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artsyhonkerSpent some time on a piece I'm writing for LGQ, to words by another member. It's in three verses, but the character changes a lot, so I'm doing the first verse TB and the second verse SA and the third verse SATB in the tonic major relative to where I started, and a different time signature. I have about 11 bars to fill in some harmony on before I'll be finished the second pencil draft, at which point I can move it along one step and put it in the computer.
I use a personal kanban system for organising my composing. It's something like this:
But, it's on paper, and I use small post-its for each piece. That way if I do things out of order -- for example, getting a recording done before sorting out print, or putting something on CPDL before I've got a recording -- I can make a note of it on the post-it. Or, if I'm working to a deadline, I can do that. The "waiting" column gives me flexibility for anything where I'm waiting for feedback from a supervisor, a choir to say that they'll perform it (or not), notification about competitions I've entered, or similar. It can also be a good spot for things that need more than two intermediate computer drafts before I'm happy with them.
I also have a long list of pieces for which I haven't finished a first draft, or that are otherwise on the back burner. But what I'm trying to do is get to a point where I have a number of pieces for which the recording is done and printing has been arranged, so that I can publish the recording and pdf regularly on, say, the 15th day of the month, and order the printed copies then so they are ready to post out as soon as I have been paid.
Some people advocate having a much simpler list: [options] [in progress] [done]. But I am starting this with a serious backlog of back burner projects, the majority of which can be said to be in progress. A coarser series of bins or buckets doesn't allow me to glance at my journal (yes, I use a Bullet Journal for this) and immediately get a good idea of what is nearly finished and what is not, and I don't want to waste energy reading twelve (or whatever; there are twelve at the moment) post-its to remind myself which stage things are at before deciding what to work on. Further, sometimes I'm working away from a computer and can work on things that in one of the various paper drafts but won't get anywhere with the more computer-oriented tasks. The first draft of something is generally in my BuJo, the second paper draft in a larger format manuscript paper book so I can see more of the piece at once; I don't always have the larger format book with me.
Anyway, what I like about keeping my kanban in a BuJo is that if I don't like it, I can do it differently next time I set it up: at the moment I'm getting through a notebook roughly every quarter.
I use a personal kanban system for organising my composing. It's something like this:
| 1st paper draft | 2nd paper draft | 1st computer draft | 2nd computer draft | waiting | final draft | lulu/print | recording | published online | patron rewards sent |
But, it's on paper, and I use small post-its for each piece. That way if I do things out of order -- for example, getting a recording done before sorting out print, or putting something on CPDL before I've got a recording -- I can make a note of it on the post-it. Or, if I'm working to a deadline, I can do that. The "waiting" column gives me flexibility for anything where I'm waiting for feedback from a supervisor, a choir to say that they'll perform it (or not), notification about competitions I've entered, or similar. It can also be a good spot for things that need more than two intermediate computer drafts before I'm happy with them.
I also have a long list of pieces for which I haven't finished a first draft, or that are otherwise on the back burner. But what I'm trying to do is get to a point where I have a number of pieces for which the recording is done and printing has been arranged, so that I can publish the recording and pdf regularly on, say, the 15th day of the month, and order the printed copies then so they are ready to post out as soon as I have been paid.
Some people advocate having a much simpler list: [options] [in progress] [done]. But I am starting this with a serious backlog of back burner projects, the majority of which can be said to be in progress. A coarser series of bins or buckets doesn't allow me to glance at my journal (yes, I use a Bullet Journal for this) and immediately get a good idea of what is nearly finished and what is not, and I don't want to waste energy reading twelve (or whatever; there are twelve at the moment) post-its to remind myself which stage things are at before deciding what to work on. Further, sometimes I'm working away from a computer and can work on things that in one of the various paper drafts but won't get anywhere with the more computer-oriented tasks. The first draft of something is generally in my BuJo, the second paper draft in a larger format manuscript paper book so I can see more of the piece at once; I don't always have the larger format book with me.
Anyway, what I like about keeping my kanban in a BuJo is that if I don't like it, I can do it differently next time I set it up: at the moment I'm getting through a notebook roughly every quarter.