Hey everyone!
I'm new around these forums and I am so excited that there is an active community in these forums.
I was wondering about your opinions on musical output, please set aside remarks such as 'quality before quantity' as this is obvious and not at all the aim of my question.
So the question is:
What are your practical methods to meet a deadline or/and amplify your overall musical output
1) assuming you have no specific idea
2) assuming you have too much ideas
Do you use charts to measure the time you spend composing?
Do you reward yourself at the end of the process or each session?
Basically, share every little bit of your process both psychologically and musically
I'll start...
I usually decide what to work on on a monthly basis, usually for solo instruments just to practice instrumentation. Each day I write down a schedule for tomorrow by the hour and I adjust accordingly. Of course it is not possible to complete everything by a foresaid time so I try not to be strict with myself and enjoy the creation process itself.
I alternate between starting with harmony or a motif depending on the goal of my composition. ( A specific idea would require a motif IMO while creating a 'feel' or a sonic environment is mostly around harmony for me)
Each month I reflect on what I completed and what I could do differently. Bigger projects require bigger deadlines (3 months or more).
What are your experiences? Try to be as specific as you can please!
