What's your creative musical style?

Whatever our main creative output is - painting, music, writing, craft, graphic design - it's easy to get stuck in a particular form or style. Subsequently, we create variations on the same piece of work time and time again, rather than develop significantly as an artist.

Think about how this applies to you for a moment. What familiar patterns and attributes are there in your creative work?

Now if you were to use the analogy of music styles, what would you say your creative output was most like?

Perhaps it's like the short bubbly candy of perfect pop?

The punchy aggressive dynamic edginess of hard rock?

Maybe you create in complex sumptuous layers like a classical symphony?

Or maybe you enjoy the loose energetic flow and spontaneity of modern jazz?

Pick one of the these styles or define one of your own that best fits the majority of your work.

Now, as an experiment, pick another musical style. Something that's radically different.

For your next creative project, imagine you're now creating in this musical style. Think about every element and characteristic and follow it as closely as you can.

You may find it incredibly liberating and a great source of energy and ideas. Or you find it alien, difficult and frustrating. Or both!

Whatever happens, there's plenty to learn from the experiment.

Afterwards, feel free to share your experiences here with us...