noodle around

That’s probably not what you want if you’re just curious to noodle around.

They’re handheld computers, and on this Saturday at the Mukilteo ferry dock, the vast majority of folks waiting for the next available boat are content to noodle around on their iPhones and Androids, away from fish and chips, locally brewed beer and the picturesque park at the marina down the road, where an actual, in-person interaction might materialize.

To write the songs, he’ll noodle around with different chords and line readings until he makes himself laugh; he and his partner storyboard the videos, and she helps him shoot them.

Or if he’s more into the design side, would he like to noodle around in other design programs?

“My favourite thing about him is that he doesn’t play unless he’s feeling it. He’s not just gonna noodle around and find the tune, he’s gonna sit there and listen until he feels something and it moves him, and then he plays the most incredible thing. That’s different from anyone I’ve ever worked with.”