Famous Musicians Who've Delved Into "spiritual Practicies"

[AlldayLoop]

Watched Day 9 of Leo's AZ Retreat Night Talks. When Leo talks about how when he does a silent retreat (10 days off), he's is not deliberately trying to work and get things done. Yet his creativity gets boosted. When he explained this, it reminded me of how Linkin Park wrote songs from their 2010 album "A Thousand Suns". They used a technique called automatic writing.

Linkin Park got this technique from Rick Rubin, who interestingly, was also the producer for some of Weezer's albums. For those who don't know, Rick Rubin introduced Rivers Cuomo (lead singer of Weezer) to meditation back in 2003. Since then, Rivers has been doing lots of hardcore silent retreats (30-day silent retreats once a year, and he's even done a few 45-day silent retreats). 

Here are a couple links on their experiences:

Mike Shinoda on Automatic Writing (skip to the "What were some of the ideas that emerged that surprised you guys as a band?" paragraph; that's where the explanation starts.)

Rivers Cuomo on Vipassana Meditation 

Rivers Cuomo on Meditation (video interview)

Edited May 10, 2017 by AlldayLoop
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