“You should write down what you would like your future to look like, because otherwise you will be on autopilot.” – Rolfe Kent
In Episode 3 of
Deviate, Rolf discusses music and the creative process with accomplished Hollywood film composer
Rolfe Kent (
@rolfekent), whose recent project,
The Zen Effect, is available on iTunes.
To download a free track from
The Zen Effect, visit
Rolfe's website.
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Rolfe's film and TV scores discussed in the interview:
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Show Notes:
- Purpose of a movie score (11:45)
- Career path and early influences (23:22)
- Rolfe's muscial style (27:18)
- Collaborating with filmmakers (37:30)
- Letting go of completed work (43:40)
- Accidental versus intentional creativity (47:50)
- On different instruments offering different opportunities to convey a message (50:32)
- On inspiration (52:30)
- Organization and focus techniques (54:20)
- Creative process (59:25)
- Mid-career creativity and "success management" (1:12:10)
- Restrictions as a catalyst for creativity (122:19)
- Immersive music theater (1:24:30)
- Scoring one’s own life (129:40)
- Musical structure and its function in everyday life (1:30:55)
Free download from Rolfe's Kent's Zen Effect.
This episode was sponsored by the Paris Writing Workshop, an intensive one-month course in the artistic heart of Europe.
The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber.
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