CL021: Martin Taylor on being a creative musician

Fingerstyle jazz guitarist Martin Taylor shares with us his approach to being a creative musician and teaching music online. In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast, he talks about the importance of being selective in terms of which ideas he pursues and what creative success means to him. "You might make a cup of tea in it, you use the wrong tea bags and it doesn't taste too good. That's a little failure, so you throw it down the sink. Then you make yourself an amazing espresso and that's a success. It's just a matter of always moving on." "You cannot be stuck with something. If it doesn't work, move on." - Martin Taylor Martin Taylor Show Notes: Time Management (10:42) Creativity as a musician (12:22) Training himself to listen as a musician and as a non musician (15:58) Working on a fantastic idea that won't work at all (18:50) Playing something in the guitar to his Dad when he was 8 years old Working with students to bring out their skills (24:13) Getting his students to sing (26:18) Ear Training (27:08) New York retreat (29:43) The artist in us is very important (33:48) Best advice in music (35:00) Never do anything just for the money (36:06) Favorite Tools: Spotify YouTube Favorite Record: Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra 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