Consciousness as a brain function

[Thumpalumpacus]

I've had a few songs where I wrote two parts, knew it needed another, couldn't come up with a third part, and then one day several years later the solution popped up. Perhaps I was more open-minded that day? Perhaps I imported another little sniglet? Or perhaps, as in a couple of cases, my brain said "fuck it, go for broke" and I surprised myself.

Some musicians are notably creative in their dreaming minds, since that kind of mind wandering is well-suited to generating new information.

I've had three or four songs come to me in a dream ... I'd wake up, grab a guitar, and figure it out before even starting my coffeemaker. Those moments are ephemeral.