Sometimes songs feel like they come from us.
Other times they feel like they come through us.
In this episode of Mat Creedon – Music is Medicine, Mat shares the story behind one of the best melodies he has ever written — a song called Orbita.
The melody appeared suddenly after a long day of songwriting, arriving almost fully formed with a verse, pre-chorus, chorus and post-chorus. Moments like this remind us that creativity can be mysterious. The mind searches, struggles, experiments… and then suddenly something deeper appears.
But the real lesson this experience revealed had nothing to do with songwriting.
It was about resilience, perspective, and learning to appreciate the quiet miracle of simply being alive.
Sometimes the greatest comfort in life doesn’t come from avoiding hardship — it comes from becoming strong enough to meet whatever life brings.
In this reflection, Mat explores creativity, stoicism, and the strange way inspiration sometimes arrives when the mind becomes still.

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.