Steven Wilson: How to Be Creative

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Porcupine Tree songwriter/producer reveals how to write better songs.
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Hack Music Theory is the fast, easy and fun way to make music. Taught by multi-award-winning music lecturer Ray Harmony, and his protégé wife Kate. Ray started teaching music theory in 1995, and has made music with Serj Tankian (System Of A Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), Devin Townsend, Ihsahn, and more!
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@HackMusicTheory Год назад

►Watch all the Steven Wilson videos in this series: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ziKYBFki3kI.html

@jasonsteves734 Год назад

Thank you! I was too squared on perfection and I thought I wasnt

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Happy to hear it skyline! Thanks for stopping by, we wish you a fantastic rest of your week :)

@ahmeterengokalp4210 Год назад

I am absolutely loving the Steven Wilson vids please keep em coming

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Thrilled to hear you're loving these ones, Ahmet, thanks for letting us know :) You said last time that you were into post-rock, what are some of your favourite bands?

@ahmeterengokalp4210 Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory April Rain is a stable on all of my playlists. Other than them its usually individual songs I really enjoy.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Cool, thanks for sharing Ahmet! Wishing you a great week ahead :)

@maxmaidment96 Год назад

Sure, but I want to hear more from Bowie... The dog

@ethanwaugh8184 Год назад

My composition teacher told us that its a good idea to write for instruments that you don't play, because you don't know what the proper technique or what the general guidelines are. When you don't have any preconceived notions of what it should sound like, you can end up creating some genuinely unique and original stuff.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Absolutely! Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts, Ethan, and a warm welcome to the Hack Music Theory community :) What kind of music do you make?

@ethanwaugh8184 Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory Thanks for taking the time to reply! I write rock mainly and studied classical music when I was in school.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Very cool, thanks for sharing Ethan! You're definitely in the right place; Ray also studied classical piano/guitar/theory and put it to use in making metal :) What are some of your favourite bands?

@05minprod Год назад

I agree with the others - I enjoy all of your videos but these Steven Wilson videos have been fantastic! I usually try to start a new song with an instrument or method I haven't used before but hadn't really thought about this as an inspirational technique. Love the Bowie story. Well done, guys!

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Hi Jim, thanks so much for being here in the Hack Music Theory community, nice to have you here :) Thrilled to hear you're enjoying these SW videos :) What kind of music are you making these days?

@Psychprogrock Год назад

That Bowie song is in my favorite Bowie album by far.

@RemyLuciani Год назад

So cool to have Bowie as guest. 🐕

@stevemuzak8526 Год назад

Do yourself a favor and listen to Porcupine Tree and SW discography from the beginning. What a journey! It's crazy amount of music.

@dotsunmoon7122 Год назад

This is why Peter Buck said he picked up the mandolin for Out of Time.

@funnyleone4956 Год назад

This lessons are so valuable !! I am a long time SW admirer and he is my father's age. He is my 2nd inspiration in this world obvs after my father. Great and Inspiring words! will definitely try to apply this with my band.

@Mike-rw2nh Год назад

Good Lord! If it weren’t for this channel, I would never have known about this gentleman. He’s like the Alan Watts of creativity. 👍👍👍

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Lol, we're happy you found us too, Mike, and happy to have introduced you to Steven :) How's your music making going these days?

@Mike-rw2nh Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory still recovering from the mini heatwave here in the UK. 40c 🥵. Could only manage a bit of ear training maintenance and a cold beer. 😁 And browsing your fine channel of course 👍

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Phew, wow, we know what you mean, Mike! We're sitting here in a heat wave of our own here on the West Coast, it's hard to sleep and function! Good for you for managing some ear training though! If you don't mind me asking, whereabouts are you in the UK?

