Everyone online says don't worry about the technical stuff, just be creative. They're wrong. And so is the opposite camp.

In Episode 11 of KNOBS, Simon Moro and Terry Hart take on one of the loudest debates in music production: technical knowledge versus pure creativity.

Their verdict is that it is 100% a grey area. Obsessing over technique early in your career is a rough creative time, but it builds a foundation you cannot skip. Technical "rules" really can block a brilliant experiment. And a genuine lack of understanding wastes just as much time, chasing hacks that miss the point entirely.

Along the way: the painting analogy that explains why professionals have no off days, the reverb an engineer said you "can't" turn up that sounded great, the viral crest-factor video that is a masterclass in missing the point, a coding analo ...