Q: have you considered combining some of the song ideas on your list to get through it more effectively? i mean, if they were deemed worthy to write down for posterity, they're certainly already good ideas and concepts, and putting these ideas together might also streamline the writing process a bit
A: in my experience, combining songs is not a good strategy. each song has its own very unique needs and it is important to consider exactly what that song needs in order to make it the strongest song. combining 2 halfwritten songs would be kind of like combining 2 half built houses and hoping it makes sense. although i suppose it may work for some people, and i think that's great. the last time i revealed here that i don't combine songs someone got mad at me. so it is important to emphasize the fact that other people may have success in doing that but it is not something that i think makes sense for me