Songs to Look At

Songs to Look At
Author: Daniel Johnston
Publisher: Flye Eye Books
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021-09-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735760919

Embark on a fascinating artistic journey with artist and songwriter Daniel Johnston and his sister Marjory, as they share this first volume of Songs To Look At, a mixed media project inspired by a thrift store find. The corresponding work features photo snippets that are morphed by Daniel's distinct artistic style, as he incorporates images with his wild characters, bright colors and word balloons. Each piece is then punctuated by lyrics selected from his expansive and brilliant catalog. The result is a stirring combination of Daniel's visual art and lyrical genius. A testimony to the love shared between brother and sister, Songs to Look At provides insight into the thinking and creative process of Daniel Johnston through the final years of his life, while offering a glimpse into the joy he and Marjory experienced creating this insightful and illuminating work. The result provides hours of reflection for both fans, and those not yet familiar.

What the Songs Look Like

What the Songs Look Like
Author: Talking Heads (Musical group)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1987
Genre: Art, Modern
ISBN:

Look! What Do You See?

Look! What Do You See?
Author: Bing Xu
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2017-11-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0698186389

A puzzle, a work of art, and a collection of classic American songs, all in an innovative book by one of the world's foremost contemporary artists. Every page of this book is filled with secret code. It seems like Chinese calligraphy, but it’s not. It seems like you can’t read it, but you can. Once the pieces of the puzzle start falling into place, you will understand it all. And some of it may even strike you as strangely familiar . . . Twelve traditional American songs, such as "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Yankee Doodle," as well as five classic songs from Chinese culture, are written here in artist Xu Bing's unique "square word calligraphy," which uses one-block words made of English letters. From a distance, these pieces are beautiful but unintelligible art. Up close, they are a mystery just waiting to be solved—like the fine art version of "Magic Eye." For readers ages 7 and up, Look! What Do You See? is perfect for long car rides or coded notes to friends. Incredibly intricate and visually engaging, this is a book that children and adults will return to again and again.

Goodnight Songs

Goodnight Songs
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: Sterling
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781454904465

A previously unpublished collection of twelve lullabies, illustrated by contemporary, award-winning artists including Jonathan Bean, Sophie Blackall, Renata Liwska, and Dan Yaccarino.

Music for Your Heart

Music for Your Heart
Author: Ace Collins
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426776047

Have you ever had a song stuck in your head for days? Something abut its tune or lyrics impacts us and holds our attention. Why? How did the song come to be? Why was it written? And what does the song really mean? In Music for Your Heart, best-selling and award-winning author Ace Collins takes you behind the scenes of your favorite songs to show how the lyrics and music began. Through insider stories, artist bios, and inspiration from Scripture, Collins weaves stirring reflections on our adored and popular classics. Whether the featured song is a holiday carol, children’s worship tune, or love song, each short chapter will inspire curious music enthusiasts as well as those seeking a book for a devotional meditation. Digging deep into the words and history of the music, these uplifting and informative reflections will warm the heart—like the songs themselves. Songs include: - Jesus Loves Me - You Are My Sunshine - How Great Thou Art - White Christmas - Amazing Grace - Sweet, Sweet Spirit - Blue Moon - Jingle Bells - You Raise Me Up - Deep and Wide - I Will Always Love You - Moon River

The Green Book of Songs by Subject

The Green Book of Songs by Subject
Author: Jeff Green
Publisher: Professional Desk References Incorporated
Total Pages: 1569
Release: 2002
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780939735204

Indexes songs by subject, covering popular hits, country music, soul, jazz, big band, Broadway musicals, and motion picture soundtracks.

The Golden Age of Novelty Songs

The Golden Age of Novelty Songs
Author: Steven Otfinoski
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"This book takes a fond look at one of music's most enduring and most eccentric genres. From their roots in the raucous rhymes 'n' rhythms of Louis Jordan and the inspired lunacy of Spike Jones