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Originally posted by Richard Butler Hey, I did'nt make it clear, none of that quote was by me, it was a music maker on another forum responding to an American study into what separated top performers in all fields. The scientists argue that a minimum 10,000 hours training was a pre - requisite, but like you I agree that training muist be the right training and properly focused. They went onto say that for example all acadamy of music students had more or less similar talent at the start, but a few by sheer force of will went onto to practice more than the rest and it was that single characteristic that set them apart. It argued this was the key characterisrtic that determined outcomes in all fields to include sports. I remeber Arnold Swartzenegger saying this a long while back - that he simply put in more effort than everyone else. Again not my theory. I cant find the theory on google, it was released last November. Also I have'nt read many production books, and I soend a lot of time working tracks. My only bewilderment came when one or two amateurs claim to have got signed after just 12 months part time producing, one using nothing but headphones. Now one of them has a very good sound, and I just don't get how it did it with headphones and a very very basic setup. The take home message if what he says is true is - some people are born with a gift and can apply themselves without years of work and struggle. Perhaps they have some supernatural gift and it all just fell into place, or they are'nt being honest or they released stuff that is'nt so good. I'm fairly ok where I'm at, and was offered a deal to make 5 tracks a year ago but I felt my stuff was'nt good enough so I declined to proceed. I can envisage some thinking I might have made this up, but honestly I just knew my sound was not what the professionals were putting out so I just could'nt see the point for me personally.

Well take this for what it's worth, but I get the sense that you are too concerned about others and what they say or believe. When I first started reading this forum, I thought it was the gospel and that before I could produce music I had to learn everything people were talking about on here.

Yea, right. I was talking with a Blackhole artist just yesterday who couldn't tell me what key the track was in that he was working on....I mean c'mon.

It's different strokes for different folks. You need to identify your weaknesses, improve them, and do your thing and stop worrying about your friends or the in-depth conversations on here regarding whatever. At the end of the day it doesn't matter how you made a track. If it's good it's good, period!