Also interesting: Brian Eno on his work composing one of the Windows startup sounds:

> Q: How did you come to compose "The Microsoft Sound"?

> A: The idea came up at the time when I was completely bereft of ideas. I'd been working on my own music for a while and was quite lost, actually. And I really appreciated someone coming along and saying, "Here's a specific problem -- solve it."

https://www.sfgate.com/music/popquiz/article/q-and-a-with-br...