• Introduction (02:15) - Welcome to Creativity Kick start!

• Starting with a Single Note (09:07) - Sometimes the strictest of restrictions and limitation push you to be creative in unusual ways and areas. Explore some ideas on how to spark a multitude of ideas you might not otherwise have come up with by limiting yourself to working with a single pitch.

• Working with Two Notes (10:05) - Starting with two notes opens up additional possibilities including inversion, irregular repetition, and sequential repetition. See some examples of how you can take two randomly generated notes in different directions.

• Creative Copying - Bass Lines (11:16) - Well known iconic parts in commercial arrangements make great fodder for inspiration. Watch as a few well known bass lines are removed from their original context, and used as the basis for new ideas.

• Creative Copying - Keys (13:38) - Keyboard rhythms and patterns, divorced form their note pitches, make great building blocks for keyboard parts built on other chord progressions. Listen to a few ideas inspired by keyboard parts from Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Sister Sledge.

• Creative Copying - Drums (07:00) - Programming up drum parts similar to those on your favorite recordings are a nice way to start building some new ideas. Listen as some programmed Justin Timberlake and Maroon Five grooves are used to start off some ideas.

• Single Dice Games (13:04) - Explore some ways that a randomly generated number can be used as the basis for melodic and harmonic patterns.

• Double Dice Games (12:20) - Explore some melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic exercise ideas derived from two randomly generated numbers.

• Triple Dice Games (08:49) - More writing exercises, this time built on three randomly generated numbers.

• Lyric Fragments (07:16) - Sometimes snippets of dialogue or fragments of existing lyrics can be used to inspire melodic phrases. It's not necessary to be a singer in order to use these phrases as the basis for new melodic ideas. Watch as a few phrases are used to inspire and create original melodies.

• Developing Your Ideas (04:34) - Explore some specific techniques for developing a motif or melodic fragment.

• Vocal Inspiration (08:26) - Listen as vocalist Nancy Lane is let loose creating her own melodic ideas over some of the patterns created throughout this series.