Your Creative Push

Al Marconi is a Spanish guitarist and composer who has been a professional musician since 1997. During that time has managed to notch up over 30,000 sales of his independently marketed self-produced recordings, Equilibrium (1997), Monument (1999), Esperanto (2001), Terra Nova (2007), Insomnia (2011), and his latest album, Alchemy (2015). Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/almarconi In this episode, Al discusses: -His early musical inspirations growing up. -How he initially was interested in heavy rock and heavy metal. -The contributing factors in his transition from heavy rock. -Patrick Woodroffe’s advice to pursue what you’re most passionate about, not what you can do best. -The instantaneous feedback that you get from playing music and how that differs from drawing or painting. -Being inspired by classical music, but also realizing that he didn’t want to simply replicate what other people had created – he wanted to create himself. -Being open to taking inspiration from many different sources and f