Senator Jaiz: Music composer, sound designer and musician in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Hey all,

I was wondering how the composers on here work on their craft.

Here's my approach:

So I write music everyday and the way I do it is I have a first music session where I give myself 30 minutes to come up with a new tune (sometimes with prompts like a picture or an idea but sometimes just improvising, starting with loops or random chord progressions).

When the timer goes off, that's it. I bounce the project and I'm off. I get back to it in later sessions, usually 15 or 30 minute sessions. I try to avoid working more than 30 minutes on a single project to keep my ears fresh.

I've had good results with this. Sometimes the first draft is surprisingly good and I barely touch it. Most of the time it's not great but has a few elements I can work with and develop at a later stage. Sometimes it's absolutely terrible and there's nothing I can salvage! :)

What do you think? Would that work for you or do you go about it a completely different way?

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