creativity with tom bahler
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Legendary Musician and composer Thomas Bahler shared with me the special message his father told him about ideas and creativity. A Must READ!TRANSCRIPT
Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Thomas Bähler (legendary American musician, singer/songwriter, composer and producer). Tom generously shared amazing advice his father gave him when he was young. I asked Tom if I could record the conversation and share it with others to which he quickly replied, “yes” with one stipulation: I give credit to his father Jack Bähler. Jack is no longer on the earth plane but the transcription of this conversation allows you to benefit from the pearls of wisdom his father beautifully imparted to Tom in his youth.
Jack’s advice was instrumental in shaping Tom’s viewpoint of life and if you ever have the pleasure of meeting Tom you will see a bright shining light. It is this light I see in Tom that inspires me to be the best step-‐up-‐father I can be.
Thank you Tom.
www.thomasbahler.com
Thank you Jack.
Your words are an instrument that spreads joy and hope to many. I am honored to have met you both.
Jaden Sterling
www.jadensterling.com
Jaden Sterling & Thomas
Date: 10/27/12
Place: Author Conference in Nevada
Circumstances: Serendipitous, I say that because our recorded conversation was exactly 10 min 10 sec which showed on my phone as 10:10. My twin brother passed on October 10, 2009 and whenever I see 10:10 I know it’s him communicating with me. I believe my brother and Tom’s father had a hand in arranging this meeting to bring you the following:
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Jaden Sterling: You were describing something Tom that your father said was almost like a process.
Tom Bähler: You mean, about creativity?
Jaden Sterling: Yes. When he said about the ideas…
Tom Bähler: Yes. When I was six years old.
Jaden Sterling: Okay.
Tom Bähler: I remember it well. I mean, I based my life on it. Yes, when I was six, I asked my dad, “How do you be creative?” And he said, “I'll tell you how I do it.” And I'll just tell you the whole story because he also said -‐ he said, “I'll tell you how I do it.” And I loved that about him because he never said, “This is the way.” In fact, he used to say, “If somebody says this is the way, run the other way.”
Jaden Sterling: I love that.
Tom Bähler: Yes. So he said, “I'll tell you how I do it. I declare what I want and then, I let it go.” And I'm six, so I'm like, “Huh?” And he said, well, son when you declare something, you send energy out. And it will come back to you if it serves others as well. And so, I’m starting to get it. And he said, “And once you declare, you let it go but you remain very vigilant because it will come to you. But when it comes to you, you may not recognize it at first because if you did, it wouldn’t be new. And then, you would invite that idea whatever format comes into you, invite that idea into you. And you take care of it like you would a neighbor who came over to visit you. You get it a coke or a glass of water. You cling to it. And if that idea is supposed to stay with you, it will become part of you. And if it is not supposed to stay with you, and it's just there for a visit, it will go tell other ideas it's found a good host.”
Jaden Sterling: That is amazing.
Tom Bähler: And it has been what I lived my life by and it's given me so much peace. And also, people say, “Well, you're very courageous.” And I'm thinking, “I don't know. I just do what I -‐ you know -‐ but I do love people, and everything I do is for others.”
Jaden Sterling: So, do you consider yourself a channel?
Tom Bähler: Yes. I think we all are.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: I believe we all are. Quincy Jones and I are very different. We were business partners. He is also my son's godfather. So, we're very close. He and I have stayed up all night, many nights talking about this very concept. And we call it the muse. And we actually both think of her as a woman.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: I mean how we do it…
Jaden Sterling: The feminine energy, right? The receiving part.
Tom Bähler: Yes. I don't even know why we do it but we do it. And we love the muse, and we both said that we have -‐ you have to gain access to the muse. And we gain access to the muse by focusing on what we want, by also learning about what it is that we want. Once we know what we want, we were curious about it. We say, “How do they do that? How did that happen? I wonder how it is.” All of a sudden, now we’re students but we don't know we're students.
Jaden Sterling: Right.
Tom Bähler: We're just going after what we love.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: That is working your way to the muse and at one point, those doors opened. And she is there for me.
Jaden Sterling: Now, does she have a physical form or is it more of a feeling or knowing?
Tom Bähler: Actually, mine does.
Jaden Sterling: She does have a physical form?
Tom Bähler: Yes, I call her angel.
Jaden Sterling: Angel?
Tom Bähler: Angel.
Jaden Sterling: Do you see wings or is it an energy?
Tom Bähler: No. Actually, I see an energy that's in a feminine form in a sort of copper color. That's for me.
Jaden Sterling: Beautiful. And you see it with your third eye or with your physical eyes?
