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Musicians in Tune: 75 Contemporary Musicians Discuss the Creative Process

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This is based on interviews with 75 contemporary musicians, mostly rock and pop, including Eric Clapton, the Beatles, Branford Marsalis, and others. It's an excellent source of anecdotes about musical creativity, including peak experiences and the use of drugs.

Fantastic study in the mental workings of some of the greatest living musicians. The peak experience is something I have experienced many times as a professionl musician myself. These in the zone moments always make me feel as if the universe just gave me the most extraordinary gift, it's truly euphoric. Not sure why it happens, I just know it does and I'm glad I'm not alone. These moments are the most satisfying, joyful moments in my life. I'm glad Jenny spent the time to uncover this process. Awesome Book!

This book offers some very interesting thoughts from various famous musicians on the development of creativity, the creative process itself, and the concept of flow. The book can get repetitive after a while, but it offers good food for thought and supporting anecdotes for research into creativity and flow. The author does a good job of exploring creativity from a variety of angles, including the background and personality traits that seem to contribute to creative musical geniuses.

Jenny Boyd has written a very interesting book filled with anecdotes and the creative process of contemporary history's heavy weight rockers and blues musicians. More so being the sister of Patty Boyd -who was married to not only Eric Clapton but George Harrison,as well, although not simultaneously, Jenny socialized and hung out with many of the subjects in this book.