by Olin » Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:40 am
I've been saving to have my next album mastered professionally by someone whose work I really love, and it makes me a lot more anxious about the whole recording process and listening to my own music. When I'm in control of every single thing and don't really give it to anyone for feedback until I release it, there's a comfort zone, but when it goes out to someone else with a much better ear than mine, it's a whole new world of conflicting emotions. It makes it feel more valuable (probably just literally, in the very obvious sense) and as if I care about it more, which makes me more anxious about listening back to things because of how critical I now have to be.
Mastering is scary and kinda cool, and I hope, in the end, if nothing else makes it easier to listen to my own music, after all the main person I'm making it for is me.