Judging Your Own Music

   

Often the musicians hear their music differently than others. Mainly because they are the ones who created it and they notice every little detail. To eliminate the bias musicians have toward their music they can do a few things. First it is important to always listen to your music through monitors rather than speakers. This is because the monitors are brutal in the way that they show every intricate mistake. Even with professionals it almost never gets to the point where the song is perfect on the monitors because they always amplify faults. The main goal when doing this is to edit it until it’s the best it can be, and then hope that when it’s played through regular speakers it will sound much better. Speakers improve the sound quality because they contain bass, middle, and treble which evens out the sound.
     If it's just too hard to quibble over your own songs, then just ask a neutral friend or neighbor to listen to it and give you some feedback. After hours of listening to the same song a million times, it is likely that one could not even hear what is actually being played since the origional version is now etched into your brain forever.