Members Ernest Buckley Posted January 22, 2014 Members Share Posted January 22, 2014 I`m on Albeton`s emailing list and got the link to this video today. Just watched it this morning and thought it was pretty interesting. What have you done to get the creative juices started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted January 22, 2014 Members Share Posted January 22, 2014 Love the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 23, 2014 Members Share Posted January 23, 2014 Ernest Buckley wrote: What have you done to get the creative juices started? I just sit down and create. Sometimes I have ideas pop into my head, while other times, I have some free time and just screw around until I come up with something. I'm really lucky that 1.) I have several creative interests, and 2.) I rarely have blockage of creativity unless I'm depressed or extremely cheesed off. I'm always creating something, just about every day, and certainly several times a week, whether it's taking photos, mixing songs, coming up with keyboard or guitar parts, messing around with a website, writing something, or processing photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted January 23, 2014 Author Members Share Posted January 23, 2014 UstadKhanAli wrote: Ernest Buckley wrote: What have you done to get the creative juices started? I just sit down and create. Sometimes I have ideas pop into my head, while other times, I have some free time and just screw around until I come up with something. I'm really lucky that 1.) I have several creative interests, and 2.) I rarely have blockage of creativity unless I'm depressed or extremely cheesed off. I'm always creating something, just about every day, and certainly several times a week, whether it's taking photos, mixing songs, coming up with keyboard or guitar parts, messing around with a website, writing something, or processing photos.Concerning your Mercury 7 output... how do you guys work up some of those compositions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted January 23, 2014 Author Members Share Posted January 23, 2014 blue2blue wrote: Love the studio. Yes, it is lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Beck Posted January 25, 2014 Members Share Posted January 25, 2014 Ernest Buckley wrote: What have you done to get the creative juices started? Create as much chaos in my life as possible... and then play that out on various instruments.That is a cool video and I can relate to so much of what he is saying, especially the inspiration from nature. Chaos is not as bad as it sounds. It's really just challenging the status quo within by whatever means possible. What I mean is for example, sitting in front of the TV will not spark creativity for me, but crossing the railroad tracks just in the nick of time before the train gets to you, or a quiet night walk in the woods will both bring the right kind of inner chaos, but different flavors. To me there's no original music coming from within without disorder and then restructuring order as a creative process through music.It doesn't even make complete sense to me, but that is the best way I can describe it.I'm not a disciplined writer in the normal sense. I just write, collaborating constantly with people through conversation and other interactions... like jumping in front of their trains. In that way I never stop composing and creating... and I won't until I misjudge the distance between me and the train.And of course when it comes to the music part of it all I use lots of analog and outboard equipment, which I agree helps one focus on expressing whatever is inside more intuitively without the distraction of realizing you're doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted January 25, 2014 Members Share Posted January 25, 2014 I wait for the muse to strike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted January 26, 2014 Members Share Posted January 26, 2014 Beck wrote: Ernest Buckley wrote: What have you done to get the creative juices started? Create as much chaos in my life as possible... and then play that out on various instruments. That is a cool video and I can relate to so much of what he is saying, especially the inspiration from nature. Chaos is not as bad as it sounds. It's really just challenging the status quo within by whatever means possible. What I mean is for example, sitting in front of the TV will not spark creativity for me, but crossing the railroad tracks just in the nick of time before the train gets to you, or a quiet night walk in the woods will both bring the right kind of inner chaos, but different flavors. To me there's no original music coming from within without disorder and then restructuring order as a creative process through music. It doesn't even make complete sense to me, but that is the best way I can describe it. I'm not a disciplined writer in the normal sense. I just write, collaborating constantly with people through conversation and other interactions... like jumping in front of their trains. In that way I never stop composing and creating... and I won't until I misjudge the distance between me and the train. And of course when it comes to the music part of it all I use lots of analog and outboard equipment, which I agree helps one focus on expressing whatever is inside more intuitively without the distraction of realizing you're doing it. Sounds like a sound philosophy to me. Chaos is my favorite element in guitar solos in particular. What always amazed me about some of my favorite artists was their ability to create what sounded chatotic, but was altogether very structured. Allan Holdsworth, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix...The live work of Cream, John Scofield...The list goes on and on. The ability to go in a completely different direction than the people you are playing with yet have it all mesh. I don't have that talent unfortunately....Wish the Hell I did. Admire the folks that do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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