The art behind the art blog is the result of my own curiosity. I want to know the stories behind works of art that I find interesting – including inspiration, ideation and formation. To learn these stories I'm going to "pick the brains" of creatives by asking the simple question: “How’d you come up with that?”
04/24/2011
Steven Spielberg's secret to success
"I dream for a living."
04/06/2011
Keith Richards' approach to songwriting in the early Stones days
An excerpt from NPR’s Fresh Air program with host, Terry Gross.
“I write songs for Mick to sing. You know? That’s what I do,” he said. “You don’t get Midnight Ramblers out of nowhere. You don’t get Gimme Shelters out of nowhere. I’m writing because I think, man, I know this guy can handle this and nobody will ever be able to handle it any other way. What I do is write songs for Mick to sing. And if he picks up on it [snaps his fingers], baby we’ve got it and if he doesn’t, I just let it sit on the shelf.”
- Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones
03/29/2011
"Times Change" by Mandy Sloan
03/16/2011
03/08/2011
02/24/2011
"All In Time" by the Blue Anthems
The Art
The Blue Anthems - All In Time
The Story
Lyrics to "All In Time"
"She looks at me wide-eyed, like Zooey Deschanel" - Line 1 of "All In Time"
After initially deleting the "Ooh Ooh" vocals from "All In Time" the Blue Anthems give it another shot. Shortly after recording, the vocals were dismissed...again.
the Blue Anthems performing "All In Time" at The Berkley Front in Berkley, MI on 2/18/2011.
See more: the Blue Anthems official website and the Blue Anthems on Facebook
