TOP 10 COMPOSING HACKS!

These are my tips to make composing a bit easier; a bit easier to get started, a bit easier to find new ideas, a bit easier to develop those ideas.

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Hack 1 0:06 Collect Instruments
Hack 2 1:00 Sketching with Technology
Hack 3 3:08 Walking with a smart phone
Hack 4 3:46 Listening to very short clips
Hack 5 4:36 React to the choice of instruments
Hack 6 5:36 Using plugins
Hack 7 6:48 Two essential Books
Hack 8 8:00 Impose arbitrary restrictions
Hack 9 8:53 Games
Hack 10 9:14 Imitate something non-musical
Elaine Gould: Behind Bars:
https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Bars-Definitive-Guide-Notation/dp/0571514561/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526288184&sr=8-1&keywords=elaine+gould+behind+bars

Blatter: Instrumenation and Orchestration:
https://www.amazon.com/Instrumentation-Orchestration-Alfred-Blatter/dp/0534251870/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526288208&sr=1-1&keywords=blatter+instrumentation

Hisokana Pianisuto
An amazing pianist I've worked with in the past, who now does fantastic piano arrangements of experimental rock and other music.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqv6Sxa6-VMFXU9yfa5Igw

Embrace the quirky brilliance of Not Right Music
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQKbxFt9qwysZfI2mmSbhg

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