Ugh. I keep trying to finalize and finish mastering and touching up for the first CD. The problem is that I keep coming up with new material so the previous material never gets “finished”. What’s an alien to do?
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Stop procrastinating. Cut yourself off from making changes to your album line-up. Additional inspiration can be slated for your next production. To do anything else is self-sabotage. Artists are rarely ever happy with end-results, and in their endless polishing of their work, allow the uber-critical little voices in their heads to condemn them to obscurity. Go for it. Do it. I’ve made $1500 off my album in the past 9 months. Not great, but nothing to sneeze at, and it never would have happened if I hadn’t had the discipline to stick to my plan and actually get the darned thing submitted. Good luck!
Sigh… You are right of course! The first comment too!
Thank you for that little pep talk. I guess I know what I am doing the next few weeks. LOL
Last year, I set myself a goal of having my album submitted to CD Baby by Sept 1. I beat the goal with the use of something I learned in college, called “back-timing.” You work backwards from the goal date, determining what the steps are that need to be accomplished and the amount of time it will take to accomplish that goal.
Example:
Sept 1: CD Baby receives master CD.
Aug 25: Mail out Master
Aug 22: Burn Master
Aug 20: Finalize track order.
Aug 1: Ask friends for feedback on tracks: quality, production, order.
July 31: Production cut-off for tracks.
Hope this helps