Where Ideas Come From.... [You Won't Believe It!]

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  • Опубліковано 16 лис 2024
  • Where do ideas come from? Ideas can come from the strangest places. Where do you find inspiration to write a piece of music, how do you get started and move beyond the blank page. Banish imposter syndrome, get rid of those half finished piece of music and follow composer Guy Michelmore into the most unlikely source of inspiration, a starting point for a piece of music that is within reach of eeryone of you right now.
    But where is it and what is that source of inspiration? This video shows you how to take a random everyday source of inspiration and turn it into an effective piece of music using Cubase 13 and Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra samples. You'll learn simple techniques for telling stories with music and conveying different emotions using harmony and orchestration.

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  • @chrismoule7242
    @chrismoule7242 Місяць тому +49

    I'm sure others will agree - it's the waffling that makes ALL the difference. It's you. You're unique.

    • @ThinkSpaceEducation
      @ThinkSpaceEducation  Місяць тому +12

      thank you Chris -Ill keep it up then!

    • @sonicairmusic
      @sonicairmusic Місяць тому +3

      I absolutely agree, you’re such an alternative personality who is a breath of creative fresh air. I’ve been following you since 2020, and you’re the reason I started my own creative journey on UA-cam with my SonicAirMusic library music!!!! Don’t change Guy, you’re brilliant 😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤩

  • @laynehoward2870
    @laynehoward2870 Місяць тому +23

    " Faffing about". Love it. Very old-school UK expression.

  • @Mopsie
    @Mopsie Місяць тому +25

    This man is a national treasure

    • @TheEndOfThings
      @TheEndOfThings Місяць тому

      Totally agree!

    • @sonicairmusic
      @sonicairmusic Місяць тому

      @@Mopsie One of the most chilled and happiest people online. Love Guy!

  • @LAghemo
    @LAghemo Місяць тому +14

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The final "show" was just great! 🤣😂🤣😂
    NOBODY teach you how to compose music like Guy Michelmore, this has to be acknowledge.
    When you publish a new video it's like a nice friend paying visit, always a good moment.

  • @randall42
    @randall42 Місяць тому +6

    I was gleefully laughing at the end anyway, but at "in a recyclable package as well," I just lost it! Fantastic!

  • @tonybrown7408
    @tonybrown7408 Місяць тому +18

    If Only there was a way of recording the tunes & chord progressions I hear in my head just before I fall asleep ! ;-)

    • @magicmulder
      @magicmulder Місяць тому

      I did mashups in my head when I was as young as 7 or 8, I wish I had been able to record these back then, I would've had a great career in the music industry. :D

    • @colinjames2469
      @colinjames2469 Місяць тому +3

      hum them into your phone voice memo. sorted.

    • @Fastvoice
      @Fastvoice Місяць тому +3

      I'm waiting for a brain-to-MIDI converter since MIDI came out. 😉

    • @wkelly-hn4kb
      @wkelly-hn4kb Місяць тому

      Having 2 phones is good for that ..call your phone leave a message .it's important to grab the key you intended it to be originally.
      I've written choruses running up a flight of stairs late for work.
      Today ..they have apps on phones where you can fart and make midi of you'd like

    • @Fastvoice
      @Fastvoice Місяць тому

      Most of the times I can't even sing or hum sound ideas from my mind - sometimes these are whole arrangements. May be a brain deficiency.

  • @sr.rodrigors
    @sr.rodrigors Місяць тому

    O final é o melhor de todos rssssssssss Além de compositor de trilhas, Guy é um grande ator.. kkkkk abraços do Brasil.

  • @studiotvar
    @studiotvar Місяць тому +7

    Just what I needed! A bit of friday inspiration! 👍👍👍

  • @peterlepahin
    @peterlepahin 13 днів тому

    The final listen was pure gold comendy. I love you channel, Guy - thank you for making our lives better with all this educational and fun content!

  • @jasminemcpherson6536
    @jasminemcpherson6536 Місяць тому +1

    Therapist: So, how are you feeling today?
    Me: Uplifted with a hint of regret

  • @AndreasDormannMusic
    @AndreasDormannMusic Місяць тому +5

    Oh man, you've managed to make me burst into tears again at the end, tears of laughter of course. 😂 You'll definitely get a spot in my next episode when it comes to great resources for budding composers. 🎶Cheers, Guy!

