an international muse
I first heard her music while rifling through some overstock during my time working at a local music store several years ago. I`d say by the first note of her voice I was hooked.
VAS, fronted by Iranian-born Azam Ali has been quite an inspiration in my artwork. Azam, along with Greg Ellis, who did the percussion work, have a unique style of mixing European and MiddleEastern sounds that compliment each other. Azam Ali also has a few solo album, starting out with her debut Portals of Grace (which I unfortunately lost during a move…). After a year or so of not listening to them, I came to a rediscovery of just what an impact it had on my artwork. Not to say it made me a better artist, but I think the music became a “creative conduit” to allow inspiration to flow more freely. This is just one of the many musical artists that have become a small piece of the artistic puzzle.
February 29, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Hey Clint,
Azam Ali sounds interesting. I’m a music junkie myself, I listen to alot of indie rock music while drawing and it really does have some sort of impact on my artwork.
(I’m a huge Weezer fan too btw) =)
There’s this painter, i forget her name, most of her work is influenced by music. She paints whatever the music feels to her and puts it on canvas. She goes by the sound and the mood of the music … it’s too bad i forgot her name but her paintings were pretty interesting.
Anways, thought I’d leave a lil’ mark on your blog. haha.
March 4, 2008 at 5:27 pm
She’s pretty good. More of a meditation and pilates music for me but I could definitely paint listening to her. As for my art being on the internet…yes they are on LOTS of websites displayed and prints for sale. I just don’t seem to do well with that. I’m good at going around to shops and wholesaling my work..and there’s just nothing like that here really. I will have to commute to Birmingham for that, which I plan to do. I plan on moving to Florida within the next 2 years with my fiance mainly so I can persue my art career. Thanks for the advice. I’ll keep trying at the virtual art thing. By the way I really like your website design, very unique.
Jen