# @wardandrews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcYOykxiEKC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69537334-wardandrews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-23T10:05:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ward Andrews (@wardandrews) — https://gondola.cc/wardandrews

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𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗝 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗢𝗻 👇

I started this journey at 50, and after playing EDC twice and Burning Man, these are a few opinions I'm willing to stand behind:

1: Finishing songs is more important than endlessly perfecting them (and I like perfecting them!)
Your fans don't care about the hi-hat you spent three hours EQ'ing

2: Relationships matter more than follower counts
Being a good human being opens more doors than being a genius nobody wants to work with.

3: Social media isn't ruining music
Ignoring it might ruin your career though. People need a way to discover and connect with you and your story. I'm here to connect with you.

4: Nobody cares when you start
People won't judge you for how long it took to become succesful or what age you started.

5: You don't need expensive gear to make great music
People think the most expensive hardware is, the better it will make them, this is not true.

6: Your dream doesn't need everyone's approval
Most people won't understand your decisions until it starts to work. And I believe it's going to work.

7: Consistency beats talent far more often than people want to admit
Consistently trying and possibly failing every single day will get you much further than waiting for the perfect spark of inspiration, as long as you keep trying. My demos get rejected every month and I will keep creating and sending new ones until they work or release them on my label. It's just where my project is at right now.

I know not everyone will agree with these.

That's okay.

I've learned that music is a lot more fun when you stop trying to impress everyone and start focusing on what actually matters.

👉 Follow @wardandrews for more on music, healing, and building your second act on the main stage

#dj #producer #festival

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