Composing : How often do you compose? by Libby Wright

Libby Wright I compose when I'm inspired by something, OR if I accidentally sit at the piano too long and start a melody without meaning to.

Hello, Libby.

I began writing and sharing here on Stage32 four months ago. It felt as if all my inspiration had been compressed inside me for years, waiting to be released. Writing my films is like opening a window, suddenly, the air flows, and I can breathe.

My rhythm appears when life allows it: sitting on a bench after work, with the world passing by. That’s when words find me. Sometimes I write, other times I compose music, sketch, sew, or create sounds on my computer.

For me, it’s less about discipline, and more about listening, to silence, to the world, to what insists on being born.

Frankly, rarely a day passes when I'm not writing, either to a contract or just because something interesting has emerged that's worth exploring!

Libby Wright, I am not a composer in the sense that I create melodies and so on. However, I do write songs every day. I did manage to write 18 one day. Must have been an overdose of coffee. I write songs every day in addition to working on various scripts. My creative synesthesia is such that there is basically a waterfall of ideas all the time. I just write them down before the next one falls. I was out on a walk a few days ago. Four different song ideas popped into my head just from things I saw while walking. I made a quick note of each on my phone. Then wrote them all out on the laptop as soon as I got back to my place.

You are as much an artist as the composer. You may not play, but you are the one who says the words, the one who puts what is in your heart into a melody, so it's perfect. You say that your song ideas come to you naturally just while you're out for a walk, that's the sign of an artist.

Koby Nguyen, thank you so much. You should be my manager.

I write and compose daily. I’m either writing and creating songs for animated series or for sync licensing requests.

Alicia Coffey, very cool. I happen to be an American songwriter living in Germany. I would be interested in hearing about your process.

Everyday. But for different projects. One day is for musical theatre, another for film, animation or theatre. And each is very different from the other which is great bbecause it keeps me tinking out of the box and definitely pushing my limits.

I'm a composer specializing in film scores. I create original music ranging from romantic and epic to emotional minimalism, always with a particular focus on the film's narrative and visual identity. Music should be a whisper of the soul: it is born from silence, embraces it, and then fills it with light and memory. Each note is a breath, each pause a heartbeat that tells what words dare not say.

Wow- thanks everyone for the great responses!

Adriano Martorana I love it "Whisper of the soul"

Many thanks