Anyone here an artist, writer, creative person?
musicismylife78
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I write and paint and draw. I try to write every day. What is your medium of choice. Do you engage in it every day? Is it more for fun, or do you have a career ambition to it, and do you want to "make it" or "break big" as it were?
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music/writing...
i play/write every single day. i know that i probably won't be able to make a living as a musician....but if it had the chance, i would take it in a heartbeat!
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I drum and play bass
I like the freedom creativity allows the artist. You can be your true self. Its your world, your vision, and you have control. I kind of feel like the artists life is one of toil and struggle. But it seems like the artists need to create is overwhelming and strong, and I'd personally much rather be a penniless starving artist who followed the muse and my dreams, than be some soulless worker in an office at a 9-5.
Also, where do you guys feel your creativity or ideas come from? Where do your ideas for drum and bass riffs come from? Or song lyrics and ideas? How about story ideas, where do they come from?
Do you wait for inspiration to strike then engage in creative acts, or do you constantly write/paint/draw/play guitar-bass etc... and then take whatever is good from that?
My ideas come from different places: life, stuff that has happened, and sometimes ideas just come to me in random places and times that I'll have to write that idea in my little notepad that I carry with me so I don't forget it. If I don't have my notepad on me, I'll write it in my phone and when I get home, write that idea in my notepad. When I start to write a script, I always start with the idea and then evolve that into a story. Once I have the story, I turn that into an outline, which makes writing the actual script a lot easier.
I also play the drums and guitar and practice and play whenever I can. I've been playing drums since I was a child and started playing guitar my senior year in high school. If I come up with an idea, I record that idea and then will share it with my cousin in L.A. and see if he can do anything with it and come up with parts. He also plays guitar and graduated from the Musicians Institute school in March. It's also my dream to make it big in the music business some day. I know it's tough to do now, but again, how will I know if I make it or not if I don't try?
I don't want to work in an office. I'm majoring in English because it seems like a major that will get me different jobs that'll keep me occupied while my real focus is on my writing. I wouldn't mind having a job at Barnes and Noble (shows how high my ambitions are where I want to work).
Has anyone heard about the 10,000-Hour Rule from Malcolm Gladwell's book, Outliers? My cousin was telling me about it last week. He says he would recommend the book. I haven't read it yet but read a little bit about the 10,000-Hour Rule and today I am going to start it. Here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)
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I'm in a band and I love to come up with rhythm guitar parts and vocals. There was a time when I wrote about 20 original songs in a year. I was single, surfing alot, drinking alot, and hanging out with my best friend. Things have changed and its much more difficult now to find the time and ability to play, but I do try to play every tuesday and thursday. To be very good, I need more time than that unfortunately. Its definitely for fun, but I have ambitious goals to get a full length record done in the next few months.
I've also written a book. in fact, I just recently finished it and I'm querying literary agents. I was about to revive an old thread on that topic to see if I could generate some networking here. Writing a book was very difficult in the beginning, but once I got rolling, it was the most fun i've ever had creatively. However, (for me) it required a lot of drinking and late hours. I also love writing ficiton because I can do it anywhere. I see stuff all over in my daily life that inspire stories -- mostly from science and nature (and drinking :oops: :P ) The main problem I have with novel writing is that you really MUST do it everyday. Most successful writes will tell you that. I only dedicate a day or two per week.
Also, I love Bob Ross painting.
So, the overall point is, drinking is my friend.
It's good to hear about what others of you enjoy doing that way.
I want to be a full time author, writing facts books and poetry.
Check out my work if you'd like....
http://www.jacobvanvooren.com/
holy crap, ofthegirl is not a girl!?
I really like the polariods section. Badass stuff. Good luck to you!
Hahahah! Thanks, my wife started this account years ago and I just took it over!!
I play guitar every day almost, self taught, no maestro.
I try to come up with riffs, I have recorded some ideas.
I try to write lyrics, I end up writing something which may not suit a song but fit into the creative writing or poetry basket.
I used to draw all the time as a child, I was quite good, dunno maybe still got that magic in me.
I am a sensitive depressed loner.