Richard D. Russell » Kronos Quartet http://rdrussell.com Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 1 + 1 = ? http://rdrussell.com/1-1 http://rdrussell.com/1-1#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:15:00 +0000 http://rdrussell.wordpress.com/2006/07/26/1-1/ Take something you know well and add it to something else you know, and you’ve got something new and original… at least, that’s the idea. You can use this as […]

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]]> Take something you know well and add it to something else you know, and you’ve got something new and original… at least, that’s the idea. You can use this as a quick and dirty formula for creativity.

You see this in cooking all the time. Take two ingredients and mix them together to create a new dish.

What about in music? Take opera. Take rock. Add them together you’ve got rock opera.

Another example: Star Spangled Banner + electric guitar = Jimi Hendrix’s legendary Woodstock performance.

How about: string quartet + punk stylings = Kronos Quartet, although you have to go back about 20 years, first.

Use this quick little formula to help spur your creative ideas in new directions. Put two instruments together that you don’t usually find together. Find new ways to market yourself.

And add a comment here if you’ve got an example we should all know about!

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