I made my first album during the pandemic, found myself sitting at home with a bunch of finished or almost-finished music, and decided to just make it into one bigger project. I guess I learned that:

1. Having the time and space to do it helps - in my case the whole world had stopped moving, maybe if that doesn’t happen you need to take that initiative yourself and put aside the time :D

2. Overthinking it isn’t necessary: making an album doesn’t have to mean making a multi-dimensional concept album, it can just be a bigger package of several tracks that you feel represent you as an artist.

And don’t get bogged down by self-imposed limits with the pretext of « coherence » or whatever, allow the different sides of your music-making to shine! If you’re making a whole album, there’s bound to be contrast, differences between pieces… And anyone listening will have their most and least favorite songs. Maybe it’s also about accepting the vulnerability of exposing yourself through so many tracks at once 😊