A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following

I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head

I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that

I started playing music at a pretty young age

Happy music doesn't tend to move me much

So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity.

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration