[ WP ] '' So the superpower you get , has to be based on your current job ? ''

They say that superheroes never sleep. Maybe they do n't. I do n't know. Point is, I'm not sleeping. The proverbial pen to paper, black notes swirling in my head as I spit out piece after piece on my notation software. If I had to describe how I feel, something similar would be that feeling after you've had your head in the toilet, gifting it the content of your stomach in orange colors. I have so much music that has to come out, like a sink full of water and if you do n't pull the drain out, it leaks over. I get into this state where vomit music from my brain at inhuman speeds and if I do n't, I ca n't function because all I hear is music. People who talk to me while I'm in this state, well, I ca n't hear them. 
 
 I sit in this state and veg until the creative energy is all gone, usually lasting five or six days. That's five or six days without food, sleep, water or even moving. After it passes, its almost like coming out of a coma. I do n't know what I've just done but I look back at it and weep. I've written some of the best and most beautiful music I've ever heard and I do n't remember doing it. But it's difficult to hold down a job in an industry because even though I have these weeks that happen, I ca n't control what I write. Themes flow out of me like waterfalls, but they are n't always related. Hell, some of the higher ups in Sony and Nintendo asked me to write for them, but when I did, I failed their expectations. 
 
 Hans called me the other day to congratulate me for helping compose an award winning film score with Howard Shore ( who was busy with the Hobbit ). It was hard to accept his praise because I almost feel like I'm not the person writing this music. And the hard thing is, when I try to compose out of that state, I ca n't. Themes are near impossible, harmonization is beyond me. I've been through music school and have a masters degree in composition but I ca n't even write a theme! And some how I still pulled off 5 Awards for my compositions. I ca n't tell you ho -- uhh....E flat to G natural, C minor chord in the strings and C timpani strike.....
