By getting certain tasks out of the way from the start, you’ll no doubt have more un-inhibited creative moments and more productive workflow. Don’t give the technical tasks that come up the opportunity to interrupt your creative flow. By separating left brain tasks (technical things like naming tracks, routing, patching etc) from right brain tasks (more creative/abstract), you’ll avoid getting distracted or overwhelmed by attempting to do it all at once. When recording, mixing, or composing, it may be helpful to take care of specific left brain tasks right from the start. Worst case, you forget your idea completely, and lose the spark that sometimes only occurs purely in the moment. Of course sometimes you can pause, do the task and resume, but personally, this often creates unnecessary anxiety, tension and interrupts creative flow. While in your creative flow (right brain), as soon as you stop to deal with left brain technicalities, you derail the freight train that is the creative process. This is something to be aware of, especially in a field like audio engineering and music production where technical, analytical, and creative skills will be simultaneously expected of you. I don’t know much about brain science, but have a look at the image below which lists certain actions that are predominantly left or right brain. I’m sure you’re aware that different parts of your brain are utilized for different functions. All of a sudden you come up with a brilliant musical idea, but you pause to think: “what do I need to set up to get this sound happening?” As soon as you find the right software, sounds, routing etc., your idea has dissolved. You’re in your creative zone, and you feel like nothing can break the flow. Imagine sitting down to compose or mix a song.
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