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Rick Rubin reveals the three completely different creative processes used by Eminem, Jay-Z, and Anthony Kiedis "Eminem will always be writing in a book, always writing all the time. I asked him, are all these rhymes used? He's like no, 99% of what I write I'll never use, just... to stay engaged in the process of writing" "Jay-Z doesn't write anything down. He listens to the beat, hums, then goes on the mic 20 minutes later and just says a whole complicated verse. No paper, no writing, nothing" "Anthony Kiedis sings along with an idea of a melody but he doesn't yet have words, just nonsense words automatically real time, then listens back and says this phrase sounds good. It's like a puzzle"show more

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#WATCH | Srinagar: On 'I Love Muhammad' row, J&K CM Omar Abdullah says, "Why is anyone objecting to this? Who can object to writing these three words? I cannot understand how these three words can be the cause of arrests. Only someone mentally unwell can make a case out of these three words. I would like the courts to set this in order. How is writing 'I Love Muhammad' unlawful?...Do other religions not write for their religious figures and Gods?...So, if that is not unlawful, how is this?"

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The-Dream says Ye asked him to write a hook for “All of the Lights” and then fell asleep in the studio while he was writing the fifth hook for the record 😭💀 “I’m out there just singing my ass off. I’m on the fifth hook. This negro is sleep. I was like, for real?” “The engineer hits the talkback button. B [Beyoncé] is like, “Dream, that first hook was amazing.” And that was the hook.”

The-Dream says Ye asked him to write a hook for “All of the Lights” and then fell asleep in the studio while he was writing the fifth hook for the record 😭💀 “I’m out there just singing my ass off. I’m on the fifth hook. This negro is sleep. I was like, for real?” “The engineer hits the talkback button. B [Beyoncé] is like, “Dream, that first hook was amazing.” And that was the hook.”

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Listed as one of the New York Times “30 Greatest Songwriters’ alive, Jay-Z breaks down the art of writing in its purest form, where rhythm leads and the words follow. “The flow comes first… then I fill it with words.” From channeling jazz like Rakim to studying the unorthodox genius of The Notorious B.I.G., it’s a masterclass in making every word hit.

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Mad Skillz said JAY-Z came to the studio to do a verse for Timbaland but he wasn’t there. He then proceeded to hear the beat for the 1st time, write it in his head while dribbling a tennis ball, then record the verse in one take. 15 minutes.

Mad Skillz said JAY-Z came to the studio to do a verse for Timbaland but he wasn’t there. He then proceeded to hear the beat for the 1st time, write it in his head while dribbling a tennis ball, then record the verse in one take. 15 minutes.

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286,868 次观看 • 1 年前

At one point, together with Naval, Nivi wrote one of the most influential startup blogs of its time. Here is his advice on how to write well: 1. People try to write their thought process. So, what's the thought process that led them to such and such conclusion? Nobody cares about your thought process. Just give the conclusion and then support it. 2. People try to sound like they're smart. You're not smart. Just give us the answer. We don't need to fluff it up. So just write it like you're writing an email to somebody. 3. People think longer is better. No, it's not. Just write something short. I don't write emails that are longer than three sentences. And that puts the burden on the writer to figure out what the reader wants and communicate it precisely and cogently and briefly in just a few sentences. 4. You're not going to be a good writer if you're not a reader, so read some good stuff. I like to read people's tweets. Those are pretty good. I like to read some fiction, like Shakespeare or Cormac McCarthy or maybe some James Clavell. Those are good writers. And I like to watch the classics on HBO like The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, which all have great writing. If you're watching Apple TV shows and being entertained by those and think those have good writing, I can't help you. 5. For business writing, you have to get into a customer service mindset. You're there to solve their problems. You also have to get into a design mindset, which is, you have to get into the reader's head, understand their problem, and sequence your ideas in the correct order, and with the right amount of extra information that they didn't ask for, that displays that you've thought through the issue for them on their behalf, looked at the other side of the argument, and presented things to them that they didn't know that they needed. 6. You have to think about what you would want to know if you were in the other person's shoes and argue against yourself either implicitly or explicitly or just go through the thought process yourself and see if there's anything there. 7. You also just have to care about words and the order of words and the ideas that they're communicating. Like I will reread an email that I sent someone the next day just for the enjoyment of rereading the great email that I wrote.

At one point, together with Naval, Nivi wrote one of the most influential startup blogs of its time. Here is his advice on how to write well: 1. People try to write their thought process. So, what's the thought process that led them to such and such conclusion? Nobody cares about your thought process. Just give the conclusion and then support it. 2. People try to sound like they're smart. You're not smart. Just give us the answer. We don't need to fluff it up. So just write it like you're writing an email to somebody. 3. People think longer is better. No, it's not. Just write something short. I don't write emails that are longer than three sentences. And that puts the burden on the writer to figure out what the reader wants and communicate it precisely and cogently and briefly in just a few sentences. 4. You're not going to be a good writer if you're not a reader, so read some good stuff. I like to read people's tweets. Those are pretty good. I like to read some fiction, like Shakespeare or Cormac McCarthy or maybe some James Clavell. Those are good writers. And I like to watch the classics on HBO like The Sopranos, The Wire, Deadwood, which all have great writing. If you're watching Apple TV shows and being entertained by those and think those have good writing, I can't help you. 5. For business writing, you have to get into a customer service mindset. You're there to solve their problems. You also have to get into a design mindset, which is, you have to get into the reader's head, understand their problem, and sequence your ideas in the correct order, and with the right amount of extra information that they didn't ask for, that displays that you've thought through the issue for them on their behalf, looked at the other side of the argument, and presented things to them that they didn't know that they needed. 6. You have to think about what you would want to know if you were in the other person's shoes and argue against yourself either implicitly or explicitly or just go through the thought process yourself and see if there's anything there. 7. You also just have to care about words and the order of words and the ideas that they're communicating. Like I will reread an email that I sent someone the next day just for the enjoyment of rereading the great email that I wrote.

Arjun Khemani

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