Unlocking Creativity | Philip Glass + More | Talks at Google

Panel discussion featuring Philip Glass, Roger O'Donnell, Terrace Martin and Kenny Werner.
Moderated by Michael Hawley (founder of e.g. Conference)
Philip Glass is a multi-award winning American composer and considered one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century.
Kenny Werner is a world-class pianist and composer who has played just about every major music festival, performed and recorded with Tony and Grammy Award winning artists, and composed for many orchestras and jazz orchestras around the world.
Roger O'Donnell is an English keyboardist best known for his work with The Cure. Roger has also performed in The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins and Berlin, as well as has an active solo career.
Terrace Martin is a multi-instrumentalist and two-time Grammy Award winning music producer from Los Angeles, best known for producing records for several prominent artists, such as Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson, Raphael Saadiq and YG among others.
Michael Hawley is an educator, computer scientist, musician and photographer who serves as founder/director/impresario of the e.g. Conference.
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[@ozozoz111]

Kenny and Philip are awesome. I could listen to them for days.

[@fran6b]

To me, Kenny Werner said it all (see 1:09:05). There is a lot of creative musicians out there without the patience to develop a musical language. Many musicians also sabotage themself in learning to much things instead of learning only a few. The goal of only learning a few musical elements is to make those elements your own. That is what you'll eventually own who will free you up, musically speaking. There is a time to let the music in you speak by itself but there also a time to practice adequatly to develop a musical language of your own.

[@CrossBonesAlex]

I've really enjoyed the whole discussion on creativity and the humour of these great musicians -especially the comments made by Kenny Werner and Terrace Martin made me lough out loud. Thank you.

[@VeneziaBeats]

Glass and Werner together, this is amazing

[@youtubed3951]

missed the live stream of this, thanks

[@howdydutt1e]

Awesome, I just discovered Terrace Martin

[@youtubed3951]

+howdydutt1e he's an awesome producer/rapper. Check out his project with Murs called The Melrose. And of course his solo stuff

[@francobonanni3499]

I agree with Glass it is very difficult to write what you hear. Putting on paper is very difficult it limits what you really hear in your head.

[@ozozoz111]

The Who was the band Kenny was talking about, not Cream.

[@Marcus_Sylvester]

Terrace Martin: ''The heart is the first drum.''

[@jazzupthattriad1257]

At moments, you could cut a piece of meat with the tension that's in that room. Egotistical, accomplished men filled with secret contempt for each other.

[@BrettPrice1983]

Arturo Senni looks to me like they are smiling, laughing and conversing.

[@jazzupthattriad1257]

That is what you see. What you see, perceive and the overall conclusion you've arrived at, however is not an accurate representation of the reality that you are observing. I see it wholly differently. You don't seem very apt at observing body language. I am a psychologist by profession, so the way I look at human interaction might vary from a human being such as you.

[@MrJadePinwheel]

Maybe you are reading into it too much... perhaps you should read Kenny Werner's book about shedding all the things you've learned & finding the true inspiration that lies within haha

[@bailiff360]

HIS NAME IS TERRACE NOT TERRENCE!