What is music?
rhythm
melody
harmony
ratios
stories
resonance
creativity.
find a means of communication
a medium: voice, guitar, piano
tune into the transcendent
communicate from within to the universe
what you have to say.
learn some technical things then forget about them
moving on, most importantly –
tell a story
create an arrangement, and architecture that can work with any music style
Lennon said that’s what The Beatles did – their music could be played in any style and still work
their production was great (thanks George Martin, Geoff Emerick, Ken Scott, etc.) but the four lads from Liverpool were not limited to one style
they started as a boy band.
how did they get to The White Album just four years later?
Willingness to change and an attraction to creativity more than repeating the old
most importanly: a love of music.
how
keep the rhythm consistent
or
you
will
lose the listener
inhabit the story of what you are singing
sing it like you mean it
communicate something important
even if it is something trivial
sing it like you live it
have something worth communicating
before you start music
take
a moment
tune into the muse(s).
jedbonniwell 