#92587 by RhythmMan
Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:55 pm
Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:55 pm
Someone mentioned to me to 'stay creative.'
Yes!
That is what it is all about, for me.
I do all original music, but recently I hadn’t had time to work on new material.
I'd been hearing waaaay too much of 'other people's music,' and not enough of my own.
And, hearing too many 'other peoples songs' - had buried all my creativity. All I’d been hearing (in my background thoughts) was the same old cover songs.
I need to hear MY songs!
I needed to unleash some brand new music . . . couldn’t find it under all the cover songs bouncing around my head.
So, I took some active steps.
I had a rehearsal of all instrumentals (all new material), cancelled another rehearsal, turned down invitations to 4 open mikes, skipped yet another local blues jam, turned down an invitation to a house party (with 2 dozen other musicians) . . . been muting every song I hear on TV (is everything on TV heavy metal?) . . .
. . . breath of fresh air . . .
. . . like I've had a load of rocks on my shoulders, and the weight is gone, and I can stand straight - and run again.
Once the echos died out (takes about 3 days), I was able to compose brand new songs, brand new sounds . . .
.
So now I've taken a full week to work exclusively on new material, and the things that are coming out have been blowing me away . . . what a torrent of new music, all new sounds, all completely different.
It's wonderful to unleash my creativity - I have so many new songs and song ideas that I can't believe it . . .
I've been recording everything right away; I hadn't always done that before.
So now I have a bunch of new songs and song-ideas recorded as rough versions.
I won’t be fully developing any of them right away, though.
There are tons of new ideas still freely pouring out, and I want to record them while they're still flowing . . .
.
If you want to write new songs - stop listening to ALL cover songs for 3 days, and see what happens . . .
Yes!
That is what it is all about, for me.
I do all original music, but recently I hadn’t had time to work on new material.
I'd been hearing waaaay too much of 'other people's music,' and not enough of my own.
And, hearing too many 'other peoples songs' - had buried all my creativity. All I’d been hearing (in my background thoughts) was the same old cover songs.
I need to hear MY songs!
I needed to unleash some brand new music . . . couldn’t find it under all the cover songs bouncing around my head.
So, I took some active steps.
I had a rehearsal of all instrumentals (all new material), cancelled another rehearsal, turned down invitations to 4 open mikes, skipped yet another local blues jam, turned down an invitation to a house party (with 2 dozen other musicians) . . . been muting every song I hear on TV (is everything on TV heavy metal?) . . .
. . . breath of fresh air . . .
. . . like I've had a load of rocks on my shoulders, and the weight is gone, and I can stand straight - and run again.
Once the echos died out (takes about 3 days), I was able to compose brand new songs, brand new sounds . . .
.
So now I've taken a full week to work exclusively on new material, and the things that are coming out have been blowing me away . . . what a torrent of new music, all new sounds, all completely different.
It's wonderful to unleash my creativity - I have so many new songs and song ideas that I can't believe it . . .
I've been recording everything right away; I hadn't always done that before.
So now I have a bunch of new songs and song-ideas recorded as rough versions.
I won’t be fully developing any of them right away, though.
There are tons of new ideas still freely pouring out, and I want to record them while they're still flowing . . .
.
If you want to write new songs - stop listening to ALL cover songs for 3 days, and see what happens . . .