Which element of producing music do you find the most enjoyable?

Chris Tedds

“For me, it’s putting the final touches and finishing a track. Knowing that I’m almost there and I just need to add or correct a few things is a great feeling.”

Oliver Crawshaw

“When the ideas start coming quick and fast and you lay the parts down quickly. When you’re on a roll!”

Terry Thai

“Programming drums! It’s very clear when you have something satisfying and what you need to correct, and adding your own personal recorded Foley or a bunch of random perc hits is an easy way to make the process feel personal and meaningful. Also, I love experimenting with swing and space, trying to craft a different and catchy snare roll or build for each track!”

Angelo Caspers

“Being creative is the most fun part of making music. I can put my ideas into practice.”

Reev Robledo

“The happy accidents. Forgetting to un-press the bypass button in filters… playing in the wrong key… and it all sounds great in the final mix.”

Marvin Parsley Leonard

“Putting down a nice chord progression, looping it, and letting melodies flow through your mind, then racing to get them into the piano roll before they become a distant memory.”

Andy Buchanan

“Mastering, I like the intense immersion in the music required to tease the final sparkling result from a track. It is pure Zen.”

Luc Lic

“I prefer the first five to ten minutes, when the earworm that’s playing in my head begins to take shape and can actually be heard.”

Nicolò KapaMoraski Angellaro

“I find sound design is the most enjoyable element in producing music, and the most excruciating too. It gives you lots of power when you’re searching for something new, and truly never heard before.

“It takes several attempts, though, when you have something in mind and you want to create a patch that brings your idea to life, and it can be a really frustrating process if you can’t do it quickly. But when you eventually make it, the reward is immense.”

Philip Guildford

“I’m most at-home in the creative process when I’m improvising. When you tweak something, play something, or sing something live, and it just clicks: that’s when you know you’ve got a piece with feeling behind it.”

Wayne Chapman

“Sampling! I love nothing more than getting a new compilation/ album/mix and ripping it into SoundForge as one long audio file, then hand-picking every last little gem I can find.”