one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... luciferchrist Posted September 0, 0000 luciferchrist Regulars 00 Report Share Posted September 0, 0000 The dreaded writers block eh? I am a musician myself. Music gives meaning to my life, and I cannot express in words the way it makes me feel. Tell me, do you improvise alot? I tend to write about a song a week, and I smoke weed as well. My creative process is always operating and here is why: I have a large domain of musical knowledge in my head to put to use when I am improvising. When you create something you are building upon previous knowledge. If one has no concept of rasquedo, how can one incorporate rasquedo in a song? (I use this an example because no musician will immediately know how to perfom this technique through intuition, unlike legato, staccatto, etc.) I study hip hop, metal, classic rock, blues, jazz, classical, flamenco, etc. So I have a pretty good tool shed in my head. I generally make a drum beat dependent on how I am feeling that particular day. I play several instruments, but I compose on the guitar. So I might smoke a bowl or something, light some candles and immediately start recording. Then I just start doodling around on the guitar untill I find the key that fits my appropriate mood. At this point I program a bass line, and then I add appropriate instruments to create a theme (which is usually piano and an assortment of strings). At this point I turn it up and start improvising over the song. I find what scales will be appropriate for the song and I jam out. When I am done I have about and hour of tape to listen to and this is where my ideas come from. This is where I develop other melodies and solos for songs. When I am improvising I am letting my mind flow. Their is of course rationality to this process, but alot of the time my eyes are closed and I am just playing. As a musician, your mind will work in this situations with a processing speed much faster then non musicians, so you can immediately think of what notes will work, where to bend, how to create the nesacary tension and resolution, etc. It just happens so quicky people mistake this proccess for 'feeling' (IMO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Release Posted 