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Dec 14, 2020

Creativity: How do you know when a project is finished?

How do you know you have said what you wish to say? One of my piano students asked me this question some time ago: how do you know when a project is finished? I thought it was an excellent question, and also a very difficult one. To my knowledge, I…

Creativity

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Creativity: How do you know when a project is finished?
Creativity: How do you know when a project is finished?
Creativity

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Dec 7, 2020

Creativity: What the process actually looks like (for me)

A common belief appears to exist regarding composers, and it is best described through an image inscribed in the memories of many. The image consists of a composer hunched over his desk. His wild gray hair betrays a chaotic mental state and evokes an image of the “tortured genius.” His…

Creativity

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Writing is like orchestrating
Writing is like orchestrating
Creativity

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Sep 27, 2020

Creativity is like Chinese Checkers

The creative process is innately unpredictable. Many a creator can relate to the simultaneous frustration, elation, and “zany fun” that this produces. I have used many analogies to describe this: an archaeologist, a city, and a cat among them. I believe I have found another analogy that is aptly suited. …

Creativity

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Creativity is like Chinese Checkers
Creativity is like Chinese Checkers
Creativity

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Sep 14, 2020

Creativity: How to Put in the Time

In the music profession, advice related to the amount of practicing one must do each day abounds. One may have heard that it requires 10,000 hours of practice with an instrument to acquire a “virtuoso” level of skill with it. …

Creativity

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Creativity: How to Put in the Time
Creativity: How to Put in the Time
Creativity

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Aug 31, 2020

Creativity: Writing by Hand

I am quite strange. My wife would most heartily agree (as would nearly everyone else who knows me). However, my strangeness within the musical community is of a different sort. Nearly every other composer I know begins a project by sitting down at a computer and inputting notes using a…

Creativity

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Creativity: Writing by Hand
Creativity: Writing by Hand
Creativity

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Aug 24, 2020

Why does creating a simple idea take so long?

Many would likely hear my music and think it simple. They are correct; it is often exceedingly simple. Much of it sounds as though it was written in only a matter of days, or even in a single sitting, as though I were writing a letter. If one were to…

Creativity

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Why does creating a simple idea take so long?
Why does creating a simple idea take so long?
Creativity

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Aug 17, 2020

Creativity: After Completing a Major Project

My readers may note the dearth of posts regarding creativity from me for the past several weeks. The reason for this is simple: I was composing a rather major musical work that took roughly four months. To meet the deadline, I had to put all other creative projects on hold…

Creativity

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Creativity: After Completing a Major Project
Creativity: After Completing a Major Project
Creativity

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Jul 22, 2020

When a creative project is going well

We have all experienced this. A project is “firing on all cylinders.” The “neighborhood cat” (our inspiration — our “muse,” if you’ll pardon the pun) has not only come to you, but is now spending every waking minute with you. You need scarcely bait him anymore, as he comes of…

Creativity

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When a creative project is going well
When a creative project is going well
Creativity

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Jul 15, 2020

Advice to Myself

I have been writing a piece of music for some time that has brought no small amount of frustration. The creative process has fought me at every turn, each note being a battle within a seemingly never-ending creative war. This has happened before, and it will likely happen again. In…

Creativity

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Advice to Myself
Advice to Myself
Creativity

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Jul 8, 2020

Why do I get so many ideas right before I fall asleep?

Why, indeed, does my mind suddenly awake when the rest of me should be falling asleep? I have a theory. Most of the day, the part of my brain that deals with logic, following established procedures, and critique, is awake. It is quite useful, as it allows me to recall…

Creativity

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Why do I get so many ideas right before I fall asleep?
Why do I get so many ideas right before I fall asleep?
Creativity

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InnerOrchestra

InnerOrchestra

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Music, musings, and mental adventures. You may read my blog at www.InnerOrchestraBlog.com, or listen to my music here: https://soundcloud.com/user-559128116

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