The Creative Act

by Rick Rubin

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us- SIGNED EDITION!

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Rick Rubin is an American record executive and record producer. He is the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records.

Rubin helped popularise hip hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal, alternative rock, hard rock, nu-metal, and country.

In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World".

His debut book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.

Reviews

[Nick Yates · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty insightful for the first book I've ever read on creativity. The references to the unknown - the unexplainable nature of the universe and how we can harness creativity through training ourselves in curiosity is a perspective I needed to hear I think. This book sometimes felt saturated in descriptions that I found a little repetitive, but that might just be the writer trying to really drive the message home.

I'm glad I came across Rick Rubin and this book which I can rely on as a pretty good guide whenever I need to reframe the idea of creativity and what it means to be an artist.

[Gethin Mayers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book and spark some creativity, definitely a book you return to and it will give you different understanding