BRAINSTORMING NOTES

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…I can’t even remember what song I was developing a pitch for when I wrote these, but I found them in a notebook and thought they might be worth sharing. Let’s break them down.

Some Things I Did Well When I Wrote These Notes:

•  Thinking in terms of color and lighting.

•  Developing themes. “This is for” is probably a lyric and I’m trying to pull visuals out of it.

•  Not trying to get too fancy too early. Letting the song tell me its story and not the other way around.

Some Things I Could Have Done Better:

•  Some of my jargon doesn’t mean anything to me anymore. I don’t know what a “push edit” is.

•  I may have gotten ...

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