I think creation is the highest form of existence--creating beautiful, useful things that never existed before. I have always been this way I guess. In fact, as a child, I remember listening to music and thinking, "But I wish that melody went this way instead." I remember my childhood friend, Stan, laughing at me and saying "Tyson, you're crazy!" when I would criticize the way a piece of music was written. In no time, before I was even a teenager really, I was re-arranging music shortly followed by interjecting newly composed content into the arrangements. Of course, I grew to love composing music.
But I haven't been actively involved in music since I re-retired from the church music scene 6 years ago or so. At that time I came out of my earlier church music retirement to serve as the interim music director for my church--which certainly has one of the best church music programs in all of Atlanta. I wrote and arranged a good bit during that time. But I haven't arranged or composed anything in years now. Of late, I find this very distressing.
I have spent all of my time and energy creating and learning on the instructional technology side of my life: design and creation of digital video for instructional use, graphics, web design, instructionally-related blogging, interactive design, online content management, etc., which is equally as creative I guess. But I feel a need to get back to my roots: music. Hmm, I think I will start by acquiring Logic Pro 7, learning it, and then begin creating with it. GarageBand and Soundtrack Pro, while very functional for a variety of uses, distress me greatly as a musician. For me, assembling loops doth not a satisfactory composition make. Although I must confess to loop assembly for drum tracks and the like. I used Studio Vision Pro years ago. I loved it, but the company died long, long ago.
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