Drug’s impact on music

I don't think drugs are a good idea to get inspiration, but on the other hand it's true that even some great literary masterpieces owe something to the use of opiates. In any case, I don't really believe it is the drugs that give the inspiration: they may merely enhance what's already there. If the inspiration is really missing, there's nothing in the world that can make it appear from out of nowhere.

Sorry, but as a musician and an occasional pot smoker, I would have to to agree that it is beneficial. Most of our fave prog was writen/recorded under the influence. Zappa, Fripp, et al. not with standing; psychedelic drugs are influential in a big way in prog. While I certainly think that  it is not necessary, psychedelics bring an open mind to the table.

Honestly, it help the music to diversifiate. It help expand the world of music, it help making new kinds, new stuff.

I feel a good musician (a good artist) do not need drugs. He might find a some new possibilities, but not as many as if he was in a normal state of mind.

I think that using drugs to write music is merely cheating. If one needs to alter his normal perspectives with some kind of stuff he has some problems with creativity and I don't give a damn about what he writes. The problem is: what can the drugs REALLY DO in the process of composing a piece of music? Is that true that they give you the real inspiration or, as someone says, they write the music for you? I have many doubts about that...famous musicians who made use of drugs with consciousness (aka The Beatles) would tell you that it just gives you a different level of perception, then YOU have to use that new perception to write a worthy tune...others just don't seem to cope with music anymore once they're "cleaned up"...so I don't know what to think. Anyway, in every case I don't agree with using drugs as a helping tool for composing, it's really like cheating.

I dont care if an artist uses drugs or not to write songs on, as long as the end result is worth listening to. I think over 60% of Hawkwinds output suffered badly through writing under the influence

sorry.. the question is "What do you think about the artist's using mind-altering drugs to hear wonderful songs in different dimensions and then writing them down?"

Ex: Harmonium's Serge Fiori who reached a high consciousness level and heard his wonderful song "Histoires Sans Paroles" in a dream.

or Pink Floyd's early psychedelic works

even Beethoven was known to have written a few songs from having been in high levels of consciousness and hearing a few nice melodies. but probably through meditation.

 

 

Edited by stebo32