How does a guitarist end up making a sitar album?
In this episode, I share the unexpected path that led me from songwriting and teaching… into the quiet, mysterious world of 3AM creativity.
What began as curiosity — inspired years ago by hearing the sitar in The Beatles — slowly evolved into something more personal. From playing festivals alongside a tabla player in a Bollywood dance troupe, to navigating the space between tradition and authenticity, this journey has been anything but linear.
At some point, I realised something important:
The more I tried to sound like something I wasn’t…
the further away I got from the music.
But when I let go of that, and allowed the music to sound like me…
something opened up.
This episode explores that shift — and the role that early morning stillness has played in accessing a deeper creative state.
Vesper was created during a 3AM writing experiment — a time where the mind quiets, the noise fades, and something else begins to come through.
Some call it flow.
Some call it intuition.
Some might even call it connection to something deeper.
Whatever the name… this is music from that space.
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🎧 Best experienced with headphones
🌀 Part of the Afterbath / Music is Medicine series

Music Is Medicine is a podcast by Mat Creedon — a musician, sound practitioner, and multi-instrumentalist from Melbourne, Australia.
In each episode, Mat explores the deeper relationship between music, emotion, and the human nervous system. Through reflections on songwriting, sound meditation, creativity, and deep listening, the podcast looks at how music can help us process experience, release emotion, and reconnect with ourselves.
Drawing from years of musical practice, sound work, and teaching, these conversations invite listeners to explore a simple but powerful idea:
Music is not only something we listen to.
Sometimes, music is medicine.