Traveling As A Musician: Finding New Inspirations On The Road | Daniel Siegel Alonso

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Introduction

Touring makes up a huge portion of an artist’s life and the magnificent share of the industry’s revenues. Despite the rise in the digital sphere for the live music industry, some artists stick to their conventional ways of finding inspiration. The capital value ofone’sservicesareultimately realizeddependingonthesuccessanartisthasmade.

No individual artist has sufficient experience,education,nativeabilityandknowledgeenoughto accumulate a great fortune. However, finding inspiration through raw instancescanseldomlead toagreathitontheiralbum.

Incredibly equipped artists like Daniel Siegel Alonso, a highly respected pianist and composer, have a collection of 23 solo albums. Born in Seattle, Washington andraisedinEugene,Oregon, Daniel sought to begin his piano lessons at an early age. With the advancing career, he started performing professionally as a lead singer and a guitarist in a rock band at the age of12.Every now and then, just like any other contemporary artist would tour, encompassing the moment of songwritingcanbecrucial.

TravelingAsAMusician:FindingNewInspirationsOnTheRoad|DanielSiegelAlonso

DrawingInspirationFromTheUnknown

The most detrimental factor while finding inspiration on the road is highly dependent on the environment. The human mind responds to stimuli, through which it may be “keyed up” in the highest rates of vibration known as enthusiasm.Thecreativeimaginationandtheultimatedesire tojogyourmemoryandassociateitwiththepresentsituationasasongwritercanbedaunting.

Creativity, the muse, inspiration, all are the manifested lingo can often beinshortsupply.Many musicians would agree that this is a frustrating reality of their lives. For many songwriters, finding inspiration is experiential. For instance, Billie Eilish, a teen superstar, with her equally talented brother Finneas O’Connell, understands that inspiration can spark anytime, even when youareasleep.

DanielSiegelAlonsoIntroducesHarmonicMechanisms

Daniel Siegel Alonsostronglybelievesthatcompilinginformationbasedonhisobservationsand discoveries on the way notes interact has been combined linearlyinsequenceandverticallyinto chords. In his words, “Relationships can be diatonic or avoid diatonic principles altogether and abide only by the logic of symmetry Once a structure is identified, it can be analyzed and applied as a mechanism in composition and improvisation.Theprocessofobservation,analysis, anddocumentationishowthisworkcametobe.”

'Inspiration’&TheExplorationofPsychologicalTheory

Inspiration is one of the most ancient concepts that have come up frequently in books at the library and information sources. Such has also been emphasized in science literature on artists and designers. Understanding the psychological concept of creativity and inspiration consistsof four main behavior theories to uncover. Such are the behavior theories that help in finding inspiration—

1. Browsing;

2. Information Encountering;

3. Satisfying;

4. Serendipity.

DigitalNomadTools

In today’s modern-class era, the digital era has been giftedwithamultitudeoftoolsthatcaterto the touring lifestyle. The routine amidst the unpredictable is when such inspiration strikes. Contrary to thesolitaryartist,browningforsourcesofrawinspirationcanbetakenupanotchby delving into curiosity The inspiration that we encounter is often the raw adjacent an artist can

build their lyrics on. Once the pursuit of freedom is experienced, mere satisfaction draws serendipity.

Conclusion

The information-seeking behavior of the touring artists is often the first steptowardsattaininga compellingmindsettosongwriting.

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