Tom Bähler: I don't know. I just see it.
Jaden Sterling: It just comes to you?
Tom Bähler: It comes to me. And what I love about her is that if she comes to me and with a melody or whatever, and I don't pay attention to it, she goes away, but not mad.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
*** at this point Tom mentions his close personal friend Quincy Jones:
Tom Bähler: Quincy and I had -‐ I mean, Quincy is so funny, its just who he is. He can't help it. I said, “Quincy…” When we first met, I said, “Hey man, do you wake up in the middle of the night, with tunes going through your head?” And he goes, “Yes, all the time.” I said, “Do you write it down?” He said, “Hell, yes, otherwise It’ll go to Mancini's house.”
*** I believe he was referring to Henry Mancini who was a prolific musician winning four Oscars and 20 Grammy awards during his lifetime but this wasn’t verified.
Tom Bähler: And it's true. But the thing is, we love about the muse and as if we ignore her, she will go to Mancini's house.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: But she'll come back to ours. And when she comes back to the house, she's not like where were you?
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: I was here the other night. Where the hell were you?
Jaden Sterling: Exactly. She’s not pushy.
Jaden Sterling: How do you invite her in?
Tom Bähler: I don't invite her. She visits on her own.
Jaden Sterling: She visits. Okay. So you…
Tom Bähler: But I find that I invite her in by declaring what I want.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: Okay?
Jaden Sterling: Yes, I totally understand that.
Tom Bähler: I decided I had a wonderful account when I was very young. It was for Ford Motor Company. And I put a group together for them. And it was totally serendipitous that I got the job but I was very well equipped for it. And I ended up making a ton of money. And all of a sudden, that gig was over.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: And I thought to myself, I like that income stream. How do I maintain that? So I asked the question. That was everything Dad used to say, ask the question.
Jaden Sterling: Rather than declaring what you want?
Tom Bähler: If you don't know what the declaration is, then, you say, you know, “What is it that you want?” I wanted to keep my lifestyle the same.
Jaden Sterling: Absolutely.
Tom Bähler: So, I didn’t just put a dollar value when I just said, “How do I maintain this lifestyle?” I like it.
Jaden Sterling: Maybe it's what people call intention, right?
Tom Bähler: Yes. And then, it came to me, well, by the song. Yes. And I felt, “Well, I've never written a song.” But I did. And so, when the song came to me, I sat down at the piano. My job was to realize it. That song had come to me for me to bring it to the world. And that's my service. So I wrote the song. I actually gone on the plane and went to ski with my buddies in Europe. And I gave it to my brother to bring to the producer. And I said, By the way, if he doesn't like it, you wrote it. Well, I got a call from him while I’m in Austria. And he says, “You got Bobby Sherman's next single.”
Jaden Sterling: Oh, my gosh.
Tom Bähler: And it served others.
Jaden Sterling: It did.
Tom Bähler: And then, something I created in my living room. I was getting recordings from my publisher in German, in French, in all of these different languages. And it was a hit around the world and I thought, “Oh, my gosh.” That's when it occurred to me that something I created, and actually, I was the vessel. But you know, I say I created it because I listened and I acted.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: Something I created in my living room is now making people happy around the world.
Jaden Sterling: Yes, beautiful.
Tom Bähler: What a wonderful feeling is that.
Jaden Sterling: There isn't anything better.
Tom Bähler: No.
Tom Bähler: We're all here to serve others.
Jaden Sterling: We are. I've always believed that.
Tom Bähler: Yes. Yes.
Jaden Sterling: And then, I've always thought if we help others reach their needs, our needs will always be taken care of.
Tom Bähler: Absolutely.
Jaden Sterling: Right? it takes the worry out of it.
Tom Bähler: Exactly. And that's the same time I don't believe in the philosophy I hear some people say, you know, you do for others. I think you need to take care of yourself, too.
Jaden Sterling: Most certainly.
Tom Bähler: You know.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: And because if we're happy, we can make other people happy.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: So...
Jaden Sterling: It's that old stewardess saying.
Tom Bähler: Exactly.
Jaden Sterling: Oxygen mask first, right?
Tom Bähler: Oxygen first. Yes.
Jaden Sterling: Yes.
Tom Bähler: You got to breathe to help somebody else breathe.
Jaden Sterling: We're on the same page. I like that.
Tom Bähler: Yes, cool man.
Jaden Sterling: You're awesome. Thank you so much.
Tom Bähler: So are you.
Jaden Sterling: Thank you.
Tom Bähler: This is totally, totally cool.
Tom Bähler: Great to meet you, Jaden.
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