{"id":45017,"date":"2019-01-16T02:49:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T02:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/?p=45017\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T10:28:18","slug":"creativity-is-the-vehicle-not-the-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/learn\/creativity-is-the-vehicle-not-the-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity Is The Vehicle, Not the Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"postLeadIn\">This episode is part of the Musicality Unleashed series. Learn more and get a bonus &#8220;cheat sheet&#8221; at musicalityunleashed.com. In this episode, we talk about ways of infusing your musical journey with creativity right from the get-go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen to the episode:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yLdroJlt3a0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class='podcast_subscribe_buttons'><p class='subscribe_cta'>Subscribe For Future Episodes!<\/p>\n    <div class='buttons'><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeitunes' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"apple\");'><i class='fa fa-apple' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Apple Podcasts<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeandroid' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"android\");'><i class='fa fa-android' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Android<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeyoutube' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"youtube\");'><i class='fa fa-youtube' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> YouTube<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribegplay' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"gplay\");'><i class='fa fa-google' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Google Play<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribestitcher' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"stitcher\");'><img src='https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/wp-content\/themes\/Divi-MU\/img\/Stitcher-icon.png' alt='Stitcher' class='podcast_icon'>Stitcher<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscriberss' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"rss\");'><i class='fa fa-rss' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> RSS<\/a><\/div>\n    <p class='review_cta'>Enjoying the show? Please consider <a href='https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/podcast-review\/' target='_blank' onclick='logPodReview();'>rating and reviewing it!<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>Links and Resources<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"shownotes_links\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/musl.ink\/pod66\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover Your Own Musical Creativity, with Forrest Kinney<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/musl.ink\/pod128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Circles of Creativity, with Tim Topham<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/musl.ink\/pod28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finding and Sustaining Creativity, with David Andrew Wiebe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='podcast_review_cta'><p class='review_cta'>Enjoying Musicality Now? Please support the show by rating and reviewing it!<\/p>\n    <p class='review_button'><a class='cta_button' href='https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/podcast-review\/' target='_blank' onclick='logPodReview();'>Rate and Review!<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/div><!-- MU Podcast Schema -->\n<div class='mu_podcast_schema' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/PodcastEpisode'>\n <div style='display:none;'>\n  <a itemprop='url' href='https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/learn\/creativity-is-the-vehicle-not-the-destination\/'>\n       <span itemprop='name'>Creativity Is The Vehicle, Not the Destination<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n  <div itemprop='datePublished' datetime= '2019-01-16T02:49:58+00:00'>2019-01-16T02:49:58+00:00<\/div>\n  <div itemprop='description'>Find out how you can make your musical practice creative right from day one, with the help of mental models discussed in the Musicality Unleashed series.<\/div>\n    <div itemprop='associatedMedia' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/MediaObject'>\n      <div itemprop='image' href= 'https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Musicality-Unleashed-9.jpg'>https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Musicality-Unleashed-9.jpg<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<h2>Transcript<\/h2><div class='mu_podcast_transcript'>\n        <div id='mu_podcast_transcript-link-45017' aria-expanded='false' class='sh_link sh_hide'><a class='cta_button mu_podcast_transcript_showhide_link' href='#' onclick=\"showhide_toggle('mu_podcast_transcript',45017,'Show Transcript','Hide Transcript');return false;\"><span id='mu_podcast_transcript-toggle-45017'>Show Transcript<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id='mu_podcast_transcript-content-45017' class='sh-content sh-hide' style='display:none;'>\n        <div itemprop='audio' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject'>\n          <div itemprop='transcript'>\n           \n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Creativity in music isn\u2019t something reserved for a gifted few, and it\u2019s not some advanced skill you need to study for years before you can do.<\/p>\n<p>Creative activities like improvising and composing can be part of your music learning from day one or added in at any time.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like most music learners, you see creative skills like composing, songwriting and improvisation as advanced skills. Things you&#8217;ll be able to do one day once you get &#8220;good at music&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Or you might even have ruled them out completely, thinking you&#8217;re just not a &#8220;creative person&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And I understand why you&#8217;d think that way. When you see people be creative in music it&#8217;s impressive, and it often does go hand-in-hand with instrument proficiency and advanced skill levels.<\/p>\n<p>But why do we pick up an instrument and start learning music in the first place?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s to experience that sense of freedom and self-expression, to just play anything you want to and be part of the music you love so much.<\/p>\n<p>Do you really have to study for years before you can get a taste of that?<\/p>\n<p>We get given drills and exercises and told to study other people&#8217;s music note-by-note. We&#8217;re told that things like playing by ear and improvising either require &#8220;talent&#8221; or they&#8217;re advanced skills that we&#8217;ll one day be able to do if we just practice and practice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no wonder people get bored, frustrated and give up!<\/p>\n<p>Despite what traditional music education would have you believe, playing by ear, improvising, composing, collaborating &#8211; these can all be part of your musical life literally from day one.<\/p>\n<p>You can see this just by handing a child an instrument. Do they sit there quietly, waiting for you to give them some sheet music to perform? Of course not! They dive straight in, improvising and having fun.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, the music they produce sounds a bit rough, but clearly there&#8217;s creativity there and a freedom to play whatever they want.<\/p>\n<p>So what if those free, expressive skills didn&#8217;t have to just be an eventual destination that you hope to one day reach?<\/p>\n<p>What if you started creating in music right from the outset?<\/p>\n<p>This is entirely possible &#8211; and actually incredibly constructive. If you do it right those creative musical activities aren&#8217;t an addon or a distraction &#8211; they can actually be the vehicle through which you learn all that music has to offer\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s never too late to start with this kind of creative practice, and with the right kind of training it doesn&#8217;t feel super advanced and intimidating. In fact it can be easy and fun.<\/p>\n<p>How do you do it? By putting in place the foundation of mental models we\u2019re talking about in this Musicality Unleashed series &#8211; the foundation that\u2019s probably been missing for you and which can empower you to feel creative throughout your musical life.<\/p>\n<div class='podcast_subscribe_buttons'><p class='subscribe_cta'>Subscribe For Future Episodes!<\/p>\n    <div class='buttons'><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeitunes' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"apple\");'><i class='fa fa-apple' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Apple Podcasts<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeandroid' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"android\");'><i class='fa fa-android' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Android<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribeyoutube' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"youtube\");'><i class='fa fa-youtube' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> YouTube<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribegplay' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"gplay\");'><i class='fa fa-google' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> Google Play<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscribestitcher' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"stitcher\");'><img src='https:\/\/www.musical-u.com\/wp-content\/themes\/Divi-MU\/img\/Stitcher-icon.png' alt='Stitcher' class='podcast_icon'>Stitcher<\/a><span class='separator'> | <\/span><a href='http:\/\/musicalitynow.com\/subscriberss' target='_blank' class='label' onclick='logPodSubscribe(\"rss\");'><i class='fa fa-rss' aria-hidden='true'><\/i> RSS<\/a><\/div>\n    <p class='review_cta'>Enjoying the show? 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