Composed is unlike any "orchestral" record you've heard before. DIY in the purest sense, Jherek first composed the album on a ukulele. Next he produced, engineered, and mastered the album, resolving to achieve an orchestral sound without the orchestral cost by recording the music one instrument at a time using just one mic and a laptop. (He spent one summer in his native Seattle, biking around town his gear in a backpack, cruising between various musician's houses, capturing their performance one track at a time.)