{"id":2530,"date":"2025-09-26T19:25:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allenalesna.art\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:28:41","slug":"digital-or-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allenalesna.art\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/digital-or-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital or Tape?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!C2g3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb68d3283-480f-47be-a498-4d32c5c7b28e_1080x767.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!C2g3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb68d3283-480f-47be-a498-4d32c5c7b28e_1080x767.jpeg\" alt=\"black and gray dj controller\" style=\"width:429px;height:auto\" title=\"black and gray dj controller\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@sweeksco\">Steven Weeks<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_cd0144-c8\">Recording as a musician.<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_594f45-dd\">My first recording wasn\u2019t in some polished studio with velvet walls and golden knobs\u2014it was on a humble 4\u2011track, captured in one take, no overdubs, no safety nets.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We were six souls bound together in sound, each instrument fighting for its own space: four channels swallowed by the drums, keys folded into a bus, vocals clinging to a single track. All of it pressed onto tape inside a cavernous concrete warehouse, where towers of forgotten audio gear stood like silent witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2530_204a45-0c .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2530_204a45-0c .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2530_204a45-0c\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_886b55-2f\">Later, we tried again in a proper studio, this time with the luxury of an 8\u2011track analog machine. Three passes, vocals overdubbed last, drums spread across two tracks but mic\u2019d with care. It was cleaner\u2014surgically so. Yet my heart still leans toward that first warehouse take. Not because of fidelity, but because of fire. The performance lived there, raw and unrepeatable. The grit made it sing.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_902c21-02, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_902c21-02[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_902c21-02\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_902c21-02 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_902c21-02[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_902c21-02\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_902c21-02 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_902c21-02[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_902c21-02\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_902c21-02 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_902c21-02\">I would go on to chase tape again\u2014analog, digital, multi\u2011track. The process was always delicate, sometimes maddeningly slow, but efficient in its own way. People romanticize tape, speak of its magic, its warmth. But I\u2019ve learned its truth: fragile, temperamental, utterly dependent on the machines it touches. Compared to today\u2019s seamless digital workflows, it was never convenient. But maybe that was the point.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_ef5eb6-e1\">I think one of the things about recording on tape versus digital, or in the box (computer), is that as a musician\/performer, you\u2019re not spoiled with the convenience of technology. Analog always had limitations that had to be worked around. Whether it be with additional hardware or some other ingenious idea, like Sylvia Massy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" href=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1648780693381-12daeb6fe374?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw4fHxtaXhpbmclMjBkZXNrfGVufDB8fHx8MTc1ODc3MTE5MXww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1648780693381-12daeb6fe374?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw4fHxtaXhpbmclMjBkZXNrfGVufDB8fHx8MTc1ODc3MTE5MXww&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\" alt=\"a sound board with a lot of knobs on it\" style=\"width:425px;height:auto\" title=\"a sound board with a lot of knobs on it\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@joshwithers\">Josh Withers<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_8a7f61-b4\">Tape forced you to respect the moment. It demanded preparation, discipline, sweat. Before stepping into the studio, we rehearsed until the songs were carved into our bones. We debated EQ curves with our producer, argued over levels, shaped arrangements with the awareness that overdubs were precious, finite. Six members, countless layers, and only so much room to breathe. Every choice mattered.<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_df4b85-71\">I would even go as far as to say that the \u2018warmth\u2019 that a lot of people are talking about is really about the tightness of performance, and the minor bleeds in the microphones, from one instrument to another, as the real contributory factor to that dimension.<\/h4>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2530_d6937d-0d .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2530_d6937d-0d .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2530_d6937d-0d\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!oXyg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3bfef956-206c-4695-b814-6d7a2134566e_1080x832.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!oXyg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3bfef956-206c-4695-b814-6d7a2134566e_1080x832.jpeg\" alt=\"black and gray microphone with stand\" style=\"width:568px;height:auto\" title=\"black and gray microphone with stand\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@ejmerrell\">Elijah Merrell<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_ffbb1b-4f\">As a mixer, I know bleed is both a gift and a curse. Ten percent is the threshold; beyond that, it\u2019s unworkable. But when captured right, it\u2019s the glue that no plugin can replicate. Even in bigger studios with 24 tracks, limitations loomed. Bouncing tracks was possible, but tedious. Every decision was a negotiation with scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_1cd6ab-2d\">Not long ago, I found myself back in that mindset, recording a band digitally but with only eight tracks to spare. Four for drums, two for guitars, one for bass, one for vocals. Isolation panels stood guard, but bleed still crept in\u2014minimal, manageable, alive. We tracked it in one take, vocals added after. And when I listened back, I realized: had this been tape, it would\u2019ve sounded almost the same. Ninety\u2011five percent identical. The spirit was there. (You can read that story here,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/allenalesna.art\/index.php\/2025\/07\/26\/haiyan-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Haiyan2025<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2530_61235b-a0 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-2530_61235b-a0 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-2530_61235b-a0\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_748f5b-d3\">Today, you can dump all of the creative process without limits, then contain it in a mix, sometimes even polishing it for a performance after the fact.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_a08d43-7d\">Two decades on, the rules haven\u2019t vanished\u2014they\u2019ve just been bent, broken, reimagined. Where once preparation was the weapon, today, abundance is the canvas. Today, we can record everything, every idea, every fragment, and sculpt it later like film editors splicing reels. My band does it too: demo, polish, cut, rearrange. It\u2019s a different kind of freedom, but freedom all the same.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_fe9290-b2\">Both worlds have their beauty. One shaped by scarcity, the other by excess. One sharpened by discipline, the other expanded by possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_dfca65-78\">And in the end, the only truth that matters is this: if it sounds good, if it feels good, then it&nbsp;<em>is<\/em>&nbsp;good.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" href=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1691242716503-fe21a7f925cb?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxNTd8fHRhcGUlMjByZWNvcmRpbmd8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzU4NzcxNTIyfDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1691242716503-fe21a7f925cb?crop=entropy&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=max&amp;fm=jpg&amp;ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxNTd8fHRhcGUlMjByZWNvcmRpbmd8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzU4NzcxNTIyfDA&amp;ixlib=rb-4.1.0&amp;q=80&amp;w=1080\" alt=\"a black and white photo of a record player\" title=\"a black and white photo of a record player\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@ylearchives\">Yle Archives<\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2530_26f6f9-60\">You can also follow me on my <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@allenalesna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Substack<\/a>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tape forced you to respect the moment. 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