Name your tracks

[Risc12]

Hey guys,

Little interesting question here, how do you guys name your tracks?

Sometimes I immediately know how to name it, sometimes i start from a name, and sometimes it has something to do with the place i am at that moment .

Cheers,
Remco

[padi_04]

Normally I choose a word that describes a singularity in the track or dedicate it to someone, then translate it to a different language (ie: varme, wal, venko).

[ksandvik]

You could do the Autechre trick, the Atari sequencer shortened longer file names to really cryptical 8 character names, hence they got the names for their tracks such as Rsdio, Vietrmx21, Recury and so on.

[Tarekith]

I normally have the name of the track before I write a single note. When I'm getting ready to work on something new, generally I have some sort of idea for the inspiration for the song, and the name is just part of that. Sometimes the name IS the inspiration in fact.

[Thumper]

When I'm working on a track they tend to be named any old thing. Once I get closer to having something solid that's nearer completion then they get a proper title. I'd love to say that the name encapsulates the essence of the track in question but, if that were true, it would mostly be gibberish...

When I was younger I used to make up names for songs and albums that didn't exist. I still do sometimes. Aside from that, I like song titles that scan like the names of books.

[JasonBay]

I remember things by association, so I name tracks based on something I did recently to help me remember. "Laundry Day" being a recent example.

[alchemy]

The last track I named had something to do with my artist name. The rest of tracks usually I use only one word as most of them are instrumental y feel only one word will suit them. The words I choose depends of my mood that day, an ispiration or watever first word comes to my mind when I make the track.

[photojojo]

Whatever's on TV at the time.