mks wrote:I try not to listen to my music while I'm making it. It distracts me.

What is your typical process for laying things out if you do it this way? Do you start with your biggest loop and pick it apart from there?

Usually have it on loop all the way through, though sometimes I'll loop x amount of bars and work on a part. By the time
I finish that though my brain kinda wants to explode. I also find that looping segments can sometimes cause me to mess up the flow or synergy. My process is kind of all over the ...

This is very interesting. Even if the final arrangement is rough it could potentially give you a skeleton of a song in seconds, which is something I'd definitely enjoy playing around with. I guess you could always make a template too, but I like the idea of turning semi-random into structure and ...

Maybe throw on some metal/hardcore shit and put a different spin on things. I feel like there's alot of similarities and you may find something you'd like to try to replicate. Protest the Hero? Just a quick thought.