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Originally Posted by keithl I am usually comfortable with producing myself in one way, because I usually hear the "full" song in my head when recording...my problem is know when to STOP!
The problem I have is when no take is good enough....
or I'll record a bunch of tracks....feel it's not meshing...tear it down and start again....
I really need somebody at my side going, "that take is a keeper" or "why are you starting over...all it needs is X"
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I too find this but...
Paradoxically, its the comfort factor that im worried about. Being too comfortable with what you are doing means your music isn't developing. An external influence like a hired producer will push you into uncomfortable territories in hope of extracting new and different musical ideas and processes.
That is why self-producing requires a much greater degree of self criticism, otherwise the processes and methods become the artists or composers own cliche... take Nickelback for example.