Where does it come from?

I Like to think I write good melodies.  Where do they originate?  How do they transend from beginning to ending?  Or do the best melodies come to the composer in final form?  Are melodies some magical sequence of notes or are they more mathematical in nature?  Why do people differ in their creation of great melodies?  As you can tell, I have more questions than answers on this topic. Read the rest of this entry »