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Ernest Beaux's avatar

I love how you are able to liberate the nuances of peoples processes of developing their ideas. Thank you for you attentiveness it's inspiring.

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Jillian Hess's avatar

That means a lot to me. Thank you!💛

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David Perlmutter's avatar

This casual way of brainstorming extended to when they began to write songs for and perform on each other's solo projects in the 1970s (after the dust of the breakup settled). John, Paul and George all contributed pieces to Ringo's solo works, and George collaborated with Ringo on songwriting (they wrote his first solo #1 hit, "Photograph").

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Jan Whalen's avatar

Didn't know George co-wrote that!

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Jillian Hess's avatar

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing, David.

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CG Karas's avatar

Very nice advice. Collaboration has almost disappeared in music. Too bad. Very dangerous

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Jillian Hess's avatar

The world would be better with more collaboration!

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Jan Whalen's avatar

What a fabulous post.

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Jillian Hess's avatar

Thank you, Jan!

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Jeff Turner's avatar

Brlliant … a fascinating piece

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Chloé's avatar

I value the pictures of the creative process. I swear by the scraps of paper tip as well.

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Jillian Hess's avatar

Me too!

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Allen Martin's avatar

Also. The Get Back movie is a fascinating look inside their creative process.

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Jillian Hess's avatar

It is--I loved that movie!

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Allen Martin's avatar

Thanks for sharing the reference to Burroughs cut up technique. I’ve been doing those off and on for many years and I thought I had an original

Idea! Which I did. But not the first.

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Jillian Hess's avatar

Isn't amazing how we all come up with similar ideas across time and space?

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Kerry's avatar

I really agree with the idea that the medium (handwritten on scrap paper, recopied into a tidy notebook, typed into a computer, etc) affects the content. For me too, computer- typed notes take on an unwanted solidity or rigidity, appearing to see themselves as carved in stone rather than subject to crossing out, revamping, or stirring wildly together as ingredients in something entirely different.

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Jillian Hess's avatar

I feel this so much right now as I'm drafting my book!

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Jon's avatar

This is just spectacular; you can almost see inside their minds. Brilliant.

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Jillian Hess's avatar

Awe, thank you, Jon!💛

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Marco & Sabrina's avatar

So true about leaving work half backed on scraps of paper. Never had a good idea in our lives sitting in front of a computer!

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