Linkin Park and MadeWorn’s Incredible Music For Relief Project
Creativity at its Finest = Activism Background: Joe Hahn and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Blaine Halvorson of MadeWorn came together to spray-paint, stencil, and draw by hand — a design that combined both of their unique aesthetics. Using the iconic street soldier...
Don Pendleton: How Skateboarding Has Influenced My Art
By: Don Pendleton My Background: I grew up in Ravenswood, West Virginia. Which is a very small town right on the Ohio River. My dad was a steel worker who would come after work and paint at the kitchen table after his shift. I would just watch him and eventually I...
Travis Miguel/Atreyu: How Metallica Influenced My Life
photo via ESP photosBy Atreyu’s Travis Miguel My Introduction: Growing up a child of the 80’s, like most people in my age group, a lot of the music I was exposed to came from MTV (when MTV was 90% music videos). That being said, anything I knew about metal also came...
Joe Buck: How Music Has Influenced My Life and Career
With: Joe Buck Early Influence: My mom was on Broadway. She was a singer and a dancer. The way I was brought up, I think most other kids were probably listening to Boston, and I was too, but I was also subjected to the soundtracks of Oklahoma or Guys and Dolls around...
Anthony Frisketti: Behind the Lens — Three Favorite Photos Of Mine
By: Pro Photographer Anthony Frisketti. Featuring: Def Leppard, Candlebox & Kiss I’ve been doing photography on and off for 30 years. Starting with a manual focus 35mm SLR and developing my own B&W prints. I learned the importance of composition and framing...
Inside Seattle’s Legendary London Bridge Studio
By: Owners — Eric Lilavois, Jonathan Plum, and Geoff Ott As producers we have worked on many records and many genres over the years. Aside from our shared love of music and deep rooted desire to help bring artists ideas to life, there is another major thread that...
Alfonso Pozzo: Making ‘The Curious Case Of The Chicago Cubs’
By: Producer/Director — Alfonso Pozzo. MLB Network My History: I’ve been producing documentaries for 17 years now. I worked for MLB Productions- the in-house production company for Major League Baseball, for quite some time. We have now moved over to MLB Network. I’ve...
Rufus Wainwright: Statement on the Passing of Leonard Cohen
Photo by: Matthew WelchOfficial Statement By: Rufus Wainwright I had very few deeply personal experiences with Leonard, enough to count on one and a half hands: a tiny little sparkling horse*. Like for most of us, for me he dwelled in a higher strata inhabited by some...
Jake Shimabukuro: My First Ukulele
By: Jake Shimabukuro My first ukulele was a standard size Kamaka (soprano) that belonged to my mother. She would often strum it and sing songs to me when I was a baby. This year is Kamaka Hawaii’s 100th anniversary as a family business. They were the inventors of the...
The Inspiration Of Play Me, I’m Yours Street Pianos. With Founder, Luke Jerram
By: Luke Jerram, Founder & Gary Dunning, Boston Executive Director LUKE JERRAM: Founder The idea for Play Me, I’m Yours came from visiting my local launderette. I saw the same people there each weekend and yet no one talked to one another. I suddenly realized that...