9:30 Breakfast. 9:40 Watch some tennis and consider working. 10:02 I’m still watching tennis. 10:10 I open up the music file, listen for five seconds, and realize it isn’t happening— the beat is plodding (my enthusiasm is low). I consider going back to watching tennis. (Are mornings even optimal for making music?)  Almost anything could … Continue reading An Attentional Arc Of Working: Compressing Beats and Focusing Energy