  • @kattekaren
    @kattekaren Місяць тому +1

    If that bodywash company doesn't contact you and ask if they can use your music, then something's clearly wrong with them. That was absolutely brilliant :D

  • @mustuploadtoo7543
    @mustuploadtoo7543 Місяць тому +2

    Guy Needs-to-know-no-more. You're the best 👍

  • @jmurray2018
    @jmurray2018 Місяць тому +2

    Now I’ve watched the video, @ 7:45 we get to witness a real life revival as our favourite and indeed best composer ever to grace UA-cam gets that twinkle in his eyes and that sparkle in his wand.
    Today was the day we saw a “GUY-VAL” (Guyval) or a Re-Guyval I haven’t quite made up my mind…..ponder ponder

  • @TigerRichards
    @TigerRichards Місяць тому +2

    "Blimey!" -- the unfeigned surprise, and the clear indication that it was the *label*, and not the actual scent that provided the inspiration -- the seed -- around which the piece was built. You don't actually know how these things will turn out, do you? That's how it comes across, and that makes it great. Nice demonstration. Thanks.

  • @DevinC_
    @DevinC_ Місяць тому +3

    Best channel on the Tube. I love what you do Guy :)

  • @GrandHorseMusic
    @GrandHorseMusic Місяць тому +1

    I love your videos. Whenever I find that I’m forgetting to have fun I watch one of these and am reminded that it’s meant to be enjoyable whether or not I’m any good at it. Which I’m not but it’s important to remember to Have Fun. Thank you! 😀

  • @masterrenderer4338
    @masterrenderer4338 Місяць тому +11

    Lemon scented shampoo with a hint of French horn 😉

    • @leefs62
      @leefs62 Місяць тому +1

      Or maybe some Phwoar Anglais

    • @Kudaquashe
      @Kudaquashe Місяць тому

      @@masterrenderer4338 it's the way to go!

    • @FLH3official
      @FLH3official Місяць тому

      @@leefs62 phwouar anglay is iz a hood, not a brazz!

  • @matthewstaplesstaff1596
    @matthewstaplesstaff1596 Місяць тому +2

    I think Guy has a second career in stand up! 😂 Great inspiration as always.

  • @DaveDickens
    @DaveDickens Місяць тому +1

    Well you’ve certainly revived me! I’ve trying to write a piece to back a video and hitting a bit of a block. This inspired me to get going. Cheers Dave - I love the Guywaffle 😂

  • @barryfreeman5881
    @barryfreeman5881 Місяць тому

    Another wacky wonderful composition Guy, bless you.

  • @barrytune7098
    @barrytune7098 Місяць тому

    Thw Gwaffling sets this apart! Genuinely feeling revived, thank you.

  • @TacticsTechniquesandProcedures
    @TacticsTechniquesandProcedures Місяць тому +3

    I love your channel and enthusiasm!

  • @petersen280798
    @petersen280798 Місяць тому +1

    Great work - and hello from Denmark

  • @phaeraofficial
    @phaeraofficial Місяць тому

    My all time favorite. So entertaining! Thank you, Guy! 🎉

  • @vacation_generation
    @vacation_generation Місяць тому

    Lovely. Very nice. Great video and walk through.

  • @88-fingers79
    @88-fingers79 Місяць тому

    Thanks for a great approach, but the chuckle at the end of the day - priceless!

  • @ronn3590
    @ronn3590 Місяць тому

    Another hysterical and amazing video as always Guy! Thank you .

  • @GavinNellist
    @GavinNellist Місяць тому +2

    You're not right in the head you know!! Loved every minute of it :)

  • @fredyfarfan5308
    @fredyfarfan5308 Місяць тому

    Es un verdadero deleite ver sus videos y sobre todo ese ánimo que inspira a imitarlo, impresionante banco de librerías.

  • @Giannboy1
    @Giannboy1 Місяць тому

    Always incredible fun with learning! Thank you,
    Gianni❤

  • @davidbyourplanb
    @davidbyourplanb Місяць тому

    LOL! SO funny and so inspiring at the same time ! Thanks 😄

  • @avalonpractice
    @avalonpractice Місяць тому

    I love your energy and enthusiasm….and your natural ability to inspire others. Please keep it up. Henry

  • @craiggoodwin5975
    @craiggoodwin5975 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the continued excellent videos Guy.
    I've watched for years, but I have to say you excelled yourself in this video. Several LOL moments and the performance at the end was masterful (and hilarious).
    Thanks again.

