treating music composition as a routine chore
Much like in academic writing, never start music composition from a blank slate. Make it a habit to create small pieces of music everyday and store it as music notes. Putting together a composition should involve merely piecing together music notes for a first draft, and then further refinement to the composition can be performed to make it a cohesive piece.
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