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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 93124, member: 55&quot;]I have a number of pet theories; in many ways, many arts are similar.</p><p>I met a professional clown once, and was surprised to find that he approached his art much like a painter or poet, or dancer.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to music, I don&#039;t think much about the creative process; music just rattles around inside my head; sometimes something I&#039;ve heard, sometimes something original, and I semi-intentionally work on it, inside my head.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if I pick up an instrument with strings on it, music flows out of my fingers; sometimes something I knew already, often something new.&nbsp; Maybe that means I am &quot;bi-stuffial.&quot;</p><p>Sometimes I write it down, or record it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chuck Berry once was asked where his music came from, and his answer was &quot;the music is always playing, somewhere out in the Universe; you just have to tune it in.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I do feel like that sometimes....if I&#039;m working on an arrangement of something, I&#039;ll often feel &quot;it has to go like this.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a good answer if asked why...I feel like &quot;isn&#039;t it obvious? That&#039;s how it ought to go.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes it is clear I am considering alternatives, trying and selecting the best one; other times I just know there is only one possible answer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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