---
title: "How I Write a Synthwave Piece From Start to First Draft - \"Ztir\""
description: Here's the process I often go through to get an idea of a synth piece out there.
---

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# [How I Write a Synthwave Piece From Start to First Draft - "Ztir"](https://www.kouroshdini.com/the-dini-group-ltd-blog/how-i-write-a-synthwave-piece-from-start-to-first-draft-ztir)

 Written by [Kourosh](https://www.kouroshdini.com/the-dini-group-ltd-blog/author/kourosh) | Nov 8, 2019 4:00:00 PM

Much of how I write appears improvisational, but... well everything is improvisational. Really, I focus on the parameters that create structure in song, and follow them for the most part. So long as I remain in practice with that, exercising short term memory as well, I can create a piece fairly quickly. Here I show the process I go through.

Ztir was done written and recorded live as I performed at Nitida Ridge in Second Life - 2019-10-12.

If I decide to publish the piece, I'll need to go through and clean it up a bit. Maybe I'll add some other lower register things going on too. Or not...

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