This project is about finding phrases I like from different instrumentalists' solos and then creating new songs based on the chosen phrases. These songs would then constitute the program for my final exam concert held at Royal College of Music in Stockholm March 5th. For this I put together a five-piece band. During the rehearsals all the musicians had the opportunity to influence the songs for the better. I have had a constant thought throughout this process that the songs should be easy to assimilate and that they should be easy to perceive and melodic. In my thesis I reflect upon what makes me perceive a phrase as satisfactory and whether it is possible that a musician playing by ear have an advantage in playing more melodically or not? Is it that I am more affected by a solo by a musician playing by ear versus someone who plays more of their theoretical knowledge. One conclusion I have come to is that a good combination could be that, as a musician playing by ear, they immerse themselves in the melodic and their theoretical concept in order to achieve the best results.