Your music needs to be heard.
Are you tired of someone asking where they can hear your music,
and you don't have an answer?
Are you over looking back at the years with songs still unreleased?
Are you ready to bring the thing that matters most,
your own creative expression,
into existence?
What's actually in your way?
Talent was never the problem.
Ask most musicians why the songs are still unfinished, and you'll hear some version of the same story:
“I'm just not that good.” “There's something wrong with me.” “I'm lazy.” “I just don't know how.”
But underneath those four lines there's usually a whole quieter narrative running, one most people never say out loud:
I had my window and I missed it.
Other people figured this out, why can't I?
If I were really meant to do this, it wouldn't feel this hard.
I start everything and finish nothing, that's just who I am.
I'm too scattered, too distracted, too much of a mess to pull this off.
Maybe I peaked already. Maybe this was never going to be my thing.
So we call it a character flaw. A permanent truth about our identity.
Not something we're in, but something we believe we are.
And once it's a truth about our character instead of a problem with a solution, we freeze.
That belief feels true. But it's not what's actually happening.
The 5 major obstacles to project completion:
Tech & Skills
Somewhere along the way you didn't know the next step. You encountered likely a simple roadblock, but without knowing the correct way through, and overwhelmed by the multitude of information, you got stuck.
Procrastination & Perfectionism
You wanted your product to be good, but you sacrificed having a product at all. Waiting for the perfect take, the perfect day, the perfect version of you… while the song kept waiting too.
Limited Self-Belief
The quiet one. You dreamt of the albums you'd release, the stages you'd play, and the uniqueness of your talent expressed, but underneath the surface lived a subconscious program: “I'm not that.” “I'm not a true artist.” You stayed in the dream, inside a fantasy that kept you “safe,” because in there, your dreams never had to face reality.
Lack of Structure
A creative mind without any grounded process or structure will tend to drift. Without any accountability, process or consistency, we get excited about new ideas, and months later think “what happened?”
Lack of True Community
You didn't have the right people in your corner. You didn't have the community of people beside you cheering you on. You didn't have a true team of people that believe in you and see your vision.
My Story
“I struggled for years with procrastination, perfectionism, ADHD, and crippling self-doubt: unfinished songs in notebooks, hard drives full of incomplete projects. Eventually I almost gave up, thinking “There's something wrong with me” and “I'm just not made for this.” But somewhere I read that often within our greatest challenge lives the greatest gift we can bring to the world. And when we learn to give that gift, we can transform not just ourselves, but our community and our world. So I dedicated my life to solving this problem for myself, to go ALL IN on my dreams as an artist, and to do so by helping others do the same, by building a community of people who work together. What I found is that having a structure, having a community, and starting to do this together: that is what gets us over the finish line. And creates so much more meaning than walking alone. It was never about the destination alone, but the shared journey to arrive at the destination together.”
A live-looping multi-instrumentalist and one-man band, blending funk, folk, Latin rhythms and electronic energy into improvisational performance. His approach: consistent completion over perfection. Finish the song. Release it. Learn from it. Do it again.
Alongside Drew Dugan, Audio Engineer, Producer, Instructor
No one can make your music,
but YOU.
You don't need more discipline. You need a structure that gives you clarity on the next step, all the way to the finish line.
The DRMA Path
Three Movements.
Everything is built on this.
Skills, talent, and knowledge do NOTHING for you if your subconscious mind has its foot on the brake. DRMA helps you do the deeper work to program Unrelenting, Unreasonable, and Unconditional self-belief so that you truly KNOW that you can and will realize your dreams. 80% of the game is mindset.
Creation and Completion
Gear, the right tools, learning to produce, working with a professional mixing engineer, and releasing. Input to output. The end result is a song finished, released, and distributed.
Before any of it: deep mindset coaching, so that you cultivate unrelenting, unreasonable, unconditional belief in yourself and your self-worth.
Artist Identity
Nailing your brand and building the assets you'll need: EPK, bios, videos, offerings. The things people need to send to festivals to get booked. You're not reaching out into the world yet. You're building your foundation.
Into the World
Building an email list, communicating with talent buyers, getting booked, playing live. From there, all the avenues that make being a professional artist a reality.
Feeling inspired to make it a reality?
Here's your next step.If you qualify, you'll receive a complimentary musical trajectory consultation to determine your path forward, whether that's on your own or with DRMA.
DRMA Student Results
Unfinished Released
“I've grown leaps and bounds as an artist in such a short period of time. I feel activated, liberated, free.”
“Before joining, I was in a really dark place and close to giving up on my dreams. In just over a month, everything changed, and I'm about to release a full-length album.”
“The first step was not intro courses: it was to clarify our dreams, set intentions, and define our vision.”
“He's helped me unlock scales, write better chord progressions, and really see how music weaves together between different instruments.”
“It makes me feel confident bringing other people in, that they will be supported, and we're going to work together to make that happen.”
“Within a few hours of getting my first computer, he had me able to produce almost instantly. I'd recommend Derek as a mentor, coach or friend to anyone.”
“I'm so grateful to have finally recorded a song I wrote over a decade ago. This song always felt like it wanted more.”
“He has a great ear and a subtle touch, enhancing the sound without losing the original essence of the song. I left the session feeling inspired and grateful.”
The artist path has often been a lonely path.
Road time, lonely tours, even at the top there are many artists who struggle. Part of the DRMA mission is to build a network of musicians bringing their dreams into reality together, curating events around the world, small and large, to bring people into union, support each other, and be able to celebrate our wins together.
DRMA is more than a course. It's more than a coaching platform. It's a community of creators supporting each other to make their creative dreams real, to bring a positive impact to the world through the release of our music, and to live life on our terms as artists.
You have big dreams — playing big stages, releasing records, sharing your sound with the masses. None of it can happen if the music isn't being created. DRMA is your bridge.
We're all going to die one day, and we get to write our story once.
Once it's written, that is how it will have been written for all of eternity.
It's time to write your true story.
Let's take the first step:
Apply NowFrom the bottom of my heart, with the most sincerity and authenticity I have, I care about you and your creations. I will walk with you all the way there. I am here to allow your music to be born, and for the world to hear it.
On your complimentary call, we will talk about your story, your mission, your path, and the best way to get you there.
I wish you courage taking your first step here. And I look forward to meeting you.
—Derek Abt