Comments on: Innovation & Inspiration for Musicians

By: In10tion

In10tion — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:25:35 +0000

I really appreciate all the words dat i’v read from the history and your observation, i say thank you, and i pray dat God should help me on what i’m about to create in the music industries, amen

By: Elyse Louise

Elyse Louise — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:36:46 +0000

I think it is really important to remember to give music that time “in the can”. I am always eager to show people my projects before I would consider them a finished product and that is a bad habit.

By: Chris Jarvis

Chris Jarvis — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:09:31 +0000

Thanks for posting this great article. I think you said a lot of things that most people would be afraid to say. Classical musicians especially could benefit from taking to heart some of your ideas on how to create something unique in the 21st century.

You’re also right that 12 people from thousands of years of history can’t provide us with a formula for success, but their examples are very thought provoking.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:56:18 +0000

This was a great post. I really appreciate the examples you use to prove that the most powerful minds of our time were successful because they had interests outside of their area of expertise. I also think it’s extremely important for musicians to understand this idea that in order to be successful in this over-saturated industry, we must be creative, and think outside the box for inspiration.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:16:54 +0000

creat intention; to cause the modern musician to look elsewhere for inspiration and creative muses outside of iTunes,ProTools,and business marketing strategies. many of the ‘greats’ stole (yes, stole) from other musicians or other artist concepts. What defines original? One can not redefine the wheel. I think now it’s about what we want the wheel to do for us, maybe even what more we can do for it?

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By: Rod

Rod — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 04:57:18 +0000

I´m a foreign musician in NYC, still trying to get back my lost voice.
Since I stopped listening commercial radio and TV, I started to hear the first echos of it. I think that I´m getting closer. Thanks for your advice.

By: Inspiration for Artists

Inspiration for Artists — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:04:28 +0000

great post … thanks for sharing :)

By: Andree-Ann

Andree-Ann — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:48:12 +0000

Great article. Cage has been a favorite of mine for a long time, destroying conventional barriers. Inspiration can come from many things non music-related, just like Olivier Messiaen and his bird fascination, leading to the incredibly amazing Oiseaux Exotiques (exotic birds). Being a student in college, I do notice that alot of people are somewhat close-minded on topics without apparent relation to their craft and instruments. Brad Mehldau has great writing excerpts on his website on how architecture and German thinking, as an example, influenced his playing during the “Elegiac Cycle” period.

Great article, again!

Andree-Ann

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