# Make musical ideas A musical idea can be anything from a chord progression to a synth preset to a sample. When you've happened upon an idea, record it somehow. You can literally use a recorder, or you can write a note to yourself, or you may even write a chord chart or sheet music transcription. Then keep it somewhere you can easily access it again, when it's time to create a piece. Try making: - Synthesized drum one-shots (see [[Synthesizing percussion]]) - Noise (see [[Make a mud pie|Mud pies]]) - Samples and loops from public domain recordings and movies - Synth presets - Bounces of old, forgotten demos on your hard drive