I think there’s two different things. There’s creative block and then there’s being busy. Sometimes they’re happening at the same time. You could be busy with a lot of concerts, improvised work, or collaborations and still have the creative block. There’s a point, though, where it’s like why keeping so busy becomes a question. Is it just about convincing yourself that you are constantly creative? Then, the question becomes maybe those ideas are not going to be as interesting as something I can come up with if I sat in the mountains for six months trying to write something by myself, you know?
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Stephen O'Malley
American musician
United States · b. 1974
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Musician Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))) discusses the things you can learn from a collaboration, what it means to be successful, keeping your expectations in check, and never shutting off your brain.
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