I greatly appreciate your words of wisdom man! Everything you said is dead on and I can speak from experience, as a musician who never intentionally sought out producing (it really just dropped into my lap) I can say that I wasn't quick to pursue all of the "knowledge" rather I just went to work. As I've gotten better and have continued to produce music I find myself doing more research and looking for a little more knowledge, but I can say that's only about 15% of the time. I'm glad to have stumbled across this post, awesome reminders and excellent motivation!