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How do you name instrumental tracks?

Filip Tomiša

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The last thing I do when I finish a song is give it a name because I have no idea what to call it. I just call it something random and go with it. I always liked how Deadmau5 names his songs and albums like "Random Album Title", "For Lack of a Better Name", "Album Title Goes Here", "W://2016Album/". There's a funny Deadmau5 anecdote where one of his songs didn't have a name and they were about to publish his album, so he got a call from his manager or whoever and he told him: "One of your songs is titled Track 02. You need to name it right this second!" and Deadmau5 said:" Alright, name it Right This Second" and he hung up. And now he has a song called "Right This Second".

The name doesn't really matter unless you call it "Shit balls" then your song might not perform so well
 

Ed Seith

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    If nothing inspires me in the moment when it's done, I'll sit with it a few days until something does. If that NEVER happens, I usually have a Note file with random goofy names I've come up with, and I'll pick one from that. At present, I DON'T have one of those because I haven't written in forever, but I imagine some ideas will hit me over the holidays.
     
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    Lindsey

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    I often do have random words that could be song titles. I should start saving them too.