Thread: Lucid Dreaming And Art

Nice idea. Quite a few pieces of music I've written have been dream-inspired, but never lucid dream-inspired (as I have yet to experience one).

I like the idea of taking your creativity in its entirety from your dreams, as dreams, and by extension the unconscious mind, contains the purest forms of your thoughts. In other words, your creativity is unlikely to be subjected to conscious thought, social norms, or doubt.

Originally Posted by DinoSawr

Although I haven't had the opportunity yet, I plan on using lucid dreams to help me create music. I often hear music in my dreams anyway, and if I could tap into that and direct it where I wanted, I think I could get some really cool ideas from my dreams.

I plan on doing this as well. I'm not 100% sure actual melodies can be heard in dreams, or if it's just the illusion/mental project of melodies, but it would be cool to be able to say you heard a song you've written in your dreams, like Paul McCartney. My tracks are only dream-inspired, rather than dream-created so far...

Originally Posted by moSh

I plan on doing this as well. I'm not 100% sure actual melodies can be heard in dreams, or if it's just the illusion/mental project of melodies, but it would be cool to be able to say you heard a song you've written in your dreams, like Paul McCartney. My tracks are only dream-inspired, rather than dream-created so far...

I think the music is probably an illusion or jumble if you don't put your attention to it, but I feel like if you were to listen carefully you could probably hear clear melodies and notes. I bet you could even learn them well enough to remember them when you wake up. If nothing else, you could get the general groove or feel of a song going.

Originally Posted by DinoSawr

I think the music is probably an illusion or jumble if you don't put your attention to it, but I feel like if you were to listen carefully you could probably hear clear melodies and notes. I bet you could even learn them well enough to remember them when you wake up. If nothing else, you could get the general groove or feel of a song going.

I hear absolutely beautiful classical music when I'm in the hypnagogic state and occasionally in the LD... All original. But alas, I only play the drums and cannot write music.

Originally Posted by Liquidaque

I hear absolutely beautiful classical music when I'm in the hypnagogic state and occasionally in the LD... All original. But alas, I only play the drums and cannot write music.

I'm the same (or, at least I was), I'm a drummer but am trying for a degree in music! It's not easy. Fortunately I started producing electronic music a few years ago, which serves as my creative output.
It's all here if anyone's interested: Headache Cures For The Mentally Ill by Hypocr.te on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

^^^ I'm only a few seconds in and I already love your sound!

Originally Posted by Blunt

^^^ I'm only a few seconds in and I already love your sound!

Thanks a lot!

Originally Posted by moSh

I'm the same (or, at least I was), I'm a drummer but am trying for a degree in music! It's not easy. Fortunately I started producing electronic music a few years ago, which serves as my creative output.
It's all here if anyone's interested: Headache Cures For The Mentally Ill by Hypocr.te on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Count me in this drumming circle as well! I play percussion and drums as well.

I am digging your sounds as well. I am also learning to create electronic music, but I have not finished any projects yet.

Originally Posted by moSh

I'm not 100% sure actual melodies can be heard in dreams, or if it's just the illusion/mental project of melodies

What's the difference between an actual melody and the illusion of a melody? All melody and music is an illusion. It's the illusion of order found in tones that really have no relation to each other. Music only exists in our heads and all melodies are just mental projections.

Originally Posted by dms111

What's the difference between an actual melody and the illusion of a melody? All melody and music is an illusion. It's the illusion of order found in tones that really have no relation to each other. Music only exists in our heads and all melodies are just mental projections.

What I mean by the illusion of a melody, is the possibility that in a dream your brain is thinking it can hear a melody, when really it's, say, the parts of your brain that activate when you hear music (if that makes sense). For example, say you listen to a piece of music when awake, what you actually 'hear' is your brain's projection of what goes through your ears as electrical signals. Say you then hear this same piece of music in a dream, what I'm trying to say is that it's just brain activity, and it perhaps you're experiencing this activity without actually being given any notes in your dream.

I may be completely wrong, and we'll obviously never know, but I've heard a lot of people saying they hear fantastic melodies in their dreams, but can't remember them when they wake up, no matter how hard they try. Maybe their brain is telling them they can hear a really good tune, when really there's nothing being played?

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Originally Posted by DinoSawr

Count me in this drumming circle as well! I play percussion and drums as well.

I am digging your sounds as well. I am also learning to create electronic music, but I have not finished any projects yet.

Cheers man!

What programme(s) are you using? If you need any help, particularly with Reason or Cubase, I'd be happy to.

Originally Posted by moSh

What programme(s) are you using? If you need any help, particularly with Reason or Cubase, I'd be happy to.

For non-electronic stuff I use Sibelius, but for electronic stuffs I'm using FL Studio. At first I tried out this program called Mixcraft (which is pretty handy), but I wanted a little bit more control so now I'm learning to use FL Studio.

I might have to inquire how you got a certain effect for something on your soundcloud tracks at some point I'm currently making a remix of "What is Love," so I'll be sure to let you know when I'm finished if you want to check it out.