How to Write 12 Big Band Charts Per Year

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My good friend Frank Mantooth
used to write about 12 big band
charts, on average per year,
before his untimely
death in 2004.

I once asked him once how he
did that with all the other
stuff he had going on with clinics,
gigs, traveling, etc.

During a break in one of our
weekly racquetball matches, he told me.

"I just write 8 measures a day", he said.

8 measures a day??

Didn't seem possible to me to complete
12 full length big band charts every year
by doing so little every day.

So when I got home I grabbed a calculator.

I figured there are 246 days during the year,
not including weekends and a 2 week vacation.

52 X 5 - 14 = 246

246 X 8 measures = 1968

Let's say the average chart is 160 measures
long. (some will be longer, but ballads would
come to much less)

1968 divided by 160 = 12.3

12 big band charts per year by
writing just 8 measures a day!

I've never forgotten this simple
concept and I try to employ it as
much as I can in other areas
of my life.

So next time you sit down to
work on a chart, just
try to complete only 8 measures, then
go do something else.

Do this consistently and you'll
find your productivity will
go through the roof.