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Now for my Zen comment - If you keep doing this you will get better at dealing with it. I used to get so distraught over a track not working or me not winning a competetive submission. Nowdays I just laugh it off and move on.
If you don't do that, eventually you stop putting too much of 'yourself' into the music, and become formulaic. You do this so it doesn't hurt when your music gets rejected, but it's a double edged sword because the bits of yourself you put into the music are what makes it special and unique to you, and what makes people want you to do the job.
Now in our field it's really hard not to take it personally, because we create something form nothing, and it comes from within ourselves. So if they reject our creativity it feels like they are rejecting us personally. The angle that helped me out was a restuarant analogy - Even though I have my absolute favourites, I don't eat there every night. (this helps when your favourite clients go work with someone else). Also if I don't like a meal I get, it's usually because there's a spice in there I'm not keen on etc. It's just a matter of my tastes, it has nothing to do with the Chef personally. I don't think he's a loser (unless it's terrible) or hopeless at his job, and there are other people who think the same meal is fantastic.
90% of the game is mental. You have to not care too much, while at the same time caring enough....
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