Inspiration comes in a different forms and artistic Inspiration can often be the hardest to source.

I recently had a moment where I was slammed full force with enough inspiration (I hope) to see me through the remainder of this year, 2012.

Standing on a break-wall over looking the wide ocean as a tumultuous storm rode in on the back of a surprisingly calm and even sea, I was struck with feelings of being both small and tall next to the enormous energy of the world around me.

Although I knew that so much on this earth could strike me down I was felt a deep strength as if I wielded the ability to lash out at nature, dive strong and fast into the sea and battle my way back to terra firma where I could breath deep of the scented air rising off the back of the broad mountains.

Ok, then reality kicked in.

But I was still inspired.

This whole experience left me reeling over the colours that exists in the natural world.  Artists spend their whole careers dealing with colour and the way it can be combined and applied to various surfaces.  As a musician tones are my colours, digital media is my surface and my instruments and equipment are my brushes.

When dealing with recording I can not get enough of this little beauty.

It's a guitar pedal, yes, but it's ability to act as a usb interface has been a god send.  I use this black beauty to record my elec piano and bass which along side my usb condenser mic and inbuilt drum sequencing software gives me all I need to complete numerous projects.

I spent an enormous amount of time researching this product and many guitar gizmo geeks will be screaming "It's not top of the line!"  "the sounds are too synthetic"  " there aren't enough foot pedals"  SO WHAT

There quite a few products like this on the market but there is one thing they can't include and that is a 'creativity button'.

I like to work with limitations but not liabilities.

I see this simple piece of equipment as the door way to more sounds than I could possibly use in my career.  All of the guitar, bass, piano and elec piano sounds you will hear in WTHIS Productions films and music clips will be processed by this piece.   www.wthisproductions.com

 The original single that will be feature in the short film KARMA uses a patch I created to emulate the sound of the lead guitarist for Japanese rock group Scandal,
which I used in a completely different range of the guitar and it provided me with inspiration to complete the entire track in one night and it came out more like a track from US group Korn.

See?   Creativity cant' be packaged or programmed and isn't dependant on the fancy piece of kit you own.

So I encourage people to not fuss over the latest software upgrade or newest piece of equipment when it comes to creative pursuits.  

Work with what you've got now rather than procrastinating until you own something new.

I have many upcoming projects including soundtracks for 5 WTHIS Production's films, duets with my girlfriend Naomi, a vocal trio and a very special surprise.  Sharing these journeys will be a huge joy for me and it all starts with the equipment I use.

Peace out !