I have decided that I am rather terrible and often steal ideas... from myself!
Whenever a musical phrase, a melody, a riff etc comes into my brain I record it on either my keyboard or straight into Logic. I have hundreds of little files with a few seconds of music and occasionally dip into them when I am having a dry spell or have completely hit a wall.
It is amazing how versatile some of these ideas can be; a heavy metal riff can be manipulated to be the foundation of a wonderful string quartet; a song played on acoustic guitar can be orchestrated into a symphony. Whenever I am faced with a new project or assignment I flick through this library of ideas and hope that one jumps out at me.
This way I can use my own creativity even if I am not feeling creative.
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