How to Force Creativity

[@judosailor]

A musician is never late. He arrives exactly when he means to.

[@seandaniel23]

Get that wizard talk out of here!

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@seandaniel23 Hey man, sorry I'm a half-hour late for my lesson. We can just go a half hour longer, right? >:(

[@endlessummermaui8995]

promptness is giving respect to yourself and others...I think Led Zepplin's Thats the way" is under rated.... Really appreciate the ideas of ALL your time....Glad to be 10 % of people watching....Women Rock...

[@noiseintheoffice]

Lateness is self-importance. Thinking, "What I'm doing is more important than you."

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Amy!

[@halfmanhalfcat1058]

great vid thanks

[@JimenezFernando]

Awesome !!!!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@sanatdangol2059]

Sage Vs Martin!

[@shroombeave]

In the Light is definitely an underrated Zeppelin song.

[@TheFeelButton]

You gotta love the folks that show up late and then feel entitled to waste more time with a long drawn out excuse! 🤯😤🤐 Good stuff Sean!!

[@seandaniel23]

My absolute favorite.

[@hanankhader5796]

Creative video!

[@seandaniel23]

:)

[@hanankhader5796]

Btw I'm one of those 10% females watching your channel

[@kikol.5002]

YAY

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheChristafershawn]

Thanks for the Mother Mother recommendation, never heard of them and they are sounding pretty awesome.Thanks again.

[@seandaniel23]

Glad you liked it!

[@samraffertymusic]

Where my lady guitarists at?? 🤘(I'm a female Sam) On another note, I would love to have so many guitars that I lost track of how many I owned 😄

[@noiseintheoffice]

I told my wife that I need a guitar for each different song. So far I can play 6 songs ;)

[@samraffertymusic]

@@noiseintheoffice 😂😂

[@Soupct34]

I have already mastered the force, I am the chosen one.

[@seandaniel23]

Restore balance

[@matthewhickey1858]

6:12 agree 100%

[@MichaelQuinlan207]

Led Zep song has to be ‘Wearing and Tearing’

[@sodakjohn]

I love Fiona Apple

[@seandaniel23]

She's the best.

[@nickmoore4880]

Early is on time!

[@seandaniel23]

You know it!

[@Jimmy-hf8fz]

@@seandaniel23 One of my brothers and I would rather be 30 mins early than a minute late. The other brother leaves when it's time to arrive. Drives us nuts.

[@pbsamanthamarie]

I have an idea on how to get in the "creative zone". Watch videos that are funny to you. It gets your imagination going, which is a big part of creativity. Try it!

[@seandaniel23]

Great call!

[@MikeDGuitar]

I noticed you have lots of strength in your left hand, Sean, from watching your videos. Do you have pain or soreness in your left wrist? My left hand is pretty strong, I broke the left lawnmower handle with it not too long ago, lol, but I noticed my left wrist is getting sensitive.

[@hunterthompson5596]

For me being creative involves me leaving what I'm trying to be creative with (example: if I'm in a rut with something, guitar for instance I have to put my guitar away and do something else and normally doing other things gives me inspiration and I have this drive when I pick my guitar up to do something new with whats in my head) if that makes since.

[@seandaniel23]

Great tip!

[@sicko_the_ew]

One thing to do with creativity (or maybe inspiration, rather) is to make inspiration optional. "Do it uninspired" is not the only alternative to doing it without inspiration. Just "get to work", nice and calm, nice and steady, nice and quiet. It's not just that inspiration will return if you do; it's that by just doing little things in a workmanlike manner, you can often do better than you would have under the influence of the vapours of enthusiasms. The other thing is to try and make it deliberate. You might enjoy some of Edward de Bono's books on creativity. Old, but great.

[@birthaappleshirt7404]

Can u compare the sage to a martin and Taylor

[@seandaniel23]

I for sure will do a vid comparing it to the Taylor.

[@Oldmaite]

The more you learn the easier it is to be creative...

[@andyesp4702]

People say that you're not helping because they don't know this is advanced guitar lessons. This is way above most people's level. Jazz music is complicated, another whole level. I have some experience with the guitar.( Spanish or nylon strings). I've been playing for a while. I know all basic major and minors chords, and the 7th, and the scales and how the work and I know like 2 or three basic chord progressions. I can play a few songs too, the best song that I can play right now is "my heart will go on" doing chords and melody at the same time. What would be the next step ??

[@noiseintheoffice]

Do you read the dots? (Music notation, just in case you don't) :)

[@andyesp4702]

@@noiseintheofficewhy this question? My guitar doesn't have dots

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@andyesp4702 There's your trouble right there! Seriously, learning to read music notation has made a world of difference for me. Seeing how the staff positions relate the fret positions on the guitar has opened a whole new world of comprehension for me. Also, maybe you have a classical with no dots at all? Or one of those fancy guitars that has big pearl rectangles instead? Someday, I too will have a fancy pearl rectangles/no dots guitar. I can dream...

[@andyesp4702]

@@noiseintheofficeo oh, I can't read music, that's no what I want. I just want to know some basic theory stuff and be able to play. I have an old classical guitar, that's the only guitar I own, and it doesn't have dots

[@bryansullivan4350]

Okay I could not get past the 36-second mark...LMAO

[@seandaniel23]

That’s a tough bar to set

[@richlight]

I have noticed creativity to be very linked to my mood and my love of the specific guitar I have at the time. When my guitar was vicious assaulted I lost my will to even play for a few days. I play best when I'm.super pissed weirdly enough, or on a good mood ... Or if a pretty chick is in ear shot my.mind is like hey let's play better than we ever have before lol. So if I had. Steady stream of hot chicks in earshot I'd be amazing by now hahahahaha

[@skutty5773]

This is good advice . But .How can we be present ? I find im always either late or early !

