gonesnake

There’s also a fun little cheat I’ll do when I’m frustrated trying to create something. I’ll try to ape someone else’s style. See how close I can get to creating an original piece (for me it’s writing and music) that is completely in another artist’s voice. It instantly takes the pressure off because it’s more like an exercise but keeps me interested enough to finish it and see how close I can get.

I always learn a few things; new techniques I might have never tried or discovered on my own, finding my own unavoidable fingerprint in the end result (no matter how good the imitation) is a clue to what I sound like and almost every time it makes me want to do my own very different new thing.

I don’t have a driver’s license and can’t really think of a situation where I’d need one. Seems like a pointless expense.