Manu and Dina talk about their respective unfinished albums and what keeps them from finishing -- whether it's the pursuit of an unreachable "perfect" result, or dread of what the experience of "finished" will actually feel like.

Credit for the idea of "post race blues" goes to Pahla Bowers, who can be found at https://getyourgoal.com/ or "The Get Your Goal Podcast" on any podcast platform.

Also mentioned is sound engineer and producer Ingo Krauss, https://candybomber-studio.de/

Music for this episode was created by Dina Maccabee.

Listen to music by the producers of The Failed Musician Podcast here: https://dinamaccabee.bandcamp.com and https://www.manuel-lima.com/

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In the trailer for The Failed Musician Podcast, Dina and Manu share what they hope to create over the course of the show: a space where musicians can be open about feelings of failure, and a reality check on how much pressure we all feel to be "productive." Is this imperative helpful, or just a toxic shadow cast by broken internal and external systems? Stay tuned to find out...

Listen to music by the producers of The Failed Musician Podcast here: https://dinamaccabee.bandcamp.com and https://www.manuel-lima.com/

Follow and comment on Instagram @TheFailedMusicianPodcast