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necessary to make that happen.
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But, of course, the beautiful thing that TAXI
does is also provide the tools to get there, which
is what this whole experience is about. And if
you are serious about it, it's an amazing thing.
With the Internet and TAXI, you can learn so
much of what you need to know about the craft
and figure out what other people are doing. So,
there is really no reason these days to sit
around and just be frustrated and resentful. If
you really want to use your time well, start
looking at what other people are doing. What
really makes the song look the way it does?
How does a particular song strike the mind, the
heart and the body, make the person want to
move, make the person feel, make the person
think about something new? It can be learned,
but it takes time, and it does take patience.
Right. The patience factor comes in because you
just want to snap your fingers and turn off that
switch that's causing all that pain. So, while you're
in the middle of that pain, it's very difficult to see
that you need to have patience. They're opposing
forces.
I'll just quickly add one thing to this, which is
really getting about as deep as I'll go today. But
as a therapist, we do believe that a lot of what
we do comes from early-life experiences. The
way I put it is, if it sticks, it's old. So you folks
out there, write that down: If it sticks, it's old.
Now, why am I saying this right now? Because if
a piece of yours is returned and it's just sticking
to you and you just can't shake it, I would bet a
considerable amount that something old is
actually being activated for you, meaning some
old feeling that comes from childhood about
not being good enough. Maybe your dad was a
fantastic musician, and you couldn't quite look
up to him, or maybe you were led to have
expectations that you were going to be the best,
whatever it is. I really encourage all of you to be
honest with yourself about that. If you're stuck,
it's probably that some old wound is coming up
for you, and that what you are looking for is
some... I like to call it a fame bypass. Looking
for a fame bypass, which will enable you to feel
that you've won, you're in the spotlight. Now,
you can bypass all that stuff that they did to
you back then. And if you're looking for a fame
bypass, you're probably gonna be really hurting
quite a bit along the way. So rather deal with
what those issues are-whatever doubts about
yourself, whatever inadequacy there is, some
crappy things that happened to you along the
way-deal with those things. So that then when
you are writing your music, you're not doing it
to try to make up for something, you're not
compensating. You're just trying to bring something
beautiful into the world, and you have a
much better chance of actually doing what is
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This is great stuff, Arnold. Seriously, this is even
better... I mean, I know you well enough to know
that you are a very thoughtful, very educated,
well-informed person. But this is great stuff that
you're giving over here; I really appreciate you
doing this.
We had a question from Celia Dotson. She asked,
" Do you have any tips on mindfulness or breathing
exercises? "
Yeah, mindfulness is very much in these days.
So, I gather, Celia, you're thinking that this
might apply to your creative process, maybe?
Look, I'll tell you what you're making me think
of, is that mindfulness, as far as I understand it,
is really being very present. And there's a lot of
" One of the things about creativity is
if you try too hard, in terms of the
essential idea-you're liable to just
keep doing the same thing, because
people have a tendency to repeat
what they're already familiar with. "
-Arnold Bloch
great stuff written about this. Where does creativity
come from? Where do great ideas come
from? You know, you hear those stories about
Einstein who was in the back room and
suddenly, boom, e=mc2. You know, it popped
into his mind, right? And then, Lionel Richie
said that that song that made him all that
money-I forgot what it was-came to him in
the shower.
So where does creativity come from? We don't
really know for sure; it's probably a combination
of all kinds of last experiences that you are
going through. There may be a genetic aspect to
it. You know, there are people that just seem to
just write amazing things, like Beethoven and
those people were writing fantastic symphonies
at the age of three and that kind of stuff. But
most of us are not like that, and we have to
learn. We have to learn the craft, we have to go
through the process of trial and learning, and
trial and learning, over and over again.
So mindfulness would be helpful as a way to
reduce your anxiety, and there are many ways
to be mindful. If I understand your question,
Celia, I think what you would want to do-and
some people do this-is try to get very quiet,
put yourself in a very restful state, and from a
creative point of view, you might find that in
that state, that something can emerge that surprises
you.
See, one of the things that is quite interesting
about creativity is if you try too hard, in terms
of the essential idea-I'm not talking about the
craft now, but the essential inspiration-if you
try too hard, you are liable to just keep doing
the same thing, because people have a tendency
to repeat what they are already familiar with.
Actually, I have a songwriting teacher that
pointed out to me that I had a tendency to use
the guitar in the same way for every song and it
narrowed down the range of possibilities for
me. He actually had me then put down the guitar,
which I was using as a kind of a pair of
crutches, and he said, " Put that down and just
tell me a melody that just comes to your mind. "
So that's a kind of mindfulness when you let go
of all of that, all those things that are
structures, that although they give you a sense
of confidence, also limit you. And see if you
can through being quiet-maybe take a walk in
a beautiful place, sit down, have a tape recorder
with you, and maybe just start humming a
melody that's not anything you normally would
do, and see if you can surprise yourself. If you
can surprise yourself, there's actually a better
chance that you've discovered something that is
a little more outside of the box. And that's, of
course, what we have to do. If we're so busy
redoing what everyone else is doing, we're
probably not gonna [get things] to pop the way
we want to.
So that's my understanding of the idea of
mindfulness. Deepak Chopra put this very
beautifully in one of his books. He talks about
the field of infinite possibilities. I love that
idea-the field of infinite possibilities-and I
would urge all of you, if you are feeling stuck in
your ideas, if your ideas are sounding the same,
where you have always the same approach to
doing something and it's not working for you,
see if you can throw that all away and get into
that field of infinite possibilities. Try
something else, be more playful, be a little
more nutty, be inspired by how pissed off you
are with your waiting and waiting. Well, I don't
like being pissed off for too long, as you know.
Patience, patience. Write a song about how difficult
it is to be patient; maybe it'll be
surprisingly good, because a lot of people can
relate to that.
Here's something that's come up from two people
in the last 30 seconds or so, and they are both asking
basically the same thing: " How do you deal
with the Imposter Syndrome, which is something
a lot of musicians deal with in terms of being a
professional musician? "
I love that; that's a great question. Thank you
for that. So, the Imposter Syndrome, as I
understand it, is the feeling that you are trying
to be somebody that you really are not, or that
you are trying to be someone that you don't
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Roland SPD-SX PRO Sampling Pad
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Studio 101 with Joe Albano: An Intro to Drum Recording
sE Electronics T2
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API 3122V
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: Steve Gadd
Plugin Outlet: Strymon BigSky Plugin
Panda Audio Future Impact v3
EFNOTE 3X & EFNOTE 7
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