How many at once?

How many pieces do you work on at any given time? Do you spread yourself out with a lot of works or stick mainly to just one?

As for myself, generally I "work" on one project at a time, but when I'm inspired by something or "hear (in my head)" a new melody that doesn't fit the piece, I write it down and put it away until later. That seems to be the best method for me.

What about you? :)

I always work on several projects at once unless under some type of deadline. I don't like to focus on one work because it becomes tiring to stare at the same score all the time, and my interest wanes.

I always have about 547,129 projects awaiting completion at any given time. Though I tend to focus on two or three at a time and really work on them. That's usually the only way my pieces get finished. Also a deadline helps, incentive helps even more.

Definitely several at a time for me. Right now I have a piece for theremin and piano, a sonata for tuba, three piano pieces, and who knows what else that I can't think of right now. Most of the stuff I write I don't finish... so I periodically go back and add a few measures to one of a bajillion unfinished pieces when I'm tired of working on something else.

A few at once, but I focus on one or two at a time... easier for me to get into a piece

I usually start several pieces all at one time, then work on them one by one until each is done

I tend to start on a piece and work at it full steam, only to suddenly get inspiration for another piece. It's usually either that or I run into some sort of difficulty and decide to switch to something else before I wear myself out. Hence, I always have more projects in the pipeline than I can work on at once. I would estimate that for every piece of music I finish, I'll have spawned another ten or so incomplete pieces to work on when the mood strikes me.

i wonder how beethoven and mozart coped? they didn't even have finale...

I always always have at least two or three pieces in the works. Granted, I take months to finish anything, but whatever. :P

If I had better incentive than "I will feel good when I'm done composing this" I probably would finish faster.

If I had better incentive than "I will feel good when I'm done composing this" I probably would finish faster.

For me, it's "once I finish this I'll have one more track for that visual novel I'm going to make one day".

Only ever one piece at a time, but I always have very detailed plans of future works in my head, and much of my time is spent in that stage of planning. I currently have big plans for about 4 big works, but severly doubt that any of them will ever get past the first 20 bars :(.

i give up after about, 4 bars...my biggest problem is development.

i wonder how beethoven and mozart coped? they didn't even have finale...

good question......0.o

If I had better incentive than "I will feel good when I'm done composing this" I probably would finish faster.

I wish that were true lol

It can work against you I find. Because when you feel pressured to write something the creativity dries up real quick.

Which normally means I end up just writing crap to get stuff done. lol

I remember when I finished last semester (I'm studying composition) and had finally got rid of all my compositions which were due, I suddenly felt like writing music... Which I hadn't for the last 3 months.

i wonder how beethoven and mozart coped? they didn't even have finale...

No, but they could Audiate and had phenomenal ears. Ergo, their brain was pre-installed with the finale software.

lol

Chris

Beethoven had phenomenal ears? :P

How many pieces do you work on at any given time?

One. Always.

I guess I'm the odd-one-out.

:whistling:

Beethoven had phenomenal ears? :P

:P indeed

I usually work on around 3-4 projects at once, but generally have several others "open" (i.e. unfinished).

I am working on several projects at any given time. Priority goes to commissioned/paid ones, of course. My personal projects can always wait.

Beethoven had phenomenal ears? :P

lol.

Usually, I work on about 1 to 5 at a time. Once I have exhausted my mind on a song for a set amount of time, I just switch to a new score, or idea/theme.