  • @pblais404
    @pblais404 Місяць тому

    Guy, after watching this, I can say that you are "card carrying certified" nuts... Great job... I loved it

  • @raymondspagnuolo8222
    @raymondspagnuolo8222 Місяць тому

    Excellent! You always inspire me!!!!

  • @goldD944
    @goldD944 Місяць тому

    Your creativity never ends. Outstanding

  • @MartinJG100
    @MartinJG100 21 день тому

    4:03. Yep. Totally agree on the third. Same thing as airy open chords on a guitar which sound so much better. 12:23. Waffles! Oh yes, with lashings of honey. Like the piece.

  • @mariodario9033
    @mariodario9033 Місяць тому

    G-sus sir, you are a genius ! From nothing - to great piece of music - in 25 minutes.....WOW, I mean WOOOOOOW !!!!!!!

  • @Lomenar
    @Lomenar Місяць тому

    Hahaha! Oh my god, the little bit at the end with the full piece was absolutely hilarious! xD This was a very inspiring video as well. Thank you for this, Guy.

  • @kenvis6389
    @kenvis6389 Місяць тому

    I loved how you let the “revival” guide you to the two different feelings in the track. Logic and art hand in hand. I believe doughnuts are deep fried, not baked, though.

  • @ElBeeEss
    @ElBeeEss Місяць тому

    Radox owes you bigtime for this. And also? You're a total nutbar, Guy Michelmore, LOOOOOL! xxx

    • @justinjones6810
      @justinjones6810 Місяць тому

      They need to let him score their next ad for a nice fee 😉

  • @MenonkNaldo
    @MenonkNaldo Місяць тому +2

    Love it ! Thanks :)

  • @Bashanvibe
    @Bashanvibe Місяць тому

    Its always a learning experience watching you write

  • @ianriddle9502
    @ianriddle9502 Місяць тому

    Though doughnuts were fried not baked 😂. Great video the piano ostanato gave me inspiration for something I'm working on

  • @atimeofshadows
    @atimeofshadows Місяць тому

    Awesome as always Guy.

  • @wulfenii64
    @wulfenii64 Місяць тому

    So inspiring, Guy!

  • @wkelly-hn4kb
    @wkelly-hn4kb Місяць тому

    " Byyyyy Mennon". Shortest song somebody was handsomely paid for .

  • @vitoleo7197
    @vitoleo7197 Місяць тому

    great video and great music !

  • @RP14_Music
    @RP14_Music Місяць тому

    i wasnt sure how this was gonna turn out but wow youve shocked me again guy lol great job

  • @alontrigger
    @alontrigger Місяць тому

    Lovely!

  • @FLH3official
    @FLH3official Місяць тому +1

    👍 I've suspicions how your idea to work with shower gels comes from... I've read someone in the comments of your last week composition speaking about your music for an "organic Tesco bubble bath"... 😉
    You said you'll do and you did! Now, for our great friday pleasure, we've a music about a shower gel "for elves having a collective shower in the ancestral celtic forest and playing harp at the same time in order to get ready to shoot some orcs with a bad personal hygiene".
    Next week, something about "The perfect organic oil for your diesel engine"? Or a commercial for an hair implants clinic. You chose. 😁

  • @neilingle794
    @neilingle794 28 днів тому

    Love it Guy, inspiration comes from many sources! Luckily you exited Tescos with Radox Revive rather than a 12-pack of extra quilted loo roll 😂

  • @jamesmazzo
    @jamesmazzo Місяць тому +1

    love the music guy!

  • @kadiummusic
    @kadiummusic Місяць тому

    We're all screaming "Guy! Smell the fragrance!". You went to all that trouble but you didn't smell it until the end ha ha. Smells can inspire music too you know Guy. 😎

  • @soniklabstudios
    @soniklabstudios Місяць тому

    Nice pitch for the next Radox ad Guy! :D

  • @Pax30001
    @Pax30001 Місяць тому

    Awesome!

  • @michaeltablet8577
    @michaeltablet8577 Місяць тому

    Great video! I skipped the body wash for a week and started writing funk music.

