Stay organised and think of your future self

“Dull as it is, it’s basically a top tip in my opinion: if you can find sounds you can use them. One thing that bites me in the ass a lot is not having a proper collection of the bounced audio for a song after it’s done. “It’s a real pain but, if you can do a bounce of a song with all the FX and levels printed, you can literally always open it.

“Think of your future self. Will you have that weird distortion plugin in two years? Will it even work in Ableton 10? If your songs are archived like a multitrack tape, you’ll be so happy, and it’s perfect for getting remixes of course.

“It’s the last thing you usually want to do after finishing a track, but the extra couple of hours are well worth it.”