Q: So like if I want to become a good violinist I practice scales every day. If I want to become good at sketching/painting I practice drawing lines and circles and human anatomy and stuff. These are exercises I do to learn/refine a technique in isolation of the actual music/art-making. Are there analogous drills for music composition and can you recommend any good ones?
A: start with a blank piece of paper and use it to try to figure out what the flipping heckfuck is going on in the world