  • @TheZombinator1
    @TheZombinator1 Місяць тому

    That soap company better be sending you the big bucks!

  • @outnabout57
    @outnabout57 Місяць тому

    It's interesting how I arrive at writing music. Usually, it comes from following a progression of some sort. Usually quite simple but sometimes complex. Sometimes having something to say and others simply a progression and the inner feeling from sitting in nature and the mood of the weather and my inner processing of life itself.. I believe we are an assemblage of allw e have ever listened too. We cannot help it. I also believe we are wating and listening to hear what we want to hear in the harmony. The harmony being we listen for resolve in all aspects of our being. Kind of like their burning ears want to hear what they want to hear and not listening to sound doctrine. Doctrine being Law and Gospel. Laws of music, laws of God. With the freedom of the Gospel encouraging us to revival and healing. I write my own songs for 50 years. Good or bad. I use a guitar and chordal fragments through the modes or the chordal harmony rules. I listen to bring all those things into a simple rendition of some unexplained memory in harmony. It would be easy to play other people's songs, and indeed it is easy to create using these methods. Now engineering skills. To take us to completion. The Contra bass bowed and the simple guitar. With the voice and vocal harmony. At near 70 how to take this to a next level. Perfection is allowing the expression and nothing to do woth the normal aspects of this is a job to make a living. More a supplement and a gift to be used. Unwrap your present so to speak. Thanks Guy. :) Create your own Hero by following the real hero of this expressive life. The Word of God itself. It speaks what it will to the hearer in spite of the reciter. :) Adding keyboard instruments is something I have done very little. Looking forward to utilizing the summer garden sessions into further compositions. Have a great day. Wanting to be the best Contra bassist I can be is very important. To play these string parts in all voices on one instrument. Jumping between holding down the bass and branching to full instrument use and getting around the harmony in all positions to voice the inner curiosity.

  • @joewakeford
    @joewakeford Місяць тому +1

    "There's nothing nicer than a sustained horn." Guy Michelmore, 2024

  • @jazzdude7014
    @jazzdude7014 Місяць тому

    Guy knows what the "Ministry of silly walks" is !
    Good old 70s,, this freedom will never come back...

    • @OCcanUsee
      @OCcanUsee Місяць тому

      But who's funnier? Cleese or Michelmore?

  • @hip_hopwar8844
    @hip_hopwar8844 Місяць тому

    Very nice, did you move from C Minor Scale to C Major Scale in the last chord?

  • @twwify
    @twwify Місяць тому +1

    I go to that Tesco all the time and never see someone I can discuss round robins with.

  • @MrSamfonseca
    @MrSamfonseca Місяць тому

    Amazing!

  • @awpMusic1
    @awpMusic1 Місяць тому

    yep - I'm revivied!

  • @TheNCGardener
    @TheNCGardener Місяць тому

    Are you liking the Arturia keyboard? I have the same one. What do you love about it?

  • @didierlecluyse7146
    @didierlecluyse7146 Місяць тому

    top man , genie in gevoel voor music

  • @aaax9410
    @aaax9410 Місяць тому

    Nice one Guy :)

  • @markvalley
    @markvalley Місяць тому

    Guy, you are one of my few favorite people on the web.
    I need to buy ketchup; I'll try to get inspired by that.

  • @PendelSteven
    @PendelSteven Місяць тому

    Well, I've been in England before, but never shopped in a Tesco, so thanks for that in the start in the vid?
    Revived? Is is Easter yet?!? :-)
    (Well, it's less than 200 days away...)

  • @KK-hp5bl
    @KK-hp5bl Місяць тому

    ♥️

  • @Kudaquashe
    @Kudaquashe Місяць тому

    😂 Both funny and educative, thanks as always

  • @jmurray2018
    @jmurray2018 Місяць тому

    K almost spat my coffee out @12:03 literally in the middle of eating a fresh warm donut and drinking a morning coffee lol
    If only you could watched a live feed of me as you said that sentence lol yup you’ve def been revived Re-Guyvived

  • @kateohanlonmusic5872
    @kateohanlonmusic5872 Місяць тому

    Funny and informative 😂

  • @_mickmccarthy
    @_mickmccarthy Місяць тому +1

    Getting ideas for music from shower gel? Well that's an Original Source of inspiration! 😉

  • @johnnyjohnn281
    @johnnyjohnn281 Місяць тому

    A shower bottle. Excellent. 😁😁😁

  • @High-Tech-Geek
    @High-Tech-Geek Місяць тому

    Did you compose all the background music for this video?

