Real life version of Prince Charming from Shrek. That was one Great interview!

Really interesting to hear him talk about how he approaches his compositions and how he talks about their architecture, particularly how he highlights how creating those foundations (or perhaps restrictions) actually leads to more creativity. Really useful. And the Zimmer quote, "why go with your fifth bad idea when you can go with your first bad idea" is so wise.

Can we have a weekly Eric homily please! I could listen to this guy all day :)

Beautiful passionate interview. Thank you Christian and Eric!

The internet is not a force, but a manifestation of the forces inside humanity and society.

I wish @KZread had a way to like a video more than once. I found my self to wanting to hit the like button 👍🏼 multiple times, throughout the video.

Great opportunity to get inside the mind of a master. We need more interviews like this! Thank you Eric and all the Spitfire team :)

Amazing interview. Some really great insights in there. Thanks for the video! Also - If I look like him when I get a bit older then I can die a happy man. Stay Awesome Rory @ Hyper Production

I love his work

Wow, this is such a fascinating interview. Packed with open and honest insights and ideas. Many thanks to Eric (and Christian) for sharing.

1:37 is exactly how I felt when I first heard Chopin, Bach, Mozart.

What an absolutely incredible interview in so many ways. He had some amazing takes on a lot of interesting subjects, never mind the pure inspiration from a musical point of view.. This interview will definitely stick with me going forward!

One thing I LOVE about choir is that it's not about anyone person. Choir is a team sport. It is hard to get it right, but when singing in a choir is done right, it is so worth all the blood sweat and tears! HUGE Eric Whitacre fan! I also find him super inspiring, the fact that he was willing to go out of his comfort zone, and write a song for his professor is such a cool story!

Wonderfully honest interview - the bit on the process of composing particularly was so useful to hear.

What a great interview! Thank you

Loved this! Thank you!

Very personal and meaningful interview!

Beautiful interview...one of the best I ever listened to.

What a great person! So likable articulate and charming. Humble genius. I love when he says he sounds like “I have it all worked out…but it’s really a disaster when it’s happening!” (As a fine artist, in my case, his creative process is similar to my creative process in painting. And, that a piece potentially can never be finished. And, the time limitations helps him start and finish a work. In my case, I have to frame a painting or I’ll never stop working on it.) I feel what he feels about the openness and possibility of anything in California, as well. I started my art career in San Francisco fir that same reason. So great that there are people out there like this.

Amazing interview Eric!

wonderful interview !

It is an awesome interview. It is fantastic when a composer starts appreciating own musical work. That is maturity. Thanks for sharing that.

Really enjoyed this

Beautiful

Hometown hero! I’m from Carson City, NV. About twenty minutes from where Eric is from.

Fantastic interview. I really miss feeling part of something bigger sat at my computer: first felt it playing violin (very badly) in a youth orchestra and later playing in a band when you're really clicking. Must be amazing to be part of a professional choir or orchestra.

It's a delicious irony that the same science whose value is promoted above that of music then underpins the very value of music. The therapeutic power of music is an innate knowledge we all share and is supported by a wealth of scientific evidence.

Anyone else notice the color glitch @19:07? I blinked and it freaked me out LOL.

"nothing beats straight-tone" :)

"I am afraid" may be the opening words of the MD... but ultimately, they describe our own deep seated fear of death... if we get quiet enough to listen to it and stop distracting ourselves endlessly. "I am afraid" must surely have been the words of your friend and his wife many times over the course of the sickness. "I am afraid... of losing you. I am afraid... of being alone. I am afraid... of dying. I am afraid... of what comes next." Great theme for a composition and one everyone can surely relate to. Because passing through death is the one constant none of us can avoid.

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Very very old part of the animal brain - sits on brain stem: fear, breath, voice, muscle movements. Great place for art for trigger....

Christian: so you're a bit of a computer nerd, I assume you compose using samples? Eric: no, not at all. Christian: thanks for that mate..... Seriously though, amazing and inspiring stuff. Thanks Spitfire crew and Eric!

Huh, reminds me on a piece I've written using MRI noises....some of the last sounds many of us will hear....dark piece, of course.....

I am gigging musician and 3 things move my audiences - rhythm, lyrics the voice. I love my guitars but musicianship seems irrelevant to my audiences....

24:20

Non-artists are always fascinated by the mechanics of getting and crafting ideas....but to us it's very mundane. Feels like plumbing or fixing something. Nothing special. Like riding a bike or walking. No need to ever ask if it's any "good" - that's for others to decide, or job is just to get it done, as well as we can. Next?.....

Weird