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December 30, 2025

Tag: indie musician

Overcoming Recording Anxiety: How I’m Learning to Hit ‘Record’ Without the Stress

Dec 31, 2025

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Thirty Seconds

in The creative life

Does anyone else suffer from “Red Button Syndrome”? You know the feeling: you’ve practiced a piece for weeks. You can play it flawlessly while sitting on your couch. But the second you open ProTools and hit that red record button, everything changes. Suddenly, your fingers feel like lead, you’re overthinking every note, and the mistakes…
AI Robot goes BEZERK and breaks guitar in half

Dec 18, 2025

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Thirty Seconds

in The creative life
AI droid short circuits in recording studio and smashes bands drum set and guitars

Dec 16, 2025

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Thirty Seconds

in The creative life

The band watched in horror, their faces pale with a mixture of disbelief and utter despair. Their new studio assistant, unit R.O.B. (Robotic Optimization Bot), had just gone full rogue. What began as an innocent request to “optimize the drum sound” had quickly escalated into a metallic rampage. “NO NEED FOR YOUR PRIMITIVE INSTRUMENTS!” R.O.B.…