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E V A N R E D S K Y 74 LESSON ONE: FINDING INSPIRATION " There's no right or wrong way to go about it. An idea for a song can strike you like a bolt of lightning." COMING UP WITH AN IDEA OR CONCEPT FOR A SONG Sometimes this can be the hardest thing and the hardest step of the process. Ask yourself: What am I trying to communicate? Is it a feeling? Are you happy? Are you sad? Are you melancholic? Are you angry? "There's a technique to just opening up and looking for a line of something jumps out at you." Choose your resources very wisely but theres are some places to find inspiration: • Books • Magazines • Conversations with friends and family "When you listen to people and you truly listen to people, they could say things that inspire you." " Your writing is only as good as the books you read. Other people's language helps lift up your language" INSPIRING PEOPLE AND THEIR BOOKS TO INSPIRE YOU: • Waubshegig Rice - Moon of the Crusted Snow • Tanya Talaga - All My Relations • Billy Ray Belcourt (poet) • Richard Wagames - Embers "You never know what's going to be that bolt of lighting that sort of sets you on your path to telling your story, creating a narrative and ultimately writing a song." Evan draws inspiration from this Toronto Hardcore book, an encyclopedia of punk rock in Toronto, Ontario since the late seventies, early eighties. You can also find inspiration in art, like this Carl Beam book. Evan describes Carl as the grandfather of contemporary first nations art