Thanks for the insight into your workflow. So kind of you to share....
Since it's a process demo, I may be digressing a bit, but step 2 has some visually cool things happening in it that caught my attention. It breathes well which is one thing, but there's also a rhythmic motif showing up with the parallel sweeps of the fingers echoing in the indication of a background. It has a sort of rippling theme that would be fun to exploit possibly. Anyway, good stuff.
"Not a bit is wasted and the best is yet to come. . ." -- remembered from a dream
Oh I love to watch the process, you can see how the man tries, how his mind works.... it is a separate pleasure!!!