Q: any tips on how to start turning ideas of music into actual finished songs?
A: sure. start asking questions about it. the first thing to ask is whether the piece you have should be at the beginning. if you think it is, then try to figure out what comes next. i have tips for that too, but only if the answer to 'is it the beginning' is yes. If you think it's not the beginning, then the next step is to figure out what comes before. this is harder and much more mysterious to figure out. i have tips for that too, but only if the answer to 'is it the beginning' is no