i used different methods with each song as i wanted them to be quite different . but mostly i will play it in on a keyboard using either choir samples or organ noises . also samples of my own voice . that would be quite intuitive . then i will sit down afterwards with the score and fiddle with it for ages .
i was in music school for 10 years so i know about notation . but i cannot be driven musically from that end of things . it has to feel good first and then i will use my education to fix things , mostly details . or make chords denser . or figure out range of instruments . you know what i mean . |