Tool no2. Midi.
“Better to be a geek than an idiot.”
Anonymous.
I don't know if I could really be a composer before the invention of midi.
Imagining Mozart composing in his head and then recording 70 orchestra parts on paper by hand with the candlelight - it's just scary.
Since I'm a pianist first and composer second - I write all of my music in improvisational way.
I usually get into "the right state of mind" and then I just play it all the way through.
And then I don't remember a thing about it!
So, I can't be any happier about the possibility to record all the music that comes to me - straight to midi.
In a strange way - sometimes that 1st take is the best one - and some of those first takes end up on a record.
I use Cubase for my recording, but people keep pressuring me to turn to Logic.
But the thought of learning a new program is too much. :)
So I'm sticking with my "old friend" for now. :)
One of the biggest break-troughs in my composition - was an advice that I record absolutely everything that comes into my head into Cubase. (It was quite a few years back).
Then I would listen to everything that came to me - and pick out the "worthy parts".
Eventually I trained myself (with the help of some psychological techniques) to figure out exactly when the good composition is "coming", so I switch my midi and my keyboard on - and I'm 100% sure that I'm gonna just write something "complete" (usually, no afterthought or editing necessary).
I call it "Improvisational Composition".
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