September 18, 200916 yr Greetings my fellow sound carpenters! A friendly thread that is easy to respond to plus sharing what make you tick. What inspires you? Who do you try to emulate? What get your creative juices flowing? So leave a post, a link, anything. I'll go first. I loves me some Bottesini! He makes me get up extra early in the morning:P YouTube - Furtok and St
September 19, 200916 yr Jennifer Higdon inspires me a lot...off the top of my head, though, this is pretty inspiring too: YouTube - I.Clarke
September 19, 200916 yr Nature. Pictures of it make me think of a certain type of music, and that's how it works :) nature - Google Images
September 19, 200916 yr Musica Andina !!! http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F384B3AE19B31205 That always puts a tear to my eye and gets my inspiration going. I can never get enough of Andean Music :D
October 1, 200916 yr Somehow... something that ticks for me is... Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Dunno why. They aren't the BEST band in the world, in fact, they might even show the real worst aspects of prog rock. Yet the ease with which they throw around notes seems to kind of make my juices flowing. Otherwise... my own emotions. And yes... of course pictures of nature.
October 2, 200916 yr Lighting and temperature inspire me. I get the most inspiration at sunrise/sunset and dusk-like lighting when the temperature is around 15 centigrade. Especially if the sky is overcast.
October 2, 200916 yr my own life, but I don't write music just like the way is my life .... I convert ... I have these plugins installed in my Brain, I use them to compose certain thing using events in my life .... Sadness -> Strenght Converter Beauty -> Strenght Converter Physical Pain -> Quietness Converter Happinness Generator Silliness Filter others
October 2, 200916 yr Lately, my inspirations for composing have been emotions I've had, but listening to music of Allegri, Tallis, Byrd...(jump a few centuries), Schubert, Faur
October 3, 200916 yr I'll be honest. Some sitcom had a musician star who bragged about making lots of money, sleeping with beautiful women, and not calling what he does real work. I always think back to that.
October 4, 200916 yr I live in Arizona and the sunsets are astonishingly beautiful. The cloud patterns here are amazing. When I happen to witness a good one I know I am seeing the finest composition one could ask for. Now if only I can convert that into sound...
October 4, 200916 yr I live in Arizona and the sunsets are astonishingly beautiful. The cloud patterns here are amazing. When I happen to witness a good one I know I am seeing the finest composition one could ask for. Now if only I can convert that into sound... Hey, you live in Arizona too? lol. I will have to admit that the sunsets are nice, and so is Sedona and The Grand Canyon. But that's it ;)
October 4, 200916 yr Hey, you live in Arizona too? lol. I will have to admit that the sunsets are nice, and so is Sedona and The Grand Canyon.But that's it ;) So true!! My wife and I used to live in California which was like an arts and culture Mecca compared to AZ. For natural beauty in can't be beat. Though I have found this and hope to check it out in the near future... Musica Nova
October 4, 200916 yr So true!! My wife and I used to live in California which was like an arts and culture Mecca compared to AZ. For natural beauty in can't be beat. Though I have found this and hope to check it out in the near future...Musica Nova What the???? That's my father's orchestra!!! LOL!!!
October 11, 200916 yr Dunno why, but I feel inspired mostly when I'm sad. The result is that all the stuff I compose is basically... sad stuff. :(
November 26, 200916 yr My inspiration comes from a pool of things. For instance, at the moment I'm trying to compose a suite based upon the Holocaust, including Auschwitz, Babi Yar, the Warsaw Ghetto, and so on. History is a great place to draw a topic from. Also, I've toiled with the idea of writing music based on a book, just whatever comes to my head whilst reading, although I wouldn't recommend this if the book has already been transferred to movie form. Nature is always a good thing to be inspired by, and one day I hope to write a suite based on some of my favorite flowers. There's so much out there to be inspired on for topics. When it comes to the actual music itself, my inspiration lies in late-romantic and modern composers. I also draw heavily on progressive rock such as Gentle Giant and Yes. There's many interesting rhythmic variations in there to be found, including the wonders of 7/4 time.
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