As I listen with intention during the week*, I’ve been tossing songs that resound with me into a playlist of songs that are influencing me right now (or that I want influence me right now). And then as I listen to that playlist, I’ve been trimming out songs that appealed to me in the moment but that aren’t really consistent with hiw I want my sound to develop.
This is like blocking a crochet piece – the songs in my playlist are the pins with bits and parts of where I want my music to land when everything dries.