Comments on: Too many notes? Too much music? http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/07/23/too-many-notes-too-much-music/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:07:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ComposerBastard http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/07/23/too-many-notes-too-much-music/#comment-38599 ComposerBastard Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:34:45 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/07/23/too-many-notes-too-much-music/#comment-38599 Inspired? No....I am composer...that's just who i am... Inspired? No….I am composer…that’s just who i am…

]]> By: ComposerBastard http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/07/23/too-many-notes-too-much-music/#comment-38597 ComposerBastard Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:27:08 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2007/07/23/too-many-notes-too-much-music/#comment-38597 Well, i don't know what you mean by inspiration. I don't think I work on my writing based on inspiration at all. I certainly put a major break on my output and any chance of a career because I thought I needed some serious re-evaluation time, and to better equip myself with quality and truth rather than churning out the crapola I was headed toward. I don't feel inspired per say, as I do compelled to do better work that I feel is more truthful and core to what I want to say and what I want to learn about myself through writing. Inspired? No. I have daily grungy goals I set to get through my writing daily without emotion. Im a moody composerbastard. Money? Forget it. I don't compose for carrots. Pressure make me rashy in strange personal places. In plain, I found a pace and freedom that makes me feel good about myself and the music I write. You can keep the fame, money, and posterity. PS: Didn't Schoenberg take 6 years off? Well, i don’t know what you mean by inspiration. I don’t think I work on my writing based on inspiration at all. I certainly put a major break on my output and any chance of a career because I thought I needed some serious re-evaluation time, and to better equip myself with quality and truth rather than churning out the crapola I was headed toward. I don’t feel inspired per say, as I do compelled to do better work that I feel is more truthful and core to what I want to say and what I want to learn about myself through writing. Inspired? No. I have daily grungy goals I set to get through my writing daily without emotion. Im a moody composerbastard. Money? Forget it. I don’t compose for carrots. Pressure make me rashy in strange personal places.

In plain, I found a pace and freedom that makes me feel good about myself and the music I write. You can keep the fame, money, and posterity.

PS: Didn’t Schoenberg take 6 years off?

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