I once heard Tori Amos on the radio show “Rockline” describing where she found inspiration for her songs. She was sitting at a piano and said she found it everywhere. Using the example of hearing a bus on a busty street, she improvized a piano drone and started layering different melodies on top and describing what she was seeing. It was a fascinating radio exercise in the translation of the everyday. The results can be unexpected, whimsical, and pleasant.
That interview and music has still stuck with me and it’s what I think of when some guy composes the “Bohemian Rhapsody” using old computer hardware.
Finding art in the mundane is an extremely gratifying experience.
[hat tip to Neil Gaiman's blog]
