Love this, reminded me of the Yamaha MT100 I had as a teen - well before I got into using my first DAW. The name of that DAW I've never been able to remember -

Love this, reminded me of the Yamaha MT100 I had as a teen - well before I got into using my first DAW. The name of that DAW I've never been able to remember - it was on a Mac Classic... I've noticed two things when it comes to inspiration / creativity (around music, but probably other creative endeavours) which are both sort of connected to this piece and the comments: 1. You need some kind of workflow that removes as much friction as possible. I know when writing music that ideas are extraordinarily fragile. You have to sort of tease them out like a wild, untamed animal hiding in the bushes - if you move too quickly in one direction, look the other way or go in the wrong direction then it just disappears. This is what I've really loved about Ableton (vs other DAWs) - it is so quick to just "get going": drop on an instrument, push record - done. 2. Simplicity - and in fact, positive lack of options and input methods - is so often lost in this (granted - amazing!) world of endless VSTs, synths, mics, desks, etc. I know too many musicians who spend all their time fiddling with the gear (I'm guilty too..) and not doing the really important thing which is laying down ideas and building on them. One specific thing I've really noticed using Ableton Note (the amazing but very limited iOS app) is that for me (as a 40+ year pianist) is that not having a (proper) keyboard interface and instead using a grid to input notes actually really helps me - and the reason it helps is that it prevents me from falling back into familiar, known shapes of chords, notes, progressions - and the consequence is that I'm writing weird stuff that I never would have written with a keyboard. In short: simplicity and limitation can be extraordinarily inspiring!