[@Geno5]

I have been hearing the words “Heaven” and “Stairway”. Trying to come up with a song… It escapes me. Maybe you could help?

[@seandaniel23]

Ooooh heaven is a stairway on Earth!

[@damien6685]

That's the first time Belinda Carlisle has come up in casual conversation here

[@sandy.redding]

Fiona Apple is indeed amazing. Really wish she would put out something new though.

[@seandaniel23]

Same.

[@eamonmac2751]

Where in Ireland does your family come from?

[@spinnerone105]

Musicians raising babies get 10 minute grace period on lateness.

[@seandaniel23]

I have a lot of friends raising kids that still make it to work on time everyday.

[@spinnerone105]

Sean Daniel ok u have made me raise the ante. How about 1 month old triplets with no family nearby to help?

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@spinnerone105 One word for you my friend: _Triple stroller._ That's all I'm sayin'

[@spinnerone105]

noiseintheoffice i accept one word being either triple or stroller but not both. Ok upping the ante again. Two babies have a bad case of colic and spouse is sick in bed....

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@spinnerone105 I'm not late for our daily meeting. I'm 23:45 early.

[@AuralSects]

Have you noticed that the number one most popular song on your Spotify page is by that other Sean Daniel? I guess that kinda sucks.

[@seandaniel23]

pretty amazing right? Spotify has been so quick to fix it after like 30 emails

[@rachelthompson9324]

the ideal of inspiration is false, sets you up to procrastinate and thus fail. It's not necessary. It comes to you when you call on it. I learned working for newspapers and mags, in my art work and music that writer's block and other lacks of inspiration is a BS excuse to avoid getting down to it. It's a matter of force of will, like Yoda said, "do or do not, there is no try."

[@sonnenhafen5499]

"you have three days from now for the song"

[@richphillips4850]

Hey Sean, love your videos. I was wondering do you set up your guitars or do you have someone do it for you?

[@noiseintheoffice]

I was at a music store waiting with that super-awesome guitarist guy with his well-traveled vintage Martin acoustic (there's one guy at _every_ guitar shop). I almost laughed out loud when he asked the clerk if someone could _tune_ his guitar for him.

[@JerryDechant]

Sage vs Taylor, sounds like a good match up. I'd guess, for similarly priced guitars, they are on par with each other, although the Taylor doesn't come with a hard shell case, at least mine didn't :P It came with a pretty good gig bag. (Personally, I prefer hard shell cases.)

[@Harias_VI]

Hey what are the chords at 6:59 is it from anything there so pleasant

[@seandaniel23]

It’s c major 7 to d7 to em7 to f#m7b5 to g

[@Harias_VI]

Sean Daniel thank you!

[@jeffbuckley4453]

u know sean, i heard maryjuwanna helps creativity!

[@seandaniel23]

So I’ve heard!

[@jeffbuckley4453]

@@seandaniel23 yea..."heard" lol

[@Fezzler61]

Never late, Irish Catholic, constant self loathing. It all adds up. And sorry, I don't believe Cry Baby Cry is your favorite Beatle song. Beyond deep cut.

[@rayross997]

Unlike your salty commentator I need help, the first step to getting help is admitting you need help. Keep helping us Sean.

[@seandaniel23]

Will do!

[@frankiecampos8909]

Felt that catholic shame!

[@rachelthompson9324]

Salty comment, salt is in everything, all processed food has too much of it. Massive amounts of salt is really bad for you, so avoid salt like avoiding salty comments. Either should only be taken in moderation.

[@noiseintheoffice]

Yeah, I love the liteharted way Sean deals with the haters. But I think some of those comments still hurt him. Not cool.

[@TSGEnt]

Ah, Mother Mother. I love those crazy Canadians.

[@seandaniel23]

So good!

[@JerzeiBalowski]

‘Cry Baby Cry’? Really? Out of the hundreds of great songs, surely there’s another. Cry Baby Cry is simply the template for every Oasis song that Gallagher ripped off of Lennon/McCartney.

[@noiseintheoffice]

It's in the _Cool Guys_ handbook: When asked for your favorite song from , you must always, ALWAYS, _ALWAYS_ name some song that was never played on the radio or, ideally, that no one else has ever even _heard_ of. Never say something like, "Oh, my fave Beatles song? Yesterday/Eleanor Rigby/MIchelle/Blackbird etc." Don't hate on Sean. He's just following the rules.

[@thewalrus7261]

U mean... u can't just... u know... rip other artists off?

[@seandaniel23]

Well you can always do that too

[@noiseintheoffice]

@@seandaniel23 But only if you want to be a pop star. 1-6-4-5, 1-4-5-6, 1-6-5-4, lather, rinse, repeat...

[@bayareablues2255]

See, you're just too young. When I was a lad, Four Sticks was on the FM radio all the time. I bet you're so young you don't even know what FM radio is! ;-)

[@seandaniel23]

I was just on FM radio last saturday!

[@ianrichardson3968]

Salty elitist jazz comment of the week...Your "Jazz" is un-jazzy and lacks any Jazz..ability...Pray tell why you do not..Study..! There should be a salty comment of the week as well....they're funny.