✳️ Mel Booker Music Steemit Contest #3 ❗️✳️ INSPIRATION ✳️
Hey everyone! New Contest - Let's Go!!
Inspiration
- What is inspiration?
- How do we get inspired?
- How do we stay inspired?
Let's Look
Inspiration In Many Forms
Inspiration is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as:
"The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative."
Inspiration can come from:
- Great music :-)
- A great book
- A great friend
- A great family member
- A great movie
- Great artwork
...you get the point.
Most often, we are moved (to action) by great things that inspire us. We continue to be inspired by continually seeking out these great things.
This reminds me of a time in my life when I experienced just that.
I was teaching music at a local store, years before I had my own school. In the studio next to me was a saxophone teacher.
One particular day, as he and I were both between students, he began to play some lines that just "grabbed my ear" - for lack of a better term. Nothing short of amazing.
I went in to his studio, and asked him what he was playing. He began showing me what he was doing, and I played it on my guitar. I'm not sure why I never thought to do that before.
Playing his horn lines on guitar was a new way of thinking for me, thus sparking a quest in me to learn about horn players, and add some of that style to my playing. Inspired was an understatement. As a result, I found myself (the guitarist) listening non-stop to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Inspiration from a completely different instrument - a great feeling.
That's just one story. There are many others, but that will have to do for this post. 😊
The Contest
Now, having read my story of how being inspired by one great musician, led me to being even more inspired by other great musicians, this contest will be done the same. I want to find and acknowledge great people here on steemit.
I want "you" to tell of inspiring Steemians. 😊
Here are the rules:
- Upvote this post
- Resteem this post
- YOU WILL VOTE FOR & TAG A STEEMIAN WHO INSPIRES YOU IN THE COMMENTS
- The steemian who you vote for must have a reputation score under 60
- 1-2 Paragraphs Only explaining why they inspire you.
- 2 Winners - $10 SBD each (for the winning comments, not the person who inspired you)
- Winning comments will be posted in the announcement post, as well as a shout out for the ones who inspire.
- Feel free to discuss and get inspired by each other - that's how we roll on my page 😊
- Contest expires when this post expires: 7 days.
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I vote for @klynic.
Everytime i meet him and we get into discussing. There is always this zeal on my part to do more on the steemit platform. Given that he was the one who introduced me to steemit, its pretty easy for me to be inspired by him.
Another thing is his creativity and his originality on the platform. This drove me to do something meaningful and helpful. So i decided to teach guitar music theory. I love music and decided to help other steemians in that aspect as well.
Thank you @melbookermusic for the opportunity. I really appreciate this contest.
I like your comment @aehiguese ... it reminds me of my son who has got the music bug and shares it with everyone causing more music babies! lol
Hahaha...your son and I are somewhat alike then... Thank you so much Ma for your comment
Looks like we were the only ones to actually read the post at this point
It seemed so 7 hours ago.
Thanks! I have followed @klynic
I was inspired by Carole King who wrote and sang songs about feelings, and hurts and fears and joys with such simplicity. I saw how the guitar need be the only accompaniment and the power was in the song, not the instrument!
It made me a great song writer. For example, my song Closing Time found here: http://closingtime.myftps.com/story_html5.html is how I write songs because of Carole King. I saw a neighbor going to a bar, but though many thought he'd only go to get drunk I knew he drank a lot a home, so I dug deep into "why" he went. This song is a product of that, and Carole King is the reason I produce songs based on life.
Wow! I love your song. I love this part, "what matters more is, can you pray? "
Such lovely piece... Well done @nancymoral
I upvote @xpency, this guy is great in what he does in steemit platform, his unflinching effort in reaching out to people and his words of encouragement whenever he holds a meetup is really amazing.
Although he hardly have chance to do all the check up to posts but i respect is sincerity because he never promised me to do it, he inspires me with his words and atittudes, which has propelled me to say I must successed in steemit.
I love motivational and inspirational stuff and i have decided to bring my motivational prowel to the platform to help my follow steemians know that they can make it,even with not knowing anybody.
Thanks @melbookermusic
Great page! I just followed @xpency Thanks!!
Quoted above, is one out of many comments made by @hartfloe on my posts that have really endeared me to him, making me stimulated and inspired to do more and put more effort into my posts in order to bring out the best that can be out of me, especially in poetry. That particular comment was made on this blog post of mine. Just like you were inspired by the Saxophone teacher who's lines, "grabbed your ear", @hartfloe does not only inspire me through constant encouragement, but being the poet I am, a visit to his blog avails to me so many poems that "grab my heart". These poems of his stimulate, inspire and spark up fire in me to write more great poems and try to be the best at what I do. (Here's a recent poem of his which inspired me so much. It explores the potency of thought and the fact that we all grow and our true beauty shows, when the time is just right)
If there is anything I want to be, I would want to be hardworking, very friendly and write really good poems. I am inspired and motivated by @hartfloe because that is what he really is. I wish I could go further but I am constrained to two paragraphs so I'd better stop here before the hammer is dropped on me for flouting the rules 😀. Anyway, thank you @melbookermusic for this inspiring contest. Yes! the contest in itself is inspiring😁😁. Remain blessed and stay great Sir.
I've been inspired by @luzcypher and the Open Mic contest. It's got me making more music. Then he worked with @meno to do the songwriter contest and that really got me going. I write several new songs for that. I'm not used to writing for a particular topic or to a deadline. I got some good songs out of that.
It means a lot the work you guys do here. I sincerely thank you for running a great part of your career in this platform, as an artist I can assure your work is more than inspirational. It's a relief and a great joy to be able to find such amazing artists showing the way it's done! Cheers and thank you for sharing your work/heartfelt art with us!
wow.. amazing music I like it.sir
Wonderful music.
I like it.
I vote for @portilloart
I am not sure how "i discovered" him, maybe it was from a resteem in my feed or a curation from @cervantes. He's a talented artist who captivate me with his abstract paintings; he shares his creative process and final masterpieces and i really love his style / work. I think this is one of the first post i read : https://steemit.com/art/@portilloart/pintura-contemporanea-neofigurativo-o-nueva-figuracion-proceso-creativo-detallado , and i love the composition, the colors, the time he took to educate us about the complete process. I also like this paintings a lot : https://steemit.com/art/@portilloart/paintings-works-of-art-from-the-series-faces
All my life i have been a fan of abtract art and since a few years ago i felt the call and urge to create, to draw and paint and even when i have not fullfilled or nurtured this desire so much (because my #1 passion is singing and i prefer to spend my time on it), i am truly inspired by @portilloart and makes me feel more committed to buy art stuff and play around, try his techniques and tips, have fun while trying to create something nice and share it on steemit
Thanks @melbookermusic for this contest and wonderful opportunity to reflect on ourselves and our passions
Thank You. Following @portilloart now. :-)
Amazing music, I like it 👍
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