On Thursday 17th of November, Tony Platt (link) gave a lecture to the music students of the University of Lincoln in the Studio 3. He spoke about his experiences as a producer and the inventive ways in which he had found solutions to problems occurring prior, during and after recording sessions. His viewpoint  could be summarised as: solutions often present themselves once you start to look at situations as challenges rather than problems – tony Robbins link)

Following his presentation, I had a great opportunity to have an individual 20 minute time slot with him to get some feedback and insights, during which I played him my latest creation “Pretty Sun Hurts” (a song which I had written approximately 3 weeks prior to this session and which I was eventually planning to perform at the final show of the semester).

Following my song (which was approximately 4 minutes and 30 seconds long), he analysed my performance and songwriting skills and gave me advice regarding my musicianship and style.