Q: Hi Bill! I have a work in progress song I'm  composing digitally, but there are so many areas I feel uncomfortable with. Any tips for helping me get over my fear of getting into unfamiliar areas of songwriting/making? Thanks!
A: if you're feeling overwhelmed, a good catch-all solution for this is to simply start making the songs much shorter. like much shorter. 22 seconds. 12 seconds. ...... still, a lot of unknown fears can lurk even in 12 seconds, so don't be afraid to dial it back to, yep i said it, .... 4 seconds. if you can't do that, then try 3. if you think this is insane, i dare you to not have fun while writing a 2 second song. and this way you'll get to take a tour of the entire songwriting factory, instantly. your level of experience will soon double and triple, effortlessly, as easy as eating grains of rice