Summary

The undefined website presents the 13th installment of a 15-day creativity exercise series, challenging readers to create an album with 15 song ideas, complete with titles, stories, and imagined lyrics and melodies.

Abstract

The undefined website outlines a creative challenge as part of the "15*15 CREATIVITY EXERCISE SERIES," where participants are tasked with conceptualizing an album of 15 original songs. This exercise aims to expand the imagination and strengthen the muscles of creativity by encouraging individuals to think like musicians, regardless of their musical background. Participants are guided to brainstorm song titles, stories, and melodies, and to visualize the final sound of their songs, drawing inspiration from a curated list of resources. The website also emphasizes the importance of embracing the creative process without overthinking and suggests that engaging in daily creative challenges can rewire the brain to be more open to creativity. Additionally, the author provides a list of inspirational films about music and musical genius to further inspire readers.

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The author believes that engaging in creative challenges daily can enhance one's creativity and openness to new ideas.
Creativity is likened to a muscle that requires exercise, suggesting that regular creative activity is beneficial.
The creative process should be approached with a sense of play and experimentation, without excessive judgment or perfectionism.
The author encourages starting small with creative projects, emphasizing that even minimal viable products are valuable steps in the creative process.
Inspiration for songwriting can be found through various resources, including articles, songwriting exercises, and musical compositions.
The act of creating music, even in an imaginative sense, is presented as a powerful way to express emotions and personal truths.
Music is celebrated as a means to give soul to life and to express a wide range of human experiences.
The author cites the importance of living authentically, expressing love, sharing enthusiasm, and taking action towards one's dreams, all of which are themes that can be explored through music.
The website concludes with a motivational quote and an invitation to continue the creative journey, indicating the author's belief in the transformative power of creativity and self-expression.

15*15 CREATIVITY EXERCISE SERIES — 13

Create an album with 15 song ideas (imagine lyrics and melodies)

This is your opportunity to go on creative adventures of a musician

In this series (15*15), I design and present you 15 adventures and challenges in 15 days. I am developing these challenges in real-time — I hope you do enjoy and benefit from these exercises.

The goal of these challenges is to help you expand your imagination and exercise your muscles of creativity. This is the 13th day and 13th installment of that series.

In this challenge, imagine that you are a musician. You will create your own album with 15 songs.

How will you do this?

Please check out the following resources for guidance and inspiration:

4 10-Minute Songwriting Exercises to Boost Your Creativity

There are millions of exercises out there that might be able to quicken your thinking or raise your level of alertness…

blog.sonicbids.com

Nine Teaching Ideas for Using Music to Inspire Student Writing

Some of the greatest written works of our time have been inspired by music. Walt Whitman conceived of and wrote "Leaves…

www.nytimes.com

The Secrets Behind the Music Composing Process - Art of Composing

In this series of articles, I will address, not the specifics of how one composer worked versus another. Instead, I am…

www.artofcomposing.com

13 Ridiculous Songwriting Tips That Actually Work | LANDR Blog

Googling 'songwriting tips' will give you about 2 million results in 0.42 seconds. That's a lot of tips. And y'know…

blog.landr.com

11 Ways to Find Immediate Inspiration for Your Next Composition

In a recent tutorial I outlined a method for breaking out of writer's block from the outside in. In this tutorial we'll…

music.tutsplus.com

How to Write a Song | 10 Songwriting Tips from the Pros

Want to get better at writing songs? Check out these 10 essential songwriting tips backed up by some of the world's…

www.dittomusic.com

I hope you are inspired by these resources.

Are you ready for this exciting challenge?

Your challenge is to create an album of 15 song ideas.

Your goal will be to brainstorm and create the titles and stories of each song. Perhaps you can try to create some lyrics and melodies if you are in the mood.

Your Challenge: Create an album of 15 song ideas

In this exercise, you will think like a musician — you can choose any type of music you want to experiment with: Pop, rock, blues, rap, classical, country, hip hop, dance, electronic, jazz, soul, opera, Kpop, Latin… You can choose and experiment with a mix of any genres. Try to create the types of music you would love to listen to.

So, in essence, you are creating your own signature album. What would be the title and the story of your album?

What could be each song about? What is the story behind each? What is unique about each song?

Try to create the following for each song:

The title of the song (make it interesting and creative)
What is the short story (or message) of this song? (what is soulful or unique or interesting about it?)
Think of the music and/or the melody (imagine yourself singing, playing, or experimenting with the song — you can even record your voice)
Imagine how the final song would sound like (try to imagine its rhythms, lyrics, instruments, tempo, or music).

Feel free to draw, visualize, or doodle your ideas.

For the purposes of this exercise, please do not delve into too much detail for each song. Aim for 4–5 minutes of thinking/brainstorming/writing/doodling for each song. You do not need to develop all the details fully. Try to create the minimum viable song. If you want to go deeper, leave it for later. If you prefer, you can even compose it, sing it, and play it (iterate) and capture it on a voice recorder or a video. If you would like to focus on a few songs and go deeper, feel free to create just a few songs (instead of the whole album).

You will benefit a lot from exercising your creative muscles and getting out of your comfort zone. If you do the exercise above, you will tremendously strengthen your creative muscles. We need to give our brain creative challenges every day. If we make this a habit, the process will help us rewire our brains to be more open to creativity.

It is important to start small and treat these exercises as play. They are small experiments in imagination. They work much better if you stop judging your ideas and obsessing over them. All projects start with small steps. Small actions are all that you need to get started on these projects. You will instantly jump in the water without thinking. Thinking too much hurts your creativity because it paralyzes you. Every creative or entrepreneurial act starts with taking a leap of faith into the unknown. Each time you jump into the unknown makes you more adventurous, open, and creative.

A curation of best films on music, musical genius and inspiration

I will finish today’s post with a list of wonderful film trailers on music and musical geniuses. They capture the love and passion of musicians, masters, composers, performers, and songwriters beautifully. They will inspire and elevate you to new heights.

Music gives a soul to our lives and a flight to our imagination. We can express our love, emotions, sensations, fears, dreams through music.

I hope we can learn from the secrets, passion, dedication, loves, pains, and joys of these talented musicians.

“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.” ― Steve Maraboli

We are coming towards the end of our journey — see you in the 14th episode of this journey tomorrow:)

Fahri

Fahri Karakas is the author of the Self-making Studio. You can explore more here.