  • @garethbishop
    @garethbishop Місяць тому

    “There’s nothing nicer than a sustained horn” 😂😂

  • @TonyCraigH
    @TonyCraigH Місяць тому

    😂 absolutely brilliant

  • @RikMaxSpeed
    @RikMaxSpeed Місяць тому

    A good one for the Goodwood Revival? 🚙 🎉😃

  • @smartyheadysyoutube3399
    @smartyheadysyoutube3399 Місяць тому

    sorry im late, 8:21 do you happen to still remember the chords you played on the short strings?

  • @almur88
    @almur88 Місяць тому +1

    John Lunn Downton Abbey vibe

  • @garethbishop
    @garethbishop Місяць тому

    In cubase, can you not go in and re-record the mod wheel if you didn’t do it the first time round? I’m thinking of switching from ableton to cubase, but I always do it again because both hands are busy the first time round (with overdub enabled).

  • @donaldjohnson394
    @donaldjohnson394 Місяць тому

    First notes I he was writing the Cheers theme song.

  • @High-Tech-Geek
    @High-Tech-Geek Місяць тому

    Your cameras seem blurry or low-res. Is it the brightness of the windows behind you? Do the lenses need cleaning? Even the lap cam seems blurry and low res. "Arturia" is blurry and not crisp. In contrast, your in-the-field camera seemed great!

  • @YT2024Hayward
    @YT2024Hayward Місяць тому

    arouse,
    encourage,
    energize,
    invigorate,
    overcome,
    quicken,
    recover,
    rejuvenate,
    rekindle,
    renew,
    renovate,
    repair,
    restore,
    resurrect,
    resuscitate,
    revitalize,
    strengthen
    animate,
    awaken,
    brighten,
    cheer,
    comfort,
    console,
    enkindle,
    enliven,
    exhilarate,
    gladden,
    inspirit,
    please,
    rally,
    reanimate,
    recondition,
    refresh,
    relieve,
    rouse,
    solace

  • @hip_hopwar8844
    @hip_hopwar8844 Місяць тому

    Or did you move from the C minor scale to the Bb major scale?

  • @f.herumusu8341
    @f.herumusu8341 Місяць тому

    Wasn't it Douglas Adams who answerd the question "Where do you get all your ideas from?" with "From a mail order company in Tenessee" and a explained to a young boy who struggled to find names for the characters in his stories that he probably drinks the wrong sort of coffee?

  • @hstanekovic
    @hstanekovic 29 днів тому

    Sounds like Hans Zimmer... kind of :)

  • @wiseoldfool
    @wiseoldfool Місяць тому

    I have another new word for you. "Faffling" - simultaneously faffing and waffling.

  • @rafaelbassvieira
    @rafaelbassvieira Місяць тому

    HAHAHAHAHAH the end got me crying laughing!!!!!!

  • @Dave-nm8uk
    @Dave-nm8uk Місяць тому

    For a second or two I wondered if Guy was going to pour Revived Body Wash over his keyboard. 🙂

  • @jasonp9508
    @jasonp9508 Місяць тому

    This is the Guy that we subscribe and view for. Such a good time!

  • @micwarren21
    @micwarren21 Місяць тому

    Could you do a presentation motivated by engine oil?

  • @PANTECHNICONRecordings
    @PANTECHNICONRecordings Місяць тому

    I don’t think I want to know what you can do with a sustained horn and a warm doughnut, thank you very much…

  • @WooCashM
    @WooCashM Місяць тому

    I have yet to see a more clever product placement! 🤣

  • @Rockhopper1
    @Rockhopper1 Місяць тому +1

    I am too old for a sustained horn now.

  • @beethockmtee8565
    @beethockmtee8565 Місяць тому

    Suspect Guy just wanted an excuse to write off his new body wash as a work expense... 🤣

  • @JimmiCottam
    @JimmiCottam Місяць тому +8

    Me: We need to buy Radox
    Wife: why, what's wrong with the stuff we already have?
    Me: Uncle Guy says it helps me write better music