@Mike-rw2nh Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory sure. I split my time between living in London and the North West.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Cool, thanks for sharing, Mike! Ray used to live in London too, and misses it :)

@alirezahamed8893 Год назад

Steven wilson is such an underrated legend who knows what he is doin. He is truly brilliant and please give us more of him talking about his experiences in music 🙏🏽🙏🏽

@arjunjsatheesh8899 Год назад

That dog bark breakdown in the background riff was so 🤘

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Lol, happy you enjoyed that one, Arjun! How's your music making going these days?

@arjunjsatheesh8899 Год назад

@@HackMusicTheoryFinal. Mixing stages of an instrumental album 🤘

@psychodelian Год назад

this is so totally true! I picked up a mandolin because I was bored and ended up writing something. I totally get this perspective.

@nissenilsson9158 Год назад

Another great part of this interview, would be great to see the whole interview when every part has been uploaded.

@DoomOkkultaNaglfar Год назад

Can listen to this guy for days, thanks for these!

@wesleytrott6397 Год назад

He's like a Zen Master of music writing. I love it!

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Great to see you again, Wesley, we really appreciate you watching this series! Best wishes for your week ahead :)

@ezemusic8140 Год назад

Both instruments mentioned here was used in Lips Of Ashes, one of his very best songs

@YaYousef5 Год назад

Yes! Completely agree. And the timing of me watching this is crazy because I've been playing guitar for 20 years and last week I started learning the drums! It's been sparking all kinds of creative ideas.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Wow, that's so cool, Ya Yousef!! We're thrilled to hear the drums are sparking your creativity! Thanks so much for stopping by, we'd love to know what kind of music you make and/or what are some of your favourite artists?

@YaYousef5 Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory Wow, thanks for asking! I make prog metal and indie rock music. This is my latest prog metal song called Pearl Dust: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y4Gpxo0_uwU.html This is my latest release, an indie rock song called Take Care Of Your Giraffes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fQZTB0rA9x4.html Favorite artists: Dream Theater, Meshuggah, Archspire, CHON and of course Steven Wilson. :)

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Cool, thanks for sharing, Ya Yousef! We really appreciate you being here, and are cheering you on in your music making journey! Have a great week ahead :)

@aardvark_04 Год назад

This is some really inspiring advice! Also these videos led me to listen to Porcupine Tree and they're a really good band!

@charlesneuzilmusic7236 Год назад

This series of short videos you are providing are excellent! I have gotten so much out of them, and I think it is, in part, because they are being presented in small increments, one idea/concept at a time, so I can think and ponder about what was said instead of trying to remember several ideas/concepts all at once. This one was very cool, as I am fascinated with the creative process. I was very interested in Mr. Wilson's comments and ideas today on creativity, and how to get the process moving. His comment that "[s]ometimes proficiency can be a block to the creative process" got me thinking, as well as when he talked about an amateur as someone who does what they do because they love what they do. Thanks so much for sharing all of this! You always get me thinking and making connections with all of your content. 🙂🙏🙏🙏

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

We're so happy to hear that the format is resonating, Charles! We love how thoughtful you are and how you take ideas/concepts and apply them to your own music/life :) As always, we really appreciate you being in the community, and we wish you a lovely rest of your week 🙏 Kate

@5meo Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory i agree, this format is great, for the reasons given above, as it makes it more easily digestible. however, once you have reached the point where you've posted all the individual clips you're intending to, it would also be great if the full interview was made available, if possible, so we can watch it all in one go too :)

@rodiape Год назад

Bowie Wilson is amazing

@TheRealJoeNathan Год назад

I've been working on this track for my debut album. The last track used to be very diatonic with lots of bVI, bVII, and i chords for 13 minutes. I've been reworking it, and came up with a new chord progression for the verse, but also went out of my comfort zone to write something similar to Periphery, by playing chords and melody simultaneously while sliding and moving across the fretboard, it turned out pretty cool. For the prechorus, I combined two chord progressions from my other songs and added a part inspired by Imperial Triumphant, they make eerie music by taking chord shapes and moving them across the fretboard. The only diatonic part left is the chorus. It used to be in Drop-A on a 7, but it's now solely on a 6-string in E Standard which is out of my comfort zone because I'm used to 7/8 string guitars. It's now closer to 5 minutes and a lot more interesting, all it took was getting out of my comfort zone.

@justbeingkairo Год назад

Binge watching your channel to pump up the song whisperer in me while I'm still saving for the course ❤️ so, once again, thank you so much for your work! Sending love all the way from Brazil and putting this tip into practice and giving the music making fright *that* finger!!

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

A heartfelt thank-you for all your lovely comments, Jéssica. We love that you're binge-watching our channel, and we're so grateful and happy to have you here in the Hack Music Theory community! Hope you have a wonderful festive season, and we hope to see you back here in 2023 for more theory hacks! Until then, we're sending you good vibes and gratitude. Ray :)

@enmimaquinaandaba Год назад

It's always very interesting to hear him!

@JasonKeisling Год назад

Good stuff as always!

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Happy to hear it, Jason :) Hope all's well with you, we're wishing you a lovely rest of July!

@robeoneelp Год назад

Brilliant!

@tonygonzalez958 Год назад

Absolutely awesome series. Thanks you guys.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Glad you're enjoying it, Tony, thanks for letting us know! What kind of music do you make and/or what bands are you into?

@tonygonzalez958 Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory I really like prog rock post rock . Porcupine tree is a favorite of mine. Among others. I grew up with judas priest rush maiden though I've kind of mellowed a bit in old age. Your tutorials are excellent also. The odd time signatures are my aquilies heel so you've helped greatly.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Awesome Tony, thanks for sharing! We're thrilled to hear you're putting our tutorials to use :) We wish you a lovely rest of your week and a happy weekend!

@mallorga1965 Год назад

Being a Spanish speaking person, I'd say that, to me, the word amateur comes from the French amour (which means exactly the same as in Spanish). Anyway, great advice.

@HAZARDOUS88 Год назад

Brilliant as always!

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

As always, you're too kind HAZARDOUS88 :) It always brings a smile to my face when I see you turn up, so thanks for that! Have a wonderful weekend :) Kate

@HAZARDOUS88 Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory Thank you, Kate. Same to you! 😀

@7riXter Год назад

Average guy level: watching youtube videos to become a creative musician Steven Wilson level: naming your dog in a way that makes him being a daily reminder for you to being creative

@ineskatrin_music Год назад

All this good advices we are forced in to whatch... how to tutorials, etc. We amateur musicians should really make more music than whatch all the business stuff.... thanks Steven Wilson for this interview... ❤️ you are such an inspiring soul.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Hi Ines, thank you so much for watching and connecting! We'd love to know what kind of music you make and/or what are some of your favourite bands?

@ineskatrin_music Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory hi, well Play the piano and produce my own songs in my living room with logic pro. I love all kind of music, from classic to jazz, pop, edm etc. My music I would say is dream pop or so, hard to explain. You can hear me here on utube or spotify. The songs are very close up and calm. I live to learn and be inspired from sensitive touching people and Musicians - like Steven Wilson... looking forward hearing more of this stuff on your channen, thank you :-)

@correametal Год назад

Words of wisdom by a great composer!

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Hola Jose!! So wonderful to see you again! How's your music making going these days? We'd love to hear what you're making! If you do feel like sharing, please post it in the Apprentice Network. There's lots going on there these days :) Hope you're doing well Jose, and thank you for being here from the beginning! Que tengas una buena semana :) Kate

@correametal Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory Hi Kate, thank you so much for the message. I do really appreciate it. I always learn so much from you guys. Every now and then I go back to the Apprentice Course as a source of great ideas and to look for different approaches to my songwriting process. I am working on a solo project and hope to have my album out soon. I might be posting something soon on the Network. Hope both you and Ray are doing great and thanks for all you guys do. My best wishes and vibes for you always. :) Jose

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Thanks for sharing with us, Jose! We're so happy to hear that you still make use of the Apprenticeship :) We're also thrilled to hear that you'll have a solo album out soon, congratulations, and all the best with finishing it up! We'll look forward to something in the Network from you :) Thank you for your wishes and vibes, Jose, and may many blessings be sent your way 🙏

@veraluciapintorios5740 Год назад

Excelente!!!

@mauromantovani5937 Год назад

Great suggestion as always mr. Wilson. My composition teacher suggested something similar if you don't have money to buy new instruments all the time. Make up you own guitar tuning. It's gonna be like a new instrument because every position you know will be suddenly useless 😁

@GentileschiMusic Год назад

and I thought I am crazy because I am buying always new instruments which I can't play when I start writing a new album. Thank you steven so I am not a psycho :D

@hybrydsanity5857 Год назад

thats hilarious my x wife named a dog we share Zorro I nicked named him Zowy bowie so i call him Bowie all the time and he knows this name to be his. I like what your saying here , I try to play as well as I can but it's music before shredding all the way for me , I met Guthrie govan a couple weeks ago in Orlando Fl after his show i told him I seen him once before with S Wilson whom ii mentioned is one of my favorite songwriters he didn't looked thrilled when i said that LOL

@tullfan2560 Год назад

I'm guessing picking up and playing an instrument for the first time was what Ian Anderson did to shake the cobwebs out and make original, creative music. Porcupine Tree is the band that most reminds me of Tull.

@chris-ib2lc Год назад

We need to get back to the basics and create original compelling beautiful emotional music

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Nice to see you again, chris, we love that you're feeling inspired! How's your music making going these days? Wishing you a wonderful weekend :)

@TryCryingIntoThis Год назад

"the only thing you have to fear is fear itself" 00:01

@Luca84v Год назад

I truly belive that Steven Wilson is my brother. He thinks and says exactly what i think and say. Incredible for me that he is so similar to me in so many aspects.

@baroufess Год назад

New gear and new software can lead you in very different but very creative territory.I try anything even if i dont know what it does and many happy accidents start to happen all the time.

@WizardOfArc Год назад

Bowie barking was best bit!

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Lol, yup that was pretty great timing :) Hope you're staying cool during this heat wave, phew! Wishing you a fantastic week ahead, Azi :)

@WizardOfArc Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory even here in Seattle it’s pretty warm 😓

@WizardOfArc Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory it’s hot in Vancouver as well?

@marcobaiotto7137 Год назад

Wise words. That's a pity that from amateurs and professionals musicians there a kind of wall so that coperation among dreamers is just a a "chimera" most of the times. I wish i could a dedicated platform to connext real dreamers that think out of the box

@jaydawg4732 Год назад

The word amateur comes from French which came from Latin via Italian as far as I could Google. Otherwise good points, particularly for pro musicians, maybe not so much the rest of us but still useful to think about

@tullfan2560 Год назад

Bowie was barking up the wrong tree.

@overdofiga Год назад

Bowie, quiet! Lol. You guys please keep going.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

That was great wasn't it?! Thanks for being here again this week, Andrey, we really appreciate your presence and participation :) Take care and have a fabulous weekend!

@overdofiga Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory The advice is awesome. But there is also a humorous moment.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

We always aim to leave people smiling :)

@philosopher1276 Год назад

in the past, 'amateur' in music derived from the word 'amatore' in Italian, which means literally 'lover of', in this case of music. It didn't mean at all what it means today....

@marcobaiotto7137 Год назад

Wise words but however is a pity that ther is a kind of wall between amateurs and professional musicians so that it's almost impossible to connect real dreamers that really think out of the box if they don't have a stellar reputation... i wish i could find a dedicated platform for such kind of things.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Hi Marco, thanks for stopping by :) We have an apprentice named, Marco Baiotto, is that you? If so there are a lot of outside the box amateurs (and a few professionals) in our Apprentice Network (hackmusictheory.mn.co). Thanks for being here Marco, and we wish you a fantastic weekend :)

@Zetsuke4 Год назад

Turn off your brain like me

@waldemarpierzchalski Год назад

Electric ladyland studio was meant to be such place.

@composeryoullknow Год назад

@@HackMusicTheoryHey I tried to go to your website and it said it couldn't be reached?

@composeryoullknow Год назад

@Diego BrandoHey do you have that link? :) I'm interested

@ulfsvensson9710 Год назад

Or tune your guitar to something wired. Works realy good too.

@specialkonacid6574 Год назад

Robert Fripp's favorite students were beginners because they hadn't learned all the rules yet

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Thanks for watching and connecting, Special K on Acid :) Wishing you a fantastic weekend!

@kamannmusic Год назад

bowie is getting out of his comfort zone

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Lol, indeed! Thanks for stopping by Kamann :) We're wishing you a fantastic upcoming week!

@nathanelwilliam3609 Год назад

What’s the outro song?

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Hi nathanel! Thanks for stopping by :) That music is from our odd time signatures tutorial, covering the music of Good Tiger: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bTkhr2HmDmo.html Take care and enjoy :)

@lebe220 Год назад

I began guitar lessons almost 50 years ago. I still can´t play. And I don´t know what I am doing. But it sounds good.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Thanks for stopping by, LeBe :) Have a great week ahead!

@Denver_Risley Год назад

I was just thinking how creative and neato some of my very first songs are. Some are turds but a lot of them just have that raw edge I want to keep.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Hey hey Sherpa Cast, great to see you again :) Have you been having fun making music this last month?! You were really pumped last time we heard from you :)

@agore127 Год назад

bowie's got to piss steven!

@ramaaditta2446 Год назад

And than Bowie barking… 😂

@1donniekak Год назад

What life has this guy lived to draw from? If you want to create, have a child.

@SequitoBanda Год назад

That's my strategy. But I don't need to change instruments because it's been 31 years I don't know how to play the guitar and I just keep insisting.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Hi SequitoBanda, thanks so much for watching and connecting! What kind of music do you make and/or what are some of your favourite bands?

@SequitoBanda Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory Hello HMT! Congrats for your channel. I've been watched each part of Steven's interview because I'm a huge fan of his solo work as much as Porcupine Tree's, and now I'm a fan of yours too. Some of my other favorite bands (in activity) are New Model Army, Tool, The Mars Volta, Interpol, Rage Against The Machine, Spiritbox, Violeta de Outono, Sepultura and Menores Atos. I make rock under some influence of alt-rock, grunge and other things.

@HackMusicTheory Год назад

Awesome, thanks for sharing, SequitoBanda, and a very warm welcome to the Hack Music Theory community! We love the diversity of your music listening, it's great :) We wish you a lovely week ahead!

@SequitoBanda Год назад

@@HackMusicTheory ❤️

@ronnyskaar3737 Год назад

The idea that you have to be ignorant to be creative is not very good. The higher your competence the more exciting borders to break.

@sidadi2124 Год назад

How is playing an instrument you can't play getting in your comfort zone?

@adamedmour9704 Год назад

I've spent my life being a fundamentalist of this approach, and resultantly I have hundreds, even thousands of recordings where something kind of inspiring is happening in the moment, but something is always unlistenably out of the pocket, and everything is out of tune, and only about half of that out of tune is meanigfully microtonal, and none of it is mastered so you can only even hear the thing that's supposed to be inspiring about it if you listen patiently in headphones, and my existence is a house full of invisible and dead exotic birds, and there sure are some beautiful rotten feathers in there, if you're unusually willing to put up with rotten feathers, amongst the piles and piles and piles of invisible and dead and rotten birds, piled atop of piles of real and visible guitars in dead condition, with strings I can't bring myself to change, and no one is, and I don't know man.