I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.
The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.
Jazz, isn't that just a series of mistakes diguised as musical composition?
That's a job that it makes a few friendships, but it probably breaks more.
Those people that you know for a long time and that you love, they're the easiest to talk to.