Creativity, Vision, and Responding to the Music | with Damian Taylor - Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

Episode 81

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11th Jan 2023

Creativity, Vision, and Responding to the Music | with Damian Taylor

Today’s guest 10 time Grammy nominated music producer, mixing engineer, and songwriter Damian Taylor. Damian has worked with artists such as Bjork, The Killers, Bomba Estéreo, Odette, The Prodigy, and UNKLE. He’s also the founder of The Complete Producer Network, an online hub for people all over the world who are dedicated to improving their ability to create and share extraordinary music. We have a great chat about trusting your creative instincts, recognizing career break points, working with modular templates to boost output, and how music and culture drive human civilization forward.

In this episode we'll dig in on...

  • Damian's Pro Tools mix template and workflow
  • Expanding your own mind by learning from your clients
  • Creating an environment of trust with the people you are working with
  • Attracting people that are on your wavelength
  • Taking a permissionless approach to your music career and knowledge learning
  • Building The Mix Accelerator Process to be the ultimate course about mixing having a mixing career
  • Adding the mix buss processing later
  • Making the work the goal will take you further than making the outcome the goal
  • Inviting your collaborators to influence you
  • Designing systems that allow your business to run smoothly behind the scenes

Travis' Intro: Committing to the Process

Listen to Damian's first appearance in Episode 2!

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Learn More About Damian Taylor...

Website: https://www.damiantaylor.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hereisdamian/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hereisdamian

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Credits:

Guest: Damian Taylor

Host: Travis Ference

Editor: Stephen Boyd

Theme Music: inter.ference

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About the Podcast

Progressions: Success in the Music Industry
Host Travis Ference chats with music producers, engineers, mixers, artists, musicians, and songwriters about the tips, tricks, mindsets, and ideas that helped them define their careers.
Conversations exploring creativity, productivity, and career growth in the music industry. Join in each week as Travis sits down with some of the industry’s best and brightest to discuss the mindsets and strategies that they use in their careers every day.
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Travis Ference

Travis Ference is a Grammy nominated mixer, producer, and recording engineer based out of Los Angeles, CA. With over a decade of experience in the music business he has worked on multiple #1 albums, several top 10's, numerous RIAA platinum and gold certified records, as well as hit TV shows and blockbuster films. His work can be heard on more than 15 million albums sold and billions streams worldwide.

The inspiration for his podcast came from his journey over the last 5 years to redefine what success is for him, to take control of his time, and to ultimately live the life he wants while making the records he loves.