The Producer Who Doesn’t Exist
There's this threshold every producer crosses when they stop listening to music purely for enjoyment and start listening to it with critical ears. It's a bittersweet moment. You learn [...]
Artist Spotlight: Laszlow – Emergency Landing EP (LF001)
The first release on Latent : Forms comes from one of the earliest people to dive into the sessions... and it feels like the right way to kick things [...]
If You Love Something, You’ll Learn It
The icy cold arrival of middle age has a way of making you reflect more than any other period in your life. It's a time that comes with a palpable [...]
What’s a Link?
When I look back over the past 30 years, it's still hard to wrap my head around how I got here. Nearly three decades later, I'm still wondering how [...]
The Biggest Distraction Is You
As producers, we walk a fine line between our responsibilities and distractions. We're creatives with a constant need to express ourselves. However, since this is such a vital part [...]
Doubt Will Kill Your Music Before You Do
I recently watched a video of a man who spoke about doing Ayahuasca over 100 times. I've never done it but have always been curious. It speaks to me [...]
Two Things Can Be True At Once
My wife and I have a saying that gets repeated often at home... "Two things can be true at once." It's usually mentioned when referring to something that has [...]
The Weight of Self-Doubt as a Producer
I've been active for most of my adult life. I started hitting the gym in my teens as a way to get stronger and avoid getting my ass kicked by [...]
The Missing Key to Finishing Tracks
By now, if you've made it through the previous articles, you've probably noticed a pattern. Finishing tracks has less to do with gear or plugins and more to do [...]
A Short History of My Production Journey
Growing up in Puerto Rico, music wasn't something I thought about... it was just there. Salsa, merengue, cumbia, latin jazz... I never thought of it in terms of genres [...]
