Q: Dear Bill(y): When making songs, do you ever check other songs for reference (or chords idk), cuz when I do, I listen to the song so much that I forget the song that I was making, especially if the song I listened to was bopping...
A: the song you are making has never existed before, and it's brand new. so it means you haven't heard it very many times. so of course you may forget it. that's why it's so important to write new ideas down in sufficient detail to fully know how they go. of course you're going to forget, because it's brand new and you haven't heard it before. not writing it down is pretty careless, in my opinion. i realize it is often possible to just remember new ideas fine, but on the other hand there can be a lot of agony if you think you might remember but you're not sure. i need to know for sure. always write it down. in my view that is the only professional option