Before becoming a developer, I was in the high school band. I played several brass instruments – including French horn and cornet – as well as keyboards in the jazz stage band. A musician and a nerd, what can I say?
I even dabbled in writing music for the band. Okay, mostly I wrote arrangements of pop music, so the band could keep the crowd entertained during Friday night football games. What struck me then was that, to write parts for all the instruments – brass, woodwind, percussion, even keyboards – I had to have an overall score to work from. Or at least a sketch of one. Otherwise, I’d end up with a bunch of parts that might sound great on their own, but would never fit together to make someone want to listen or dance to it.