Michael Beirut says it's complicated making a logo. as a designer, he's asked to create an image that reflects specific ideas. The idea for the New World Symphony, is that the symphony is taking classical and traditional forms. The ideas of the logo began by choosing a type of font that appears classical, and writing out the name. The name turned into a black square with the first letters in white, scattered and cropped. The black became images of musicians of the orchestra. The letters separate the images, in such a way that he thought they represented sound waves. He started playing with the idea, and came up with a logo that made an obscure N. W. S. out of sine wave type shapes. Obviously, the artist believes that ideas can be anything, and they can spawn from themselves.
Lupe Fiasco is a "popular" rap artist, and says that he's not the type that writes before he has music. When he creates, he creates specifically for the album, little bits at a time. A studio session might consist of sitting down writing a few lines, playing with them, recording them with the track, and coming back to write another bit. The creative process may be something that requires writing in different places, and taking special time. Though he says it's entirely possible to record an entire album in one sitting, like Jay-Z.
Paul Simon is an extremely seasoned and experienced musician and writer. He says that this song, "Love and Hard Times," is a testament to his older writings 20 years ago. Paul had been out of practice, and was writing with a fresh start. He decided to start with improvising melodies and words, and just letting things speak for them selves, utilizing cliches to use space and integrating melody and words together. Good ideas only come with creative energy, and patience.
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