{"id":3088,"date":"2021-10-27T15:50:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T22:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2021-10-27T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T22:50:11","slug":"demoitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/demoitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Demoitis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" data-attachment-id=\"3090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/demoitis\/dso\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dso.jpg?fit=2000%2C1357&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1357\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dso\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dso.jpg?fit=1024%2C695&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dso.jpg?resize=1024%2C695&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dso.jpg?resize=1024%2C695&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dso.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dso.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Demo-itis : the swelling of the demo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Musician records a demonstration (demo) of a new song<\/li><li>Musician falls in love with this draft recording<\/li><li>No ensuing recording will stack up<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Demoitis is a mental block. It doesn&#8217;t apply when the demo is actually the best version. If that happens, great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Demoitis is holding a musician back from getting the next level recording. It happens a lot. It costs musicians lots of studio time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve never recorded an album, but I can relate. I can easily get trapped by my first draft of something, or an attachment to an old idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can cure demoitis by accepting that we may be victims of it. For me, the two best ways to dump these unrequited loves are to&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Get an outside opinion<\/li><li>Re-evaluate what my goals were in the first place<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think we&#8217;re all scared of the creative process, no matter how experienced we are. It&#8217;s scary to jump back in after we already got the reward of making something good. The familiar is safer. It&#8217;s also scary to let go of some work. It&#8217;s also scary to make something good. At this Halloween time of the year, let&#8217;s get scared and enjoy it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demo-itis : the swelling of the demo. Musician records a demonstration (demo) of a new song Musician falls in love with this draft recording No ensuing recording will stack up Demoitis is a mental block. It doesn&#8217;t apply when the demo is actually the best version. If that happens, great! Demoitis is holding a musician [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dso.jpg?fit=2000%2C1357&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sc33gc-demoitis","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3891,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/ticket-buyers-easy-communication\/","url_meta":{"origin":3088,"position":0},"title":"Ticket Buyers : easy communication","author":"scot","date":"December 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We have a lot to manage with shows and we\u2019ve gotta communicate with a lot of people to make it happen. 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