CL012: Film composer Rolfe Kent on morning pages and the Zen Effect

In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast I talk with Rolfe Kent who is a Los Angeles based film composer and has scored more than 50 films, including Academy Award nominated Up In The Air, Sideways, About Schmidt, Legally Blonde, Wedding Crashers, and the main title theme for the TV show Dexter. Born in England into a non-musical family, he knew at at 12 that he wanted to be a film composer. One of his latest projects is The Zen Effect, an innovative album of ambient drones for healing, meditation and enhanced concentration. ROLFE KENT SHOW NOTES: on the creative process of editing music on the creative process of writing music on the role of sound designer on keeping the director very involved with the process on staying inspired for new ideas on the story behind the idea of  The Zen Effect Favorite Tools: Evernote B- Rhymes Music Memos Favorite Book: The Art of Possibility – Benjamin Zander Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme