"Instead of shooting arrows at someone else's target, I make my own target around wherever my arrow happens to have landed. You shoot your arrow and then you paint your bulls eye around it, and therefore you have hit the target dead centre." - Brian Eno

If you want a recording project to have some kind of lasting value, you’ll want to reinforce its foundation in every way you can. The better prepared you are during the earliest stages of a project, the easier it will be to reflect the full intent and meaning of its creators.