I experience "flow" when I am writing/recording music. I also, when I am playing well, experience "flow" on the tennis court. This is an awesome feeling that is normally only fully-appreciated after the fact. I recorded music last night and I was never really in the "flow." But there are times when I am and the results are so obviously better. There are times when I feel like a "vessel" and have no input in to this thing being created. -Those (rare) moments are really special. This song was like that. Good question HedonicTreadmiller.
This afternoon i was jamming with some people from school and definitely had a flow moment. We were playing Sir Duke and i had never really played it before but when it came time to do the lick i got the entire thing down through educated guesses. It was a REALLY satisfying feeling for me.
First, I'm jealous that you were jamming Sir Duke, that sounds like fun, what a great song. That instrumental breakdown lick is all over the place, I can see why you were proud. Nice work. Did you guys have horns jamming too?
Horns make everything better :) You get the CD's and the stickers?
Ditto on music. It's kind of a double-edged sword, though. If I get too far into the zone I not only forget to eat, but I lose all appetite. If it's too late at night, I won't be able to sleep, either. So well put.There are times when I feel like a "vessel" and have no input in to this thing being created
I remember being a kid, playing my guitar and for the first time realizing this effect. I "came to" and realized I was so in the "zone" that I was drooling.