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Do Drugs Enhance Musical Creativity?
March 3, 2009 | 
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I took some Tylenol PM last night. I was playing my heart out on the guitar.. I played some of my favorite covers.. Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, The Beatles. Tossed in a few of my originals… I may play a little picnic gig thing in May.
You know, I think it sounded better because I was getting a little woozy from the “PM” part of the Tylenol. Or maybe it was in my head. In any case:
DO mild altering drugs enhance musical creativity? Do they make you play better? You know there are tons of musicians out there that think so. And some of the best records in history were made while “under the influence.” Or that’s what is said in musician drug circles.
Some Bands on Drugs:
- Beatles
- The Who
- Pink Floyd
- David Bowie
- The Doors
- Greatful Dead
- Rolling Stones
- Jefferson Airplane
- Led Zeppelin
- ETC..etc..etc
But drugs have a way of telling lies. Maybe these people were talented and creative rather they were on drugs or not. Perhaps creativity is a gift… Drugs are just taking the credit. What do you think?
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Pink Floyd – Do They Trip on Acid?
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Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands… I can trip on acid to almost any of their records all they way back to the beginning. If I tripped on acid 
They were the first to really do the “space sound” You know what I mean?
They are the poster children of Acid Music. Right? But were they actually acid junkies? Somebody recently was telling me that Roger Waters says he rarely ever took acid… He just enjoyed having a few beers…Wow… I thought it took acid to actually influence them to come up with that spacey sound.
Which perhaps leads me to another post for tomorrow (or sometime)
Does Drugs enhance creativity?
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Does Wearing a Ball Cap Make You Go Bald?
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When I finally got a job that allowed me to grow my hair out without any consequences I finally set out to do that…The problem was that my hair was always in my face. It was a horrible thing because it was not long enough to pull back into a ponytail.
The solution? Put on a ball cap. I wore one for over a year until my hair was long enough to pull back out of my face. I became known at my new job as the dude that always wore that same hat. These new co workers thought it was something I always did…Wear a hat.
I told them I don’t ever wear a hat actually…That it just kept the hair out of my face….That’s good, they said…Because wearing a hat will make your hair fall out.
What? You gotta be kidding right?
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