How do you get your tunes down?

[Bubblenugget]

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I've learned that everybody can suffer from writer's blocks once in a while, but I know now, that I don't have to worry about it, because the 'urge to produce an egg' will come up anywhere some time. A matter of patience, this is not a thing one can articially push. But listening to other composers always can be inspiring, as seeing the statements of some great artists in a documentary, or so.

Quite true.  After seeing 'Better Living through Circuitry', I always seem to jump on the computer and get crackin'.

[hematurge]

I'm not so much of a musician. I usually start with percussion, I like elaborate drumtracks. Then, build it up from there. Add some bleeps and bloops, a bass line and/or some other strange samples. I always seem to start out with the main pattern for the song then do alternates and deconstructed patterns derived from it. After that it's usually just a matter of arranging the patterns to taste.