Echo Syndrome is something I figured out over the course of 5 years (since I have been making music).

Echo Syndrome occurs when a DJ makes music. Over the course of making the song your brain will automatically filter out the old samples and tracks such as the baseline and you will only hear the newest sample. But this occurs well into your song when you start adding the background and foreground music such as the EFFECTS and TRANSITION. So what you may have thought sounded good may not since you are only hearing the 2 parts of the song. This is a real annoyance since you know what is happening but you can’t do anything about other than just not listen to that song and move on to another. This effect will usually go away as you forget the song details, and the quickest way is to start another song. Since your brain can only remember some details for a short while, you should overcome the syndrome by the time you start your next song.

Echo Syndrome can be helpful as well, because, while it prevents you from finishing a song you are more likely to start another song or get off the computer. This can help DJs make new songs, and force them to multitask. This is good and bad, while you are making music it is very difficult but, this effect forces you to work on another song or do something else. This is the reason why I can pump out three or four songs a week, since I already have 3 songs going with 2 hours on every song which adds up to 4 hours of forgetting time per song. 4 hours is more than enough to just work on a song but to master (I will explain what mastering is in another blog) one you need at least a full night’s sleep. Since your brain will register the information, like being able to solve a math problem you have had trouble with the morning after you were working on it, the same effect occurs, and in the morning you will feel as though you heard the song for the first time. Your brain will remember the important parts of the song such as the good beats and you will be able to hear the song as a whole not just piece by piece.

I have experienced this a lot and my fellow Djers probably have also. But in the short time I have been making and writing music this is probably one of the most annoying things I have experienced.