Help, I can´t hear myself think!

Or: How to love the creative chaos?

Welcome to my first-ever blog post! Yes, I’m an electronic music artist. Yes, it took me this long to find my voice. And yes, I’m now using that voice to complain about finding that voice. The irony is not lost on me.

The paradox of infinite possibility

Here’s the thing about making electronic music in 2026: I have literally every sound that has ever existed at my fingertips. A 1960s Moog? Got it. A choir of Mongolian throat singers? Downloaded. The exact creak of a door from a Portuguese monastery recorded at 3am? Why not, it’s only 47GB.

So naturally, I spent three hours scrolling through presets and ended up using a sine wave.

Tutorial hell is real (and it has a YouTube channel)

Remember when learning music meant having a teacher. Now we have millions of YouTube tutorials, each one promising to teach you “THE SECRET the pros DON’T want you to know!!!”

Spoiler alert: The secret is just… making music. But I watched hundreds of hours of tutorials just to be sure.

The tyranny of genre

“What kind of music do you make?”

“Well, it’s electronic”

The modern electronic music landscape has more subgenres than there are atoms in the universe. I’ve seen people argue about the difference between “deep tech house” and “tech deep house”, but remeber: don’t let yourself be pigeonholed.

Decision fatigue is the real enemy

Modern DAWs have more options than a fancy coffee shop. My project file often has 40 versions, 67 tracks, 156 plugins.

I’ve spent entire sessions just deciding which snare to use. Not making music. Not being creative. Just auditioning snares like I’m casting for a Broadway show. “Thank you, Snare #47, we’ll call you. Next!”

Finding your voice in a world full of noise

Here’s what I’ve learned after finally finding my creative voice:

Your voice finds you when you stop looking for it so hard. It’s like trying to remember someone’s name – the harder you think, the more it runs away from you.

I found mine when I started clicking notes in with my mouse like some kind of digital caveman. It sounded like me.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have 47 browser tabs of “ultimate mixing techniques” to close so I can actually finish a track.

Stay creative

KRUBY

P.S. – If you made it this far, congratulations! You’ve just consumed content instead of creating it.