Summary of 4 Ways to Jumpstart Your Creativity! | 52 Cues Podcast, 2022 Week 36

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This YouTube video discusses how to jump start your creativity by recycling sounds, referencing and modeling, clearing your head, and playing. The author recommends recording sounds beforehand to save time in the production process.

  • 00:00:00 Dave Croft discusses four ways to jump start your creativity, including recycling sounds, referencing and modeling, clearing your head, and playing.
  • 00:05:00 This YouTube video discusses how to jumpstart your creativity by starting with a sound palette and shortcutting the mixing and mastering process. The author recommends recording sounds beforehand to save time in the production process.
  • 00:10:00 This video discusses ways to jumpstart creativity, including using pre-existing sound queues as a basis for new cues. This can save time in the production process.
  • 00:15:00 The video discusses ways to jumpstart creativity, including using references and mining sound libraries. It also discusses how to model compositional decisions by using a complete cue as a blueprint.
  • 00:20:00 Creativity can be jumpstarted by clearing your head, recycling sounds from a queue, referencing cues, or modeling.
  • 00:25:00 The author of the video recommends playing an instrument to help ease creative blockage, and suggests focusing on melody instead of technical details when composing.
  • 00:30:00 The video discusses ways to jumpstart your creativity, including using instruments and practicing. Mrs. 52qs from the 52qs community will tell us more about the community and how to join.
  • 00:35:00 Jeff Hargrove from 52QS joins Dave to talk about his background and how he became a part of the creative community. Jeff talks about his love for music and how he has been playing it all his life. He then went on to study music at Howard University. Jeff tells the audience about his entry into the Christmas in July Derby and how his Cue won.
  • 00:40:00 The author talks about how he transitioned from playing in a jazz band to a successful career as a music director and on the record label side of things. He says that one of the skills that has translated the easiest to production music is his piano chops.
  • 00:45:00 The author discusses how playing the piano has helped him to be more creative and has taught him how to write cues that are both orchestral and emotional. He also mentions how he has recently started to use tension cues more often and how they inspire him.
  • 00:50:00 The author discusses how her experience as a gospel musician has helped her understand theory and harmonic techniques. She discusses how her experience with hip hop has been a stretch for her, and how it has taken some time for her to develop a comfortable relationship with the genre. She encourages other creatives to experiment and push boundaries, and notes that if you are writing a cue for someone who is running away from a bear, you might want to avoid using too many gospel chords.
  • 00:55:00 This YouTube video shows how 52 cues producer and composer, Jamie Previn, approached creating an epic rendition of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by using samples and a groove to evoke the song's feeling. Previn discusses how walking back the arrangement to create a remix freed his mind, and how he strives to evoke a song's emotion in his cues.

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In the 52 Cues Podcast, host Dave talks about how to jumpstart your creativity by treating it as a business. He also recommends listening to last week's podcast, in which he advises treating creativity as a business. Jeff, one of the composers on the show, joins Dave to talk about how he's progressed in the past year. Jeff shares how the community of composers on the podcast has helped him grow as a composer.

  • 01:00:00 In this video, 52 cues podcast host Dave shows how he wrote and arranged a hip-hop song in 48 hours. He starts by identifying the song's key, melody, and rhythm, and then works on getting the song's groove and energy. He uses splice to create seamless transitions between different tracks, and ends the video by talking about how to program drums in different software programs.
  • 01:05:00 In this podcast, Jeff Hargrove discusses the importance of treating creativity as a business, and how to focus and improve creativity by creating an artificial creative scarcity. Jeff also recommends listening to last week's podcast, in which he advises treating creativity as a business.
  • 01:10:00 The 52qs podcast discusses how production music is different from other music genres, and how the community of composers on the podcast helps each other grow. Jeff, one of the composers on the show, joins Dave to talk about how he's progressed in the past year. Jeff shares how the community of composers on the podcast has helped him grow as a composer.

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