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Top 9 Techno Tracks For Doing Chores

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Techno is the ultimate background music; you can add it to any time and place and immediatley transmute it into a good time. Just take a dungy, empty warehouse in a seedy part of town- on it’s own, not a very attractive place to be. But add a stack of speakers blasting techno bombers and now it’s the most poppin’ party in town, truly alchemy. Being the spellbinding sound that it is, techno can do the same thing for any occasion. Need to get through that grueling workout? Add techno. Need to bust out 1,000 words before midnight or your professor is gunna drop you from the class faster than a DJ can drop the beat? Add techno. Gotta mop the floors, fold all your clothes, and clean the cat box before bae comes over for takeout and make out? You know the drill, add techno. Read more

The Importance of Sleep

The Importance of Sleep for Electronic Music Artists & Professionals

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Sleeping is an essential part of our daily lives, yet it often gets pushed to the side in the pursuit of productivity and most especially so in the electronic music industry with late nights and early mornings. Many people believe that staying up late and waking up early is the best way to be productive and get things done, but in reality, sleep is crucial for maintaining productivity and overall well-being. In this article, we will explore why sleeping is important for productivity and how it can help you achieve your goals. Read more

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You Should Spend More Time Doing Nothing

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Yes, you read that accurately. You should spend more time doing nothing. Sounds counterintuitive right? The pandemic forced the world to slow down, and people all of a sudden had more time on their hands. What resulted? Without overgeneralizing, it’s safe to say there were two kinds of responses. The first, an instinctual rush to fill the void with “busyness” because we live in a society that values high-performance. The second was approaching the “extra” time to reflect on how they go about their everyday. Which situation takes more constraint and mindfulness? Immediately jumping into something else in order to occupy time or sitting in an unusual situation? Read more

8 Books You Should Read During The Quarantine

Everything Is F*cked: 8 Books You Should Read During The Quarantine To Stay Productive & Mindful

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We miss the dance floor. We miss the rave. We miss our friends. But we will be back, and we will rave together again. While COVID-19 mandated shutdowns and quarantine have put our lives on hold, disrupting much of our plans for the next few months as well as our personal lives, we truly believe that there are silver linings to be found in any situation, no matter how negative they may be. It is with this in mind that we want to share 8 books you should read during the quarantine to remain productive and mindful. While these books are aimed as suggestions for electronic music artist and industry professionals, they apply to anyone.

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10 Ways To Increase Productivity In Your Home Studio

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In today’s electronically-advanced world anyone can produce music in their bedroom studio. Creating a recording studio at home has never been cheaper and a simple home studio, if properly organized, can provide great sound quality for your productions when starting off on your career.

Studio productivity is a key element in achieving success as a music producer. It takes a lot of determination, trial and error, initiative and drive to maximize your output when making music. Hence it becomes imperative to set-up your working space and habits in a way that minimizes procrastination.

Setting up your workspace and workflow so that you can start work right away and aren’t hit left, right and center by a million distractions helps tremendously in ensuring you achieve your production goals. We asked several industry professionals for their advice on how to increase productivity in the studio, and used the information to compile some key tips to help you getting tracks finished:

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