i seam to have read a book by the same title although it was a little longer. The higher power thing kinda killed it for me but the essence of creativity is to not judge when you are brainstorming ideas. Get as much done and keep the editing task separate from the creative task.

I tend to agree on some points but on others I don't. I think if you need to reach deadlines , this is the best approach. I do think that all the great master pieces were really thought out and over thought with the utmost criticism to yield a work of flawless geniality. Brahms first Symphony took 20 years.

Any way someone could paste the PDF into a DOC or TXT file for me?

For some reason when I open the file it comes out mutilated (text is all backward and large parts of it simply don't display).

try saving it and opening it with adobe reader. Or get a mac. chuckle.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad try saving it and opening it with adobe reader.

I don't have Adobe Reader, I use Document Viewer in Linux.

This is the only time I've had any problem opening a PDF.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad i seam to have read a book by the same title although it was a little longer. The higher power thing kinda killed it for me but the essence of creativity is to not judge when you are brainstorming ideas. Get as much done and keep the editing task separate from the creative task. I tend to agree on some points but on others I don't. I think if you need to reach deadlines , this is the best approach. I do think that all the great master pieces were really thought out and over thought with the utmost criticism to yield a work of flawless geniality. Brahms first Symphony took 20 years.

I read through through the intro and the first chapter and it definitely has that annoying new age religious slant, which I do not think it needs at all. Besides the morning pages and inspiring creativity, the other main message was to get your emotional life in order.

Is it better to have separate sessions of being creative and editing, or is it a matter of developing both states of working so that you can easily switch between the two?

There been quite a few sessions to where I get this initial excitement of starting a track, and then I get to criticizing it more and more and I lose that inspiration to write. Then the process starts all over again...*facepalm*

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

did a little voodoo on the pdf. Try this one

http://www.zshare.net/download/7948289421a97ecb/

also an rtf

http://www.zshare.net/download/7948292622fe9722/

the rtf is quite awkward but readable so try the pdf first.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad did a little voodoo on the pdf. Try this one http://www.zshare.net/download/7948289421a97ecb/

Works just fine now. Thanks!

What did you change, by the way?

Meh, everyone is creative. I bet everyone of us has a top 10 hit song in their heads but the real problem is transcribing that idea into a track.

Sometimes something in my mind just clicks and I get an insane idea for a track and I quickly open Cubase and start working on it, but it never ever, ever comes out anywhere near as it was, when it was just an idea in my head. 90% of my time is spent not doing creative parts, but figuring out how to make a certain sound, how to mix these parts together etc... Basically; producing.

Don't believe me? Go back at your first projects just when you started fooling around at making tracks; yeah, it sounds like shit, but the idea is probably cool. You just didn't have the engineering ability to transcribe it from your mind to the track. And that's what I hope someday to achieve; so I can sit down and start a project and quickly toss together an idea I had and bring it as close to what it was in my head as possible. Without spending most of the time trying to figure out 'how'.

disagree,

some people are just creative. I think it is a give and take with other skills in life. Some people are practical and can function really well in the real world, some others are incredibly creative but lack a certain level of normal functioning. Tesla comes to mind.

There is a pretty discernible relationship between creative people and how nuts they are. People's brains are wired differently.

I think there are ways to reach your potential but that potential can vary vastly from person to person.Just like some people are fucking boring or absent of any sense of humour.

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad There is a pretty discernible relationship between creative people and how nuts they are. People's brains are wired differently.

There are plenty of examples of nutso creative types, but there are also plenty of equally creative people who function just fine in the real world. I haven't noticed this "pretty discernible relationship". Can you point me in the direction of some documented findings/ research?

Pic your great scientist, artist, musician … . I mentioned those that are extremely creative that don't quite function that well in the real world. Everyone has a degree of creativity and you don't have to be creative to make money in music. The point is that creativity just like aptitude varies vastly from person to person.

I can't give you a research as you would have to poll the entire planet and that isn't really feasible. I suppose I say it from both experience and my historical knowledge. Finding someone that is truly genius at something is usually always a little weird and quirky. It sort of comes with the territory. It does make sense. I mean to be great, you have to devote the time and just the isolation alone is enough to drastically change someone.

Last edited by Looney4Clooney on Aug-18-2010 at 23:15