Weird Rituals that Famous Composers Used to Do.. Did it affect their creativity?

Apr 21, 2025
22 mins

Episode Description

Some of the most famous composers in history had surprisingly strange routines when it came to creativity — from strict daily habits to unusual rituals and superstitions.

In this episode of The Composer’s Life, we look at some of these quirks and creative behaviours and ask a simple question: did they actually make a difference to the music they wrote?

More broadly, this episode explores the relationship between routine, mindset, and creativity — and whether structure helps composers, or whether it’s just something we attach meaning to after the fact.

Here are some references from the episode:

Watch the YouTube Video of me trying out these weird rituals for a week: click here

Watch the music video from my EP, The Storm: click here

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