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I arrange my music autobiographically www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQvOnD… . Each choice of song can be related to an episode in my life. I understand most people, if they even have CDs, just keep them in a pile. Well, indulge me for a second.
Muse – I came to music rather late, around the age of 17. It was the same age when I started university, making jewellery and serious writing. I was given a compilation CD with a Muse track on and just fell in love. Matt Bellamy's voice generated an emotional reaction every time I heard it. Muse taught me that in art, having a physical, heart-and-viscera emotional response is the most important thing.
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The Smiths - When I was 18, I discovered The Smiths and the melancholy that Morrissey oozed in every line of song. He wrote some of my favourite words in the English language. "Why pamper life's complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?" The Smiths taught me things don't need to be beautiful to be wonderful.
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Neutral Milk Hotel – At the age of 20 I was given a NMH CD and gave it couple of listens. I became convinced that the album had some kind of secret message and I listened to it a dozen more times trying to work it out. I was told I was crazy and gave up my efforts. Then I randomly came across an interview with Jeff Mangum, the lead singer, who said he was once really depressed and picked up a copy of Anne Frank's diary. He read the book in three days and cried for a week solid. He didn't know what he felt towards Anne, but the word that came closest was love. So he wrote the NMH album about her. I didn't believe you could love someone who died 50 years ago, but I gave Anne Frank's diary a go anyway. Oh my. By the end of it I was almost in tears myself, and yes, I did feel this strange kind of emotion towards her. And yes, it did come closest to love. So I went back to the album and listened to all those hidden messages I had spotted but never understood, and it just clicked. It was perfect. Neutral Milk Hotel taught me that a piece of art gets better, the more you know about it.
Nirvana – I grew up with Nirvana. Grunge permeated every facet of my teenage years. But I didn't notice it at the time. Its only now, at 25, a couple of youth movements down the line, that I can look back and see it. I wear sloppy cloths that don't fit. I think it is obscene to spend more than £40 ($60) on an item of clothing and I wouldn't be seen dead in a corporate logo or brand label. I think niche is better than popular. Individuality and originality should be celebrated, but are always hard to find.
Modernism is flawed. Irony is king. Nirvana taught me to be suspicious of vogue and not to ignore the unpopular.
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So what I really want to know, is who influences your art most? Has music ever taught you a lesson about life in general? Mention a band I like and I'll hunt down some more thumbs
Muse – I came to music rather late, around the age of 17. It was the same age when I started university, making jewellery and serious writing. I was given a compilation CD with a Muse track on and just fell in love. Matt Bellamy's voice generated an emotional reaction every time I heard it. Muse taught me that in art, having a physical, heart-and-viscera emotional response is the most important thing.
:thumb58938076: :thumb146320432:
The Smiths - When I was 18, I discovered The Smiths and the melancholy that Morrissey oozed in every line of song. He wrote some of my favourite words in the English language. "Why pamper life's complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?" The Smiths taught me things don't need to be beautiful to be wonderful.
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Neutral Milk Hotel – At the age of 20 I was given a NMH CD and gave it couple of listens. I became convinced that the album had some kind of secret message and I listened to it a dozen more times trying to work it out. I was told I was crazy and gave up my efforts. Then I randomly came across an interview with Jeff Mangum, the lead singer, who said he was once really depressed and picked up a copy of Anne Frank's diary. He read the book in three days and cried for a week solid. He didn't know what he felt towards Anne, but the word that came closest was love. So he wrote the NMH album about her. I didn't believe you could love someone who died 50 years ago, but I gave Anne Frank's diary a go anyway. Oh my. By the end of it I was almost in tears myself, and yes, I did feel this strange kind of emotion towards her. And yes, it did come closest to love. So I went back to the album and listened to all those hidden messages I had spotted but never understood, and it just clicked. It was perfect. Neutral Milk Hotel taught me that a piece of art gets better, the more you know about it.
Nirvana – I grew up with Nirvana. Grunge permeated every facet of my teenage years. But I didn't notice it at the time. Its only now, at 25, a couple of youth movements down the line, that I can look back and see it. I wear sloppy cloths that don't fit. I think it is obscene to spend more than £40 ($60) on an item of clothing and I wouldn't be seen dead in a corporate logo or brand label. I think niche is better than popular. Individuality and originality should be celebrated, but are always hard to find.
Modernism is flawed. Irony is king. Nirvana taught me to be suspicious of vogue and not to ignore the unpopular.
:thumb144851967: :thumb51591960:
So what I really want to know, is who influences your art most? Has music ever taught you a lesson about life in general? Mention a band I like and I'll hunt down some more thumbs
My Book Just got Published!
It took a while, but my first book, Of Shepherds and Mages, just came out. If you are a fan of epic fantasy fiction, please check it out! Available from all large book retailers. For example: Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Shepherds-Mages-Book-Wise-Faithful-ebook/dp/B0BCHHM529/ Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shepherds-Mages-Book-Wise-Faithful-ebook/dp/B0BCHHM529/
Time Travellers in DnD
I finished my second piece adding extra options for players in Dungeons and Dragons. This one adds a class of mages who can manipulate time and summon ride-able dinosaurs. What's not to love?
http://www.dmsguild.com/product/244737/Time-Warden-A-New-Class
Dungeons And Dragons
I have become a massive fan of Dungeons and Dragons over the last few years. The only art I have bothered to upload in the past couple of years has been D&D related. I've started creating little modules for the games; an extra class option here, a new class there, some interesting monsters in between.
The first of this is a cunning new archetype for the Rogue, the Trapper. This inventive character constructs traps, hidey holes and obstacles to frustrate powerful enemies. You can download the PDF free (or you know, bung me a few dollars if you think it is worth it) here https://www.dmsguild.com/product/239877/Rogue-Archetype-Trapper?
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WWI Machine Guns
For all my watchers in the UK, one of the last ever Time Teams aired today about the World War One machine gun training camp at Belton House. It is a bit of a coincidence that the company I work for was hired to do the excavation for Time Team and my stock photos of Belton House are among the most popular I have. The episode can be watched on 4OD here http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/4od#3437356 (uk only I'm afraid). My friends are the ones dressed in hi-vis clothing who conspicuously hide there faces from the camera!
Stock pictures of the house and grounds:
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