Patterns are a great way of putting scales to work. Not only do they get you out of any do-re-mi rut, they expand your musical vocabulary. They also expand your mind by forcing you to think about systems within systems—and sometimes within … [Read more...]
Exposure: From Friction To Freedom
A simple observation lies at the heart of the Exposure book: that as different areas of culture start flowing in digital networks, it becomes self-defeating for artists, publishers, labels, and also regular people to insist for control over the … [Read more...]
Who Else Wants To Master the Diminished Scale?
The diminished scale is an extremely creative tool. Due to the diminished chord's symmetrical structure of stacked minor thirds, we have two options of diminished scales: half step-whole step and whole step-half step. A major benefit to this … [Read more...]
Phofilmusigner
Ideas are in motion. And new technology is allowing photographers, musicians, designers, filmmakers, and artistic pros everywhere to blur the lines of traditional disciplines. Visit the new Apple Pro site and experience the projects and people that … [Read more...]
Random Word Generator
Just found a new and free random word generator. It creates random sentences and paragraphs too. But the best part is random word plus. You can choose the word type and the word complexity. If you were to add syllables and stress you would have a … [Read more...]
MusicHack #4
Lost? Get some direction. Use Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies to tell you what to do next. … [Read more...]
If Leonardo da Vinci Were a Songwriter
Adapted from the book, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant musician. If he were alive today... He would have an insatiably curious approach to songwriting and an unrelenting quest for continuous … [Read more...]
The Future Of The TV Commercial Is From The Past
I was just talking about Marketing to the Millennials where I quoted John Geraci: "New technologies rarely actually replace existing technologies. They tend to reposition them."Check out Mark Cuban: The future of the TV commercial is from the … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day
"My future starts when I wake up every morning . . . Every day I find something creative to do with my life." - Miles Davis … [Read more...]
Sexy Object Writing Word Generator
Yesterday I posted how to get your creative juices flowing with object writing. Today I found a great site that you can use to randomly generate objects to write about. It's more of a surprise word generator than a random word generator because you … [Read more...]