What Inspires Me?- pt 1 Music!
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Written By: Rachel
As a designer I draw inspiration from lots of different places, however one of my biggest inspirations when creating a new collection is music. Every collection I make gets its own dedicated playlist that I listen to while sketching. This playlist can be really long or as short as 3 songs. It simply has to give the right feeling that I’m going for in the collection. While I don’t solely use the playlist it is a big part of what I use to inspire me while I sketch.
If I hear a song that inspires me and I think would be good for a playlist in the future I will add it to my general “inspo” playlist; this way when creating a new collection playlist I can look back through at the songs I already know inspire me.
What kinds of songs?
Many people might assume that my playlist is nothing but romantic songs someone might play at a wedding. While that describes a good third of the songs that are on the playlist, it doesn’t describe them all. I also love instrumental and some pretty sad songs too. The point of my playlist is to help draw an emotion and paint a picture. I, like most designers and artist types, am very emotionally driven and I use my music to help put me into that headspace while I sketch.
Perplexing as it is, the sad songs are often some of my favorites. I am a big romantic and often love heartbreaking songs. I love them because to be so heartbroken you have to have loved deeply. So, while I am designing wedding gowns these songs often help paint that kind of love you have with a partner when you do get married. I also enjoy that little bit of irony there.
One of my favorite types of songs to listen to is a classic instrumental. Whether that is an instrumental version of a more popular song or a classical piece by some of the world’s best composers. I like them because they can paint a picture without words. A sequence of notes can mean one thing the first time I listen to it but then give me a different feeling the second. It gives my playlists quite a bit of variety. While songs with lyrics often give you the same feeling again and again; because the words are keeping you in the same storyline over and over again.
