Get yourself some nice tools

I write all of my music out by hand in a notebook. Even if it’s electronic music. I’ll write it out by hand while sitting at the piano. There’s a surprising difference in the feel of how different pencils and paper feels. I also recently upgraded to Reason 11 from Reason 9.

If you have the extra funds invest some money in the tools that you are using. That might mean keeping your software up to date. That might mean buying nice paper and a nice pencil or pen. That might mean buying high quality instruments.

Those high quality tools won’t immediately make you a better musician, but they’ll make making music more enjoyable. Using a higher quality instrument will feel better (physically) to play than a lower quality instrument. It’ll make it a little easier to make better music.

ISJ