the stories behind our sequences

[steggy]

Introduction

One of the things I've been most curious about on this site is people's composition process. I've always found it interesting what inspires people, how they write, and what goes through their heads when they do so. Some take a more serious approach, using theory and inspiration to make their music, others take an image, word, or memory and try to convey emotion, some have a specific theme in mind or goal, others base it off their title... the list goes on. Point being, everyones method is different.

And every sequence has a story.

If you're comfortable sharing one of your sequences and what inspired it/how you wrote it/what you were thinking at the time, I'd love to hear (and I think other people would too). 

Sharing
Disclaimer: I know around negative two about music theory, so my process might sound really really strange to the experienced users on this site - I'm just creating this thread out of sheer curiosity and I'm sorry if I name anything incorrectly.

I'll start with myself - 

This sequence is named Genesis, and I think this is my best example of how inspiration can get a sequence off the ground.  I get ideas out of the blue - I could be doing work, eating, sleeping, pretty much anything, and I'll get inspired. Sometimes I'll get a melody, sometimes a chord, sometimes a key and a feeling, etc. I'll jot down a few notes if I don't have the time to write a lot, and sometimes I'll dump my ideas in the comment section of a one-note piece :]. As to Genesis, I was lying around on a Sunday morning, and I all of a sudden got hit with a ton of inspiration when I thought of the word Genesis. I started to write, and spent around 7 hours that day sitting at my computer. At the end of 3 days, the sequence, length-wise, was complete. As I was writing, I pictured one person, standing at the edge of a cliff, with the whole world out in front of them. It's dark outside, but it's that moment right before the sun comes up, so you know something big is about to start : )

-> sorry if that made no sense lol

Your turn!
How do you write your music?