InnerOrchestraCreativity: How do you know when a project is finished?How do you know you have said what you need to say?7 min read·Dec 14, 2020----
InnerOrchestraWriting is like orchestratingA common belief appears to exist regarding composers, and it is best described through an image inscribed in the memories of many. The…6 min read·Dec 7, 2020----
InnerOrchestraCreativity is like Chinese CheckersThe creative process is innately unpredictable. Many a creator can relate to the simultaneous frustration, elation, and “zany fun” that…5 min read·Sep 27, 2020--1--1
InnerOrchestraCreativity: How to Put in the TimeIn the music profession, advice related to the amount of practicing one must do each day abounds. One may have heard that it requires…3 min read·Sep 14, 2020----
InnerOrchestraCreativity: Writing by HandI am quite strange. My wife would most heartily agree (as would nearly everyone else who knows me). However, my strangeness within the…4 min read·Aug 31, 2020----
InnerOrchestraWhy 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…5 min read·Aug 24, 2020----
InnerOrchestraCreativity: After Completing a Major ProjectMy readers may note the dearth of posts regarding creativity from me for the past several weeks. The reason for this is simple: I was…6 min read·Aug 17, 2020----
InnerOrchestraWhen a creative project is going wellWe have all experienced this. A project is “firing on all cylinders.” The “neighborhood cat” (our inspiration — our “muse,” if you’ll…3 min read·Jul 22, 2020----
InnerOrchestraAdvice to MyselfI 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…4 min read·Jul 15, 2020----
InnerOrchestraWhy 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…5 min read·Jul 8, 2020----