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I'll share an idea i gave on this list when this question came up MANY years ago--maybe 10? Anyway, take a very small amount of money ($10 US, i used to try to do it with $5 US), and go to the toy store. You can pick up strange noise makers, or even cheap little toys that are in bins at the counter that aren't even supposed to be have sound component. Walk away with a few items and start tinkering with them: shake them in can; with they work with your musical instrument? I once bought a little battery operated thing that vibrated when pressed down on something and had an interesting bumpy texture to the plastic. I started maneuvering it over the surface of a big old pasta pot in front of a microphone, looping it, trying different EQ settings, exploring various treatments of it. It really got the creativity flowing, as unexpected rhythms and timbres would appear. Idea fodder galore! Peter ______________________________ Peter Koniuto Creative Recordist - Composer Red Sun Soundroom "Birth Music I" available now: http://redsunsoundroom.com/in-the-stream peter AT RedSunSoundroom.com ______________________________ > Smoke pot. Totally serious. Go deep and get ready to press record when I > come out the other side. The ambient/loop pieces I get from those > sessions > are heavy. > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Milo <milo.vuc@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I go online and read a random article. Or, if this is not possible, I >> read >> a book. I like to order a couple every year and just let them sit there, >> waiting for situations like this. Give it a try, it really helps. >> >> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 4:30 PM, BC <compguy2@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> I'm sure this has been covered in the past before my time here. Perhaps >>> it's a good thing to take a fresh look at the phenomenon and coping >>> strategies from time to time. >>> >>> What do you do when the creative flow diminishes into a creative drip >>> and >>> then seemingly dries up completely? You sit at your instrument to come >>> up >>> with some new ideas and......nothing! >>> >>> You have a vague sense that your passion is just not there. You might >>> even feel "cludgy" and awkward at the instrument. Aside from letting >>> time >>> pass, would anyone like to share their strategies for minimizing time >>> spent >>> in the creative desert? >>> >>> Brian >>> >> >> >