The final post about Portrayal of an Artist, a music industry parody that I created an age ago. I delve into the creative process and some of the quirky moments that shaped this collection of fake album covers.
This is part 2 of Portrayal of an Artist, the music industry parody I created a while ago. Once again I take you through a showcase of funny fake album covers and dive into the creative thinking and process behind them.
Part 1 of Portrayal of an Artist, a funny music industry parody I created many moons ago. I talk about the creative process and background to a variety of fake Kalle Ryan album covers that range from the sublime to the ridiculous.
A cover version of the theme song to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air unlike any you’ve ever heard. As sung by a young “Bob Dylan”
This stunning music video was created by Irish artist Kevin McGloughlin for his brother Pearse’s song “Spherosphere”. The creativity and ingenuity on display is breathtaking, and it is unsurprising that the video was a staff pick on the homepage of Vimeo. As I understand it, Kevin built this using Adobe After Effects, and the result […]
For over a decade I hosted and curated a live monthly variety show called The Brown Bread Mixtape, and it took place upstairs in the legendary Stag’s Head pub here in Dublin. Those eclectic, electric nights in that old Victorian room were some of the most fun and creatively exciting times I’ve had. The night […]
Bo Burnham’s Inside is still resonating deeply. His creative mind is at the peak of its powers. And it is such a brilliant snapshot of the digitally connected world we live in, as well as being a profoundly thoughtful exploration of the pandemic and our place in it. This song is a superb standalone slice […]
I watched Inside by Bo Burnham on Netflix last night. It was like nothing I have ever seen and I was utterly blown away by it. It’s listed as a comedy special but that doesn’t come close to describing it. It’s a meditation on life during the pandemic, it’s about creativity and the creative process, […]
Deeply inspired by this book by Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) – a hero of mine.
Many moons ago, myself and my friend Loughlin formed a band called The Analog Revue and we made some amazing music by exchanging files transatlantically. The end result was an EP we called Urban Future Cowboy. The tracks on the EP were all originals (which I will upload in due course) with the exception of […]
