Dreamin' Up Tunes

Dreaming opens us to a level of understanding we often overlook in waking life. Maybe because during the day our minds are preoccupied with fleeting thoughts - school, work, food, love, friends, family - plus all the jazz we like to indulge in during our downtime. No wonder it's during the quiet hours of the night when our imagination is operating at peak potential. I found this interesting:

Paul McCartney came up with the tune for the song "Yesterday" in a dream:

"I woke up with a lovely tune in my head. I thought, 'That's great, I wonder what that is?' There was an upright piano next to me, to the right of the bed by the window. I got out of bed, sat at the piano, found G, found F sharp minor 7th -- and that leads you through then to B to E minor, and finally back to E. It all leads forward logically. I liked the melody a lot, but because I'd dreamed it, I couldn't believe I'd written it. I thought, 'No, I've never written anything like this before.' But I had the tune, which was the most magic thing!"