making electronic music

when you’re going through your mix with a fine-toothed comb

when you go stir crazy from spending all day in the studio

when you make happy hardcore

when you’re sending out promos to someone for the first time

when you reinstall winamp & milkdrop for old times sake

when someone asks you if they should try a new production technique

when you’re tweeting at a famous producer

when your laptop is done rendering an 80-track project

when a part you like on its own is just not working out in context

when you find the magic filter setting that makes your pad smooth af

when you’ve poured your soul into a release and the reviewers do not dig it, no ma’m

when you’re nodding along to your buddy’s new track but you don’t know the arrangement yet

when you notice that techniques which used to be difficult have now become second nature

when you describe your idea for a new part to your production partner

when your hard drive breaks and you can’t even remember the last time you backed up your project files

when you’re looking for the right snare