A couple days ago at work, the head of the company gave a talk about perfection.  He was basically saying that we can’t be perfect, although we can seek perfection.  By striving for perfection we accomplish more than we would if we just settled for mediocrity.  The next day they sent out an email to everyone in the company asking “What does it mean to be perfect?”  It got me thinking, and this is the response I wrote:

I believe that everything is perfect as it is, and though we may not always see it at the time, there is an inherent perfection that governs the flow of the universe.  (The way plants grow, the shape of our eye, the way rivers flow etc.) Therefore, to seek perfection, is to seek to realize that perfection is already the case.  For example, if you miss your flight you may not see the perfection at the time, but what if that plane crashed?  We don’t always know why things happen the way they do, but why would we doubt the infinite wisdom that created everything?

There’s a really easy new way to sell music that integrates with Soundcloud.  It’s called Soundrain, and it uses a technology called Minno to sell the music right out of your Soundcloud account.  It connects with your soundcloud account and allows you to enable or disable track sales for each song already uploaded to soundcloud.  It’s the quickest and easiest way I’ve ever seen to start selling music.  When someone clicks the download link it takes them through a simple checkout process that connects using facebook.  They are even offering $2 worth of free downloads for every new user.  That means you can download 2 songs for free!  Once you sell enough music to get $10 in your account, you can transfer the money directly to paypal.  Below is an example song of mine that I enabled for sales using Soundrain.  To test out the buy link, click the down arrow to the right of the track.

DJ Story – Dose of Cosmos by ∞ DJ Story ∞
Set up your Soundcloud tracks for sale using Soundrain here.

How to route your sounds and devices from Propellerhead Reason to Ableton Live using the built-in rewire feature. There are 2 methods covered in this video for bringing sound from Reason into Live. The technique you use is up to you and your music production style. Each of the rewire processes have value in different situations. If you were using Reason for a long time before getting into Ableton Live, the first method will open a lot possibilities for layering and recording vocals or other live instruments on your instrumental beats made with Reason. If you are more adept at the sequencer in Live, then method two is a powerful way to utilize the incredibly vast sound banks and synths from Reason.