Hello, "pghboemike"...

I agree VERY strongly with "cooltouch's" advice:

"Every time I make a change to a piece of music I'm working on, I save the changed tune to a new file name."

For me, it's absolutely indispensable in maintaining continuity of creative inspiration.

In other words, I think of BIAB files saved sequentially as building blocks upon which my original idea is developed.

Of course, "guitarhacker" made it plain: "turn it (BIAB) on". With all of the assistive compositional tools BIAB virtually throws in my face upon booting-up, I always end up making inspired progress on a song before I exit the program.

Last, but on a personal level, I get plenty of sleep, am physically active, and avoid controlled substances and alcohol -- the "muse" doesn't appreciate "squatters"! smile

LOREN (a.k.a. "bluage")

"Music is what feelings sound like."-- borrowed from a Cakewalk Music Creator forum member, "Mamabear".