Hey Reader, right now I’m lying under a sunshade, sweating my ass off. It’s getting hot in Germany – and honestly, the pool looks way more tempting than my laptop. Still, here I am. Writing this newsletter. #33 in a row. Every Tuesday, for the past 33 weeks, I’ve sent out a letter like this. Was it always fun? No. Was it always good? Probably not. But I kept going. And slowly, it got easier. Even fun. Same thing with music. I try to open Ableton every day – even if it’s just 15 minutes. Not...
9 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Last year, my goals were everywhere. Release on a Top 50 label.Land in the Beatport charts.Grow on socials. Release more. Earn more. I wanted everything.But followed nothing. No plan. No direction. Just bouncing between ideas.And at the end of the year, I wasn’t even close. This year, I did something different. I picked one clear goal for each important area of my life: 🎵 Music: Finish 12 tracks (2 collabs included) 💼 Business: Make €1,000 in product sales and grow to 1,000...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Last week, I finished a full track idea.Not by chasing inspiration.Not by locking myself in the studio for hours. I just followed a clear system.And it all started with one thing: analysis before action. My first session wasn’t about building anything.No synths. No drums. No sound design. Just listening and breaking things down. I had discovered a label recently—Sweatrz Records—and their sound had been stuck in my head for weeks. Not on my radar before, but after hearing a few of...
23 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Last week, I hit a wall.Not in the studio—my production workflow was fine.But around everything else.The content, the talking into cameras, the effort behind building something that nobody asked for. It made me wonder: Why am I doing all this, really? Not just the content. The whole thing.The hours. The systems. The side business. A few months ago, I launched a Notion template to help producers stay organized.It didn’t sell.Not one copy. I could’ve called it a failure.But the...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Last week, I almost scrapped my entire remix. Not because the arrangement didn’t work.Not because the energy was off.But because I couldn’t find the perfect piano sound. I spent 10+ hours testing presets, demoing plugins, scrolling through Splice.Every time I bounced the track, something felt off.And that one sound became the reason I didn’t want to finish the song. I kept tweaking tiny EQ notches.Tried high-end piano VST trials I’d never use again.At some point, I wasn’t...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, For years, I read maybe one book per year — if any. I always thought: “If I want to get better at producing, I need to spend time in Ableton, not reading.” So I skipped the theory.Bought plugins. Watched some tutorials.But my output didn’t really change. Then I picked up Atomic Habits last year.Just to try something new.What happened after surprised me. I started reading daily, even just a few pages.Now I’ve already read 8 books this year.And more importantly? I’ve finished 7 full...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Every time I work on a track, there’s one ritual I never skip: I play it for my girlfriend. And she is my hardest critic.She never likes my tracks.At least it feels like that. 😅 She doesn’t know anything about mixing. Doesn’t care about saturation or parallel compression.But when she says something’s off, I listen. This week, I played her my upcoming Tech House remix of this track: I was hyped. And she... looked confused. “There’s just… too much going on.” At first, I rolled my...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Let me tell you something I’ve never shared publicly. When I signed my first track to a real label, I was on fire.Finally — my music was good enough.Finally — someone saw potential in what I was doing.Finally — I could say I’m a real artist. But when the release day came, the excitement quickly faded.Instead of celebrating, I caught myself thinking: 👉 “How could they release something this bad?”👉 “Why did I ever think this was good enough?”👉 “This sounds awful compared to other...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader, Imagine this: You hear a track that blows your mind.You're inspired.Tonight, after work, you're finally going to start that new banger. You sit down.Open your DAW.Start scrolling for the right kick.Load a clap.Sketch a basic pattern.Kick on the one, clap on the two. And slowly... the excitement starts to fade. "Where did all that excitement just go?" Another night lost to tiny decisions and technical busywork. A few years ago, I learned a truth from competitive gaming: Speed isn't...
2 months ago • 2 min read
