[LAU] Composing fast[was] LAM annual Best of mix 2009

Atte André Jensen atte.jensen at gmail.com
Tue Dec 8 02:20:09 EST 2009


Ken Restivo wrote:

> Never ceases to amaze me how the stuff I dash off in 20 minutes as an
> experiment or test, is often more well-liked and effective than the
> stuff I furrow my brow over and scratch my head over for weeks.

It's called flow :-)

Seriously, you're an improvising musician, and shouldn't be surprised 
that the more you compose under the same premises (no going back, first 
idea makes it), the more it's gonna feel natural to the listener.

I try to compose as fast as possible. Then I listen to the result, 
sometimes for weeks, mostly just the next day, and rework parts that for 
some reason doesn't work. I also have no problem with throwing an entire 
composition away, I'd rather do that than sit and stare at the paper. 
There's always another composition to work on.

What you (and I, so I should say "we") should really wonder, is which 
piece of audio software under linux *really* supports this way of 
working. Besides freewheelin (which only works with certain types of 
music), I can't really think of any :-(

-- 
Atte

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