Psytrance coaching and mentorship

There is an old story about Columbus. Challenged to stand an egg on its end, everyone at the table said it was impossible. He tapped it down, flattened the bottom, and it stood. Once you see it, it is obvious. Before you see it, it feels impossible.

Music production is full of eggs like this. Why your kick and bass sound muddy. Why your track never lifts in the second half. Why your leads feel thin. Each one has a simple fix. But you cannot fix a problem you cannot see, and when you have stared at your own track for the hundredth time, you often cannot even tell there is a problem.

A coach is one step ahead of you on the exact path you are walking. They have made the mistake you are making right now, found the fix, and can spot it in your track in seconds. They point at the thing you did not even know was the problem, and the wall you have been stuck at for months is suddenly just gone.

Every top athlete has a coach. Roger Federer had a coach. Olympic sprinters, the fastest humans alive, have a coach standing at the side of the track. Not because they are bad, but because nobody can see themselves from the outside. The best producers in the world send their tracks to trusted ears for exactly the same reason.

And if it is that valuable for the best, it is worth even more when you are starting out. As a beginner, you do not yet know what you do not know. You can spend two years guessing, or you can have someone who has already walked the path tell you exactly what to work on next. That is the difference between your first real release taking three years or six months.