Definitely as of late! I started working on it about a week after returning from my first real vacation in a few years, and I suppose I was feeling a bit more structured as a human being. It was kind of fun juxtaposing a very straightforward beat and baseline against a bunch of spacey coat lonbarde and serge stuff!.
hmmm, honestly, I am a lifelong “add too much stuff” composer, and have developed a sense for when I’m approaching that limit. Once I get to that place, I peel a few layers off and add them back in gradually as the song progresses. Then I get the song to a place I’d consider “finished”, and put it away for a week or two. When I eventually listen to it again, I either agree with my former self, or realize there’s a bit more work to do. The distance helps a lot.
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