Searching for the creative process is a fallacy. There is no one process. There are processes.

It is easy to hear about a creative's process if said creative is a newbie. Newbies tend to have time to talk about their process. Veteran creatives are busy. Access to them is tough as well.

I don't think veteran creatives are secretive about their process. A good creative knows that the best thing to do to an idea is to expose it to the world. I think veteran creatives don't have a medium to share their knowledge and process. Youtube videos, blog posts etc take a lot of time and effort to produce.

Creating a medium is a full time job in and of itself.

I am a big fan of podcasts. I listen to them often. Today I discovered Andrew Bird in a podcast called Song Exploder. Andrew Bird talked about his creative process in producing the song Roma Fade. Since listening to this episode, I am hooked on the lifting rythm, the combination of whistling and violin, and Andrew Bird's melodic voice. I have plugged in my reference headphones and I am listening to the song on repeat.

I read somewhere that people stop discovering new music in their 30's. I think we need better mediums where discoveries can happen.

TV is no longer that medium.
Radio neither.
Coffee shops are dead.
Books will always rule.
Podcasts are the next best thing.

I am happy that a creative's process became a little more accessible today.