“Vertigo”, the tune Loxy and I released on Exit, took us two years of stops and starts to finish. When we finally called it done, I still wasn’t sure. I was thinking about swapping the bassline completely. Loxy played it to d-Bridge. Next thing I know, he wants to put it out on Exit Records.
The signing didn’t change my mind about the tune. But the ball was rolling. I figured, what the hell. The guys like it, let’s just do it.
A couple of years on, I listen back and wouldn’t change a thing.
Most music I make never feels finished to me. If you wait until you’re sure, until you’re more skilled, more established, more ready, the work doesn’t go out. The version of the tune in your head, the one that justifies the wait, probably never gets built either.
I’m not saying push everything out the door. But understand that a finished piece of music isn’t something you achieve through work alone. A decision is required.
Decide, ship, move to the next thing. Not because every choice is right, but because the alternative is circling the same piece of work for years while life keeps moving past you. It applies past music. It applies to most things.