Inside the mindset

of a sh*t

music producer

What the sh*t is this

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An autofiction novel inspired by my own journey through the world of DJ'ing and music production in 2010s London. It's less about the music and more about the brain making it - the restlessness, the doubt, the gap between where you are and where you were sure you'd be by now. The scenes aren't real. The feeling is though.

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special edition

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Meet your writer

Matt Gough

I'm also pretty sh*t at writing about myself. Which is ironic, given I've just written a book inspired by it.

I make electronic music, I teach DJ’ing and music production at BAD Studios in Shepherds Bush, and I work at a performance marketing agency called Studio 34.

This is my first book. Obviously.

Get in contact.

I’ll try to reply occasionally.

FAQs

On the surface: DJ'ing, music production, London, the 2010s and early 2020s. Underneath: what actually goes on in a creative, restless mind when the dream doesn't land the way you planned. It's less about the music and more about the mind chasing it - what a restless creative brain does when the ambition keeps not quite arriving.
DJs, Music Producers, creative people in general and anybody nostalgic for the 2010s or music and club culture.
Yes, but most things didn’t happen, and most characters are made up.
Pretty much all the digital stores — Kindle, Apple Books and so on — plus a physical paperback on Amazon. There's also a special edition at BAD Studios in Shepherd's Bush, which is worth the trip.
Yes