I’ll be the first to admit it—IKEA is an excellent store. The Swedish furniture giant may have its critics, but I’m definitely a fan. Why? Because it’s unlike any other shopping experience around. Walk into any of the company’s locations and you know you’re in for an adventure.

Sure, IKEA has tons of cheap crap. And some of the designs are downright wrong … like this chair:

But I guess that’s the price they pay for greatness. Because when they get it right, IKEA hits it big. A perfect example is their “FADO” lamp design. It’s such a vision of elegant simplicity that my wife and I bought three (3). I mean, look at the assembly manual that comes in the box. The instructions are so basic, they make me want to weep for joy.

On the left is a diagram of the lamp … a perfect circle with a wire coming out of it. Sweet and simple. And on the right are the instructions, which are just as nice. In two short steps, these images show you how to put everything together. No painfully complex blueprints here—just a clear, intuitive product made by angels.

Which has me thinking … how can we apply this approach to making music? Is there a simpler way to learn what we’re doing? (If you answered “yes,” then you are correct.) With Color Music, life is now worth living. Because we finally have a clear view of what we’re doing. So feel free to throw away the Tylenol … because it’s about to get really good.