money off of the Artists. https://youtu.be/8RpxiEuGuUw?feature=shared