Overhype Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 The greatest ideas and concepts start with great music. Great composers. Great arrangements. Plain and simple. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 And / or alcohol. Maybe both... About to say the best show design meetings I've been involved with have always been at a bar or involved copious amounts of alcohol in other ways. I think others were reading something out of HerbalLife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavies79 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Very interesting poll. I personally believe that a lot of innovative ideas come from other sources such as: opera, broadway musicals, art, and great literature. For example, a visual designer can get plenty of ideas from studying art. I am sure there are other sources that I completely missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideways Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Bar/Alcohol Shower/Bathroom related activities Jamming out to something while driving down a random country road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 a bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RContra Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Bar/Alcohol Shower/Bathroom related activities Jamming out to something while driving down a random country road This. Every show I've written has unquestionably stemmed from one of these three things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I've talked to a few "big names" in the activity about this (don't have permission to use their names so I won't). Most of the time they say their inspiration is taken from listening to things and jotting it down. Lots of times they have a big list of things to use in shows, some of them end up getting used, some of them not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirsbrunner Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 At a high school competition on the west coast today I found it interesting to see how many high schools grab ideas from the previous DCI season. I saw several version of the Phantom trees and some Cadet-like towers. One high school even went as far as too basically take a transcription of the music (not visual though) of Vanguard's "Bring Him Home". These are just a few examples but there were a whole days worth of bands with borrowed ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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