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What’s Your Creative Lever?
The process of creativity can be daunting. There’s so much raw material to choose from, and things can get complicated fairly quickly. In music, for instance, there is a near infinite selection of note combinations, melodies, harmonies, rhythms, counter and polyrhythms. How’s it even possible to be creative under such circumstances? For Bill Bruford, the answer is listening to the space between the notes. Bruford was the drummer for Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks, and numerous other bands and projects.
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I Owe Iona
I owe Iona. Big time. When the Lord rescued me from sin and stupidity in the late 1970’s, I was certain I would find no Christian music equal to the bands I was used to. Nothing to compare to King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, etc. And then a celtic progressive rock band (who knew such a thing existed!) deposed all my preconceptions of what Christian music is and can be. Iona, from the UK, is proof that the Lord really does give us the desire of our hearts. A few days ago, Iona posted at their website that they will no longer record or tour as a…
