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18-year-old composer, guitarist and singer Ethan Morrow discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Heavy emphasis on extreme metal, classical music and music theory!

Topics include; Xanthochroid, Meshuggah, Steve Terreberry, DragonForce, Blast beats, guitar shredding, Drowning Pool, Insomnium, Dimmu Borgir, Mastodon, Secundal tone clusters, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Fear Factory, Eric Whitacre, Henry Rollins, Bionicals, Note Flight, the downside of cheap microphone stands, Legends of Hollywood Tours, dumb pedagogy, Ethan's beef with notation software developers and why he thinks saying stupid stuff is a lot worse than wearing stupid stuff.

Recorded December 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.

*Stay tuned after the episode to hear "Forest of Sorrow" by Ethan's band, Silvanth!

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Drum Workshop DWe Brand Manager Mike Sutton discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life. Heavy emphasis on electronic drumming.

Topics include; *DWe, Drum Workshop, electronic/acoustic hyrbrid drum sets, Roland, music technology...and everything you ever wanted to know about the infamous Monocle-Wearing Taco-Tasting Group!

*DWe™ introduces the first-ever acoustic and electronic convertible drum set with wireless technology. Blending authentic DW shells with innovative electronics, DWe is DW, Electrified. DWe can be played as a Pure Maple™ acoustic drum set, or as a wireless electronic kit.

Please visit-

www.dwdrums.com

linkedin.com/in/mike-sutton-9970162b

Recorded on the phone between at Maestro Machinations Studio in Palmdale, CA and Huntington Beach, CA. Featuring Mike playing the DWe hybrid kit after the episode.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.

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Animator, Guitarist, Songwriter and Mixologist Justin Wilcott discusses how creativity affects his work and personal life.

Topics include; Justin3dart, Dear David, SuperJazzyJustin, Yacht Rock, John Mayer, Hall & Oates, 3D printing, cats, baby sea turtles, pirate ships, Intelligentsia cold brew, A.I., Roblox, and promoting concerts on The Block for Laufey, The Weekend and KPop Demon Hunters. Oof!

Please visit-

https://deardavidmusic.com

https://justinwilcott.com

*Recorded at Maestro Machinations Studio in Palmdale, CA.
**Features the Dear David song Hold Me Up after the episode.

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CREATIVITY IS THE CURE is a podcast about how creativity influences people in their daily lives and work. In each episode, Malcolm Moore interviews fascinating people of diverse ages, cultures, spiritualities, and professions. For more info, go to www.creativityisthecure.org.