Not saying 2009 was a very good year... just that there's a new old beat fragment from 2007, should you want to peep:
A pretty straightforward track without a whole lot of variation, but this would have worked well behind the right vocal. There's a little section I like after the main loop that's only audible when the sample runs its course at the end of each eighth bar.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that as I've gotten older, I've become more sensitive to criticism. Sometimes this fear shows itself as an attempt at self-deprecating humor in an effort to deflect criticism before it's ever lobbed my way. More often, though, that fear keeps me from putting out something imperfect, which means I don't put anything out there for people to see. It happens in small ways, it happens in big ways. It might be a post or a song that I've finished but haven't posted or released because it just doesn't feel like it's quite there yet. It sits there and eventually becomes too outdated to even consider publishing. Or, it could be something larger, like a web site redesign that sits at 80% finished for 18 months. I'm pretty sure this sort of thinking caused me to subconsciously self-sabotage the book I was working on for a couple of years.
