Note choice is sometimes secondary and technique hopefully is there to serve the song. I'm pretty picky about finding the right sound that will inspire creativity and take the notes to the next level. I'm trying to attain. There's also so many so many other musical styles and influences I'm trying to assimilate including all of the flamenco stylings and some of the middle eastern and Bulgarian folk music I love to listen to. If I can ever attain to some of the expression I hear in Bulgarian folk music, I will die a happy man.
Some songs come really quickly.
The verse section came to me in a shopping mall and I wrote it down on a paper bag. The chorus section I wrote in my sleep that night and translated it to guitar the next morning. In general I'll get an idea or melody and the work comes in refining it to a completed song, which can take quite some time. Yes, a lot of my new music comes from people I produce. I really enjoy a lot of that music.