Songwriters can learn a TON from Vincent Van Gogh. This man had a FIRE in him for creating that poured out into every painting.Here's how you can apply this stuff in practical ways:
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My wife bought us tickets to a Van Gogh exhibit. It was freaking awesome.
And I'm gonna show you in this video two super simple ways that Vincent van Gogh's creativity and life have huge implications for you...and this isn't just to encourage you today as a songwriter, but moving up a step, to push you in your identity as an artist.
So check this out...My wife is really cool. She bought us tickets to go down to the Detroit Institute of Arts to see a once-in-a-lifetime exhibit. It was the largest collection of Van Gogh paintings ever assembled in the United States. We're talking 74 paintings all in one place.
And it was simply breathtaking. I've always been interested in him, but this took it to another level. And so two quick things that really stood out.
First, I was overwhelmed with this man's VERVE. Vigor, spirit, enthusiasm, vibrancy, energy...FIRE.
There was life in what he made. A fierce unquenchable desire to pour his life into every stroke. You could FEEL it. And it changes you.
I see this lacking in so many artists. And that's not just some random take - this comes from talking with hundreds and hundreds of artists 1:1 this last year alone.
I'm just not motivated
I don't have time
I don't have the right equiment, i'm waiting to find a guitar
and it's not just the reasons WHY they haven't really gone all in, it's even more how artists talk about their songs:
They're OK.
Yeah they're...they're god.
Yeah I'm liking the song i wrote this month.
yeah I made an album last year and um the songs are solid, they're decent.
That's not FIRE. That's not passion! And it actually shows up in their songs. In their lyrics. in their melodies. In their chords...it's OK.
VERVE... where are you at with your enthusiasm for creating music?
Second, I was even more overwhelmed that he produced close to 900 paintings...
IN LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
He didn't start painting til he was 27 years old....900 paintings, and ten years earlier, he had never made a painting. Think about that. And he could have been 37 or 57 or 77 years old for all i care. The point is:
He decided to step into an entirely different way of living.
And then the muse struck him, life grabbed him, and he got to work. You see, when you've got a calling on your life...A gift. A destiny. You can either run from it, or dabble...Or actually chase it down with every fiber of your being.
Let it be a deep ache in your bones. And that means your calling has to meet UNCEASING PASSION. Dedication. Commitment. Drive. Life that flows out of you like lightning into the songs you make.
Tips and Tricks aren't going to get you there. That's why this channel isn't about songwiting hacks. There's hundreds of those out there, and I know as a professional mentor, we have to go way deeper than 7 tips to writing better melodies.
Look, I fully believe, if you've got a calling on your life to create music at the highest level, you should have at least a hundred songs - powerful, legit, beautiful songs - within less than a decade.
Just like Van Gogh.
And I think it's not only possible, it's very DOABLE.
Ready to take the narrow path and come alive as an artist?
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