i am going to be traveling soon, and i would like to be able to write music while away, but i will not have consistent access to power (so phone is no guarantee... even then i hate using shitty phone apps). i'm capable of writing melodies down well enough that i can understand them later, but not good enough to write/transcribe with no instrument handy. my options seem to be buying a mini keyboard (tough to find one that doesn't require external power and doesn't suck), buying a small percussion instrument (probably a kalimba, though i've never played it before), or going without and probably doing less cool kinds of writing. do you have any solutions / advice
you're going to have to do it all in your head, and write it down on paper. i've written many of my songs that way. it's fun