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Production & workflow · Lesson 8 of 8

Finishing: how to know a track is done

22 minFoundationalFree

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognise the difference between unfinished and unfamiliar
  • Use references and breaks to judge your own work
  • Set an end condition before you start
  • Ship instead of polishing forever

Inside this lesson

  1. 1Watch first: someone else's finishing test
  2. 2Regain perspective
  3. 3Define done in advance

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Open it in LUCY and the lesson rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Free with your account.

  • Rewritten around your genre and where you're at
  • A coach that can see the releases in your account
  • Narrated — put it on while you work
  • A badge for the track when you finish it
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In this lesson you will learn: Recognise the difference between unfinished and unfamiliar. Use references and breaks to judge your own work. Set an end condition before you start. Ship instead of polishing forever.

What this lesson covers

Recognise the difference between unfinished and unfamiliar

Use references and breaks to judge your own work

Set an end condition before you start

Ship instead of polishing forever

Inside this lesson

Watch first: someone else's finishing test

Regain perspective

Define done in advance

Take this lesson in the LUCY app

Open this lesson in LUCY and it rewrites itself around the music you make, reads itself aloud while you work, and answers questions about your own releases. Finish the track and the badge is yours. Free with a LUCY account.