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Craig, I saw in another thread that you've "devoted a lot of time to time management". You mentioned synergy. I looked it up online and saw that it's some type of technique. Would you reccomend any books? Thanks. F.
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It's not a formal technique, I'm just referring to the dictionary defintion. Here's an example of synergy: I was reviewing HALion for Keyboard. In the process of reviewing it, I decided to create some guitar sample-based instruments as a real-world test. I cut many of these using Roger Linn's Adrenalinn, for which I was writing the manual. While working with Adrenalinn and HALion, I kept coming up with little techniques, so I opened files to keep notes. The HALion tips became an article in EQ, the Adrenalinn tips will become an article in Gig, and I'll probably contribute them to Roger Linn's web site as well. Meanwhile, the instruments turned out well, and became part of the Technoid Guitars sample CD set I did for Wizoo that will be released by Steinberg sometime this month. I'm also combining the loop-oriented CD from Technoid Guitars with other loops I developed for other projects to create a double-sample CD of Acidized loop files. This is synergy at work: each endeavor feeds other endeavors. If I had done each one of these things serially from scratch, I woudn't even be close to finished.
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[quote]posted by Faeflora: [b]Would you reccomend any books?[/b][/quote]Faeflora, "The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People," by Steven Covey, is a good book to start with. It includes a "time management matrix" chart, which I re-created on the computer, and print out from time to time. Keeps one focussed on the important things. Ideally, you want to stay focussed on the "important but not urgent" quadrent; it keeps you from falling into the "crises management" trap. Craig's example crystallizes how one develops "habits" centered on prioritization-based time management. It takes practice, but eventually becomes second nature over time. E PS: Yo Craig! Whassup good brother?

Eric Vincent (ASCAP)

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