Composers Forum is a daily web log that allows invited contemporary composers to share their thoughts and ideas on any topic that interests them--from the ethereal, like how new music gets created, music history, theory, performance, other composers, alive or dead, to the mundane, like getting works played and recorded and the joys of teaching. If you're a professional composer and would like to participate, send us an e-mail.
Record companies, artists and publicists are invited to submit CDs to be considered for review. Send to: Jerry Bowles, Editor, Sequenza 21, 340 W. 57th Street, 12B, New York, NY 10019
In addition to the more common reference to creative thought, the word inspiration means a drawing in of breath, and that’s the way I prefer to think of it: inspiration should be like breathing, something healthy individuals do naturally, not something one sits around and waits for. Adams’s dream ship, Stravinsky’s harmony, Zaimont’s vacuum cleaner and Salvage’s Faure recording are all triggers to a heightened awareness and affirmation of an unconscious constant.
When is inspiration hard to come by? Just think of the things that make breathing a struggle.
