Q: I find "just did a bad thing" to be very well orchestrated/composed. How did you figure out which instruments to use in the song and what parts they should play? Do you follow a formula per se or do you do it randomly?
A: here's what i've discovered: i choose all the instruments i want first. then i go through the song and figure out where each one goes. instead of going to a place, and finding the instrument, i first get the instrument, and then find where it fits. i call this the sprinkle technique. This actually won't take care of the entire song, because if you only do sprinkles, you will usually never end up getting the important mainstays like the kick and bass, etc, but, it is a good technique nonetheless. it is particularly exciting when you do sprinkles first, before doing anything else. by the way this only works if you've written the song first before you start recording it, and have the exact road map