The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

Author:Rick Rubin [Rubin, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2023-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

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I was working on an album and the band was struggling with the keyboard solo. The mood wasn’t right. We wanted something more grand. So instead of a musical reference, we created a scene. We came up with a description of the aftermath of a battle: “Imagine there’s a beautiful green hill covered in trees and flora, just breathtaking, and a battle has just ended. Smoke drifts off the hill and reveals wounded soldiers scattered along it, waiting for help to arrive.” We painted the scene very vividly, then said, “Play the solo like that,” and hit record. The keyboardist began playing beautifully.

Since then, it’s been a technique we’ve continued to use. Often, we don’t even know what the connections are between the image and what we want to hear. Thinking of a specific image or story, or imagining that you’re scoring a film and then starting to play, will often bring a stronger direction to a meandering tune.

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