12:05:00 PM
Today I wrote a bunch of cool ideas, transcribed part of a Benny Goodman solo and then adapted it to my own style. Turned out really cool.
The top one is the Goodman phrase and the bottom on is my adapted version. I won't bore you with the theoretical details.(Don't forget: ©2006 Alain Mayrand!)
And then I also came up with two other nice ideas that I can't use!
The first is a little Dorian mode, medieval-like melody that I would onoly use in a film or for my personal use (I like the Dorian mode a lot. Sue me.) The second idea is a great start for an intermediate piano nocturne and it is in a more personal style, so I will surely use it. The only problem is; now is not the time for those pieces!
But what am I supposed to do, not write those ideas down? Just push them aside and say "I don't have time for you right now" and let them die?
If ideas come, then I don't stop them; I let them come. Then I keep them for later when I will have time to develop them into full-blown pieces. It just sucks that today I had too many and that I didn’t get the work done I was aiming for.
Ah, could be worse. Glass is half full and all that.
My “composition planner” is a real help. I can’t believe I never thought of it before. I write down what I want to work on for the next day, which enables me to get right into it.
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