john wehmeyer and Pinnacle discuss the best way to learn new musical skills, the importance of keeping the FLOW in studio sessions, setting up a workspace conducive to your workflow and much, much more.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - John Wehmeyer Introduction
02:00 - Learning Guitar to Prove to Parents
02:30 - Joining School Band and Learning Bass
07:00 - Teaching Music Before Moving to L.A.
09:30 - Guitar Players Have an Advantage
11:30 - Transitioning From Orchestra to Modern Producing
14:00 - The BEST Way to Learn New Skills
20:16 - Trying To Join School Band... With a Guitar
22:00 - Military Family and Moving to L.A
25:30 - Messaging 50 People a Day
31:00 - Focusing on Relationships to Build Your Career
34:00 - Relying on and Finding Teachers
40:00 - Developing Relationships with Artists
43:00 - Holding Producer Sessions
46:51 - Learning Mixing Through The Right People
54:00 - Taking Courses and INVESTING in Your Craft
56:00 - Negativity in the Producer Community and Reaching Out to People
1:04:00 - Mastering by Yourself in 2023
1:08:30 - Getting Reassurance / Rules of Making Music
1:12:00 - The KEY to Perfect Collaboration
1:15:00 - Importance of Keeping the FLOW
1:21:00 - Switching Ideas to Keep The Flow
1:25:40 - Making Your Workspace PERFECT for Creative Ideas
1:27:00 - Perspective and Being Self-Aware in Music
1:30:00 - Pinnacle's Controversial Twitter Thread / Create Without Expectation
1:31:50 - John Wehmeyer's Kingsway Pack
1:33:00 - Difference Between Sample Libraries and Samples to Send Out
1:38:00 - Working With Ging (Formerly Frank Dukes)
1:42:00 - Feedback From Al Hug
1:48:30 - John Wehmeyer Outro