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How has music influenced your artwork and if you listen to music in your studio as you work, what are you listening to and why?

By NewMusicBox Staff on March 1, 2004No Comment
Rebeca Bollinger Rebeca Bollinger
…While working, I always wear headphones…
Michael Goldberg Michael Goldberg
I’m able to play music very loud and use it to keep the outside world outside.
Charles Gute Charles Gute
I think there’s always been some lurking suspicion in the back of my mind that composers are the real “artists,” and visual artists are just posers.
Tom Marioni Tom Marioni
…The drawings are the result of rubbing and beating with steel wire drum brushes (like jazz drummers use) against a large sheet of sandpaper…
Susan Schwalb Susan Schwalb
I generally listen to the radio as opposed to playing records or CDs.

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