Joe Diorio and John McLaughlin

Cruising the net one day...
I came across an article by Joe Diorio entitled "Keep Yourself Inspired."
http://www.visionmusic.com/diorio/rightbrain.html
From the great jazz guitarist himself comes advice on how to stay musically and creatively inspired every day of the week. (here is a brief version)
Monday: Gesture improvising, all day. Shut off the thinking process and let your fingers and your feeling or intuition take over.
Tuesday: Melodic playing. Simple intervals. Think melodically.
Wednesday: New chords. Experiment.
Thursday: New melodies and new chords. This day we take some of the melodies created on Tuesday and add some of the new-found chords from Wednesday and put them together.
Friday: Listen to music all day long, new and old CD's.
Saturday: Research. This is the day to investigate further and go deeper into the subjects that interested you the most.
Sunday: Repose, silence, and meditation. Be still this day and listen for the inner voice to guide you.

For now, I might add a day on rhythm. John McLaughlin has opened my eyes to indian rhythms. Here's a link to his stuff.
http://www.mediastarz.com/shopKonokolDvd.php - free PDFs on the left.
http://www.mediastarz.com/shopThisIsTheWayIDoIt.php - free PDFs here too.

see my blog on The Inspiration Box