Looper's Delight Archive Top (Search)
Date Index
Thread Index
Author Index
Looper's Delight Home
Mailing List Info

[Date Prev][Date Next]   [Thread Prev][Thread Next]   [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index]

RE: Nemoguitt's wall breaker



Michael,

I can soooo relate to your "hitting the wall".
But don't worry.  If you are like me and probably many
many of us loopers and scientific musicians, your creativity
is just getting some rest, like a bear during hibernation.

Try going to some local concerts to experience other musicians
and their compositions and mediums.
Try going to an art or perfomance arts museum.
Try racket ball with your buddy or a nice drive to the local
lake or mountains.
My inspiration sometimes come from an event that has nothing
to do with music.

If you are a guitarist, pick up a bass or a harmonica and try
composing.  Try plucking your electric guitar, finger style,
or pick up that classical guitar and compose 2 part, 3 part
melody song.
If these things do not work for you, then...
try not touching your instruments for a day or a week.

Most likely you have reached a platou where you are about
to break through to another level of writing and creating.
This may alarm you that you feel "spent" and/or "burnt" but
this may be your recuperating period for something more
intense and wonderful to follow.

Perhaps this is a sign for you to try that road where you
have not planned on taking, a completely new approach,
a fresh angle of attack to writing your music.

Don't be afraid to leave the things that had worked so
well for you in the past.
Just like that well-worn, comfortable shoes you've enjoyed
for so long, now it's time to try another pair.
You might find that you can maneuver in ways you
you have never imagined in the past.

Curbie

From: Nemoguitt@aol.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:00:48 EST
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: question
Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com

what do you all do when your muse goes on vacation?.......i have hit a 
wall
and it seems all i am now doing is attempting to make "silk purses out 
of sows
ears".....throughout december i was a nova of creativity, burnt miles of
tape.....now for the last week or so i cant even buy a new 
idea.......any
methods out there to re-kindle the spark or is it just a matter of
waiting?...........michael




______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com