When I was a child, I was drawing and painting on Psychedelic Music, later in life, I started painting around The Doors, Jim Morrison, The Who and Keith Moon, Los Angeles and Jimi Hendrix. Once in L.A. I started videos around Mark Hollis of Talk Talk, celebrating the genius aspect. And now I am reporting on live L.A, shows and Jimmy Page, the genius again. My conclusion is that I am a genius and Music observer. This is what I want to share with you here.
Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page and his guitar riffs, not something brand new you would say, but for me, a recent riff episode made me reconsider the whole Led Zeppelin music from another perspective and it is like if I was discovering a brand new band, which is also actually the case for my friend and ex-neighbor Gabe and his bands Hooveriii and Grave Flowers Bongo Band, not so far away from Led Zeppelin actually.
In this video, I have been chasing a few riffs to see what was the effect on the music and the memory we keep of each song. Interesting to see how the riffs can affect our musical perception.
Extraordinary how a Music recording technique may find common points
with how we would make a mosaic or a collage. We can visually “see” the Music. Some great Music! We are more than 30 years later, and we are still fascinated by such an amazing work/creation!
I invited my old buddy Jim Morrison on my new video.
The creating process. I've been searching for the link between Fine Art and Music during a very long time. Now, I am searching for the links between my two main sources of inspiration.
Mark Hollis and Jim Morrison are so different as persons, that it is hard to believe that they could meet somewhere in Music. Jim Morrison, in his lyrics, described the visions he may have had, as a Shaman, during his psychedelic trances, going back to the most primitive and raw aspect of Humanity.
Mark Hollis is a giver and has offered us a divine Love through his Music. I receive it loud and clear.
Such a difference between the both!
But still, both are, were searching for a piece of Truth, for a form of sincerity.
They have in common to have not sold themselves, to be very picky about their creative choices, both are, were, extremely talented, both said not to have an extended knowledge in Music when they started their career.
Both disappeared abruptly: one died near my home in Paris, and was buried a few streets further, the other one retired without a warning or almost, and came haunting my dreams with his Music.
Both are fascinating characters!
But Jim committed a kind of suicide while Mark decided to save his life.
Really not the same approach!
Jim Morrison disappeared way before I could even honor his work, I was still a child when he died. That is probably why I don't want to miss any chance to honor Mark's career, artists should be really appreciated and admired while they are still alive.
I am grateful to admire someone who is somehow my age, and still well alive.
I unfortunately don't see a lot of people deciding like Mark, like "Hollis" as we say... I am so surprised every day to see how much people can push further and further the limits of decency. The scams are becoming a way of living, someone will call you one morning to sell you something: "how to scam your neighbor, by a very courteous way" (it is an image, of course). And when I point out the fact that it is immoral, people don't seem to understand what I am talking about. I thought it was only in Los Angeles, but it seems that it affects the whole world. I started wondering if I was the only one to think that way, maybe am I old-fashioned? But when I read an article like this one, I am glad to see that maybe we are a very small club, but some people like me still exist. They are very rare, they are precious, I want to honor them.
But by honoring them in videos, am I talking too much? Am I damaging the succinct aspect of their Art?
It seems that in this world, I don't know anymore how I am supposed to do...
As I was saying before, all is a matter of attitude, I just want to be sure to have the right one.
Rock is not dead and fun is everywhere, but what is not fun, it's a record company! Actually, this one, I am talking about, is becoming the Laughing Stock in my video. Yes, we are still rolling, but unfortunately, only at home, now....
