back in the early '90s i stored all my sysex dumps and midi songs on an 88 meg SyQuest removable drive. every song i’d ever written, every patch i’d ever programmed. for the past 5 years. so of course the drive died.
went into a serious depression and could not touch a keyboard, guitar, tape recorder, anything for 18 months. my mood contributed to my getting divorced. eventually music became my theray again.
now everything i write is MILES better than what i lost. and i learned that no matter how awesome the track is i’m creating, one day i’m going to write something even better.
that gives me the confidence to fuck with “the rules” and write in my own style. cuz i know that i can lose samples and stems, but knowledge is mine forever.