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title: "Making the workflows work for you"

description: "There's a ton of tools. Knowing when to use them is sometimes as hard as knowing which to use. Spoiler: The low tech stuff is often the move."

status: complete

date: 2022-09-06

kind: solo

guestSlugs: []

listenUrl: "https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lovemusicmore/episodes/Making-the-workflows-work-for-you-e1nei91"
appleUrl: "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-the-workflows-work-for-you/id1567355195?i=1000578538125&uo=4"
spotifyUrl: "https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ZFvWAbaVPNY1UBvq5Hegu"

topicsDiscussed:
  - "AI"
  - "Spatial audio"
  - "Creativity"
  - "Mixing"
  - "Music production"
  - "Dolby Atmos Certification"
  - "Low-Tech vs High-Tech Tools"
  - "Creative Control"
  - "Breath Control in Editing"

hostNote: |
  Low-tech should always be in your toolkit, particularly when you're talking about a three-minute song. The more advanced the tool, the more important it is to understand what it's doing, because if you rely on it without understanding it, you're going to miss musical opportunities that were right there.
  
  This episode comes out of getting my Dolby Atmos certification and thinking through what it actually means to apply a workflow to increasingly complex tools. Learning to do things slowly and by hand isn't a step on the way to automation, it's the thing that keeps the automation from making decisions you didn't authorize. These paintbrushes aren't meant to paint the same thing every time.
  
  You come away with a clearer sense of when to let a tool do its job and when to override it, and why the low-tech move is often the faster and more precise one.

selectedMoments:
  - label: "Importance of workflow"
    startSec: 90
    note: "How workflow impacts the music creation process, applying process to advanced tools."
  - label: "AI tools vs human touch"
    startSec: 183
    note: "Relying too heavily on automated tools means missing musical opportunities."
  - label: "Using low-tech methods"
    startSec: 274
    note: "Low-tech should always be in the toolkit, especially for a three-minute song."
  - label: "Detailed editing decisions"
    startSec: 316
    note: "Learning to do things slowly and by hand, it's not always about going as fast as possible."
  - label: "Learning and control"
    startSec: 361
    note: "These paintbrushes aren't meant to paint the same thing every time, open up beyond the prescribed workflow."
  - label: "Upcoming projects"
    startSec: 406
    note: "Hints at future music projects and deeper dives into advanced techniques."

excerptQuotes:
  - text: "Workflow is kind of the way that you go about implementing some sort of process... but now applying it to these more advanced tools."
    startSec: 96
    reviewed: true
  - text: "If you start to rely too heavily on these tools... you're going to miss out on some musical opportunities."
    startSec: 187
    reviewed: true
  - text: "Low-tech should always be in your toolkit, particularly when we're talking about a song that's three minutes long."
    startSec: 270
    reviewed: true
  - text: "Learning how to do the things slowly and by hand is important because it's not always about going as fast as possible."
    startSec: 312
    reviewed: true
  - text: "These paintbrushes are not meant to paint the same thing every time... open up your minds beyond the prescribed workflow."
    startSec: 356
    reviewed: true

faq:
  - question: "What workflow strategies do I recommend for music production?"
    answer: "I discuss integrating both low-tech and high-tech tools, emphasizing personalized workflows that maintain creative control."
  - question: "How does AI impact music production, in this episode?"
    answer: "I highlight the benefits and potential pitfalls of relying on AI tools, stressing the importance of not losing the human touch in music."
  - question: "What insights do I share about spatial audio and Dolby Atmos?"
    answer: "I talk about his certification in Dolby Atmos and how it influences his mixing techniques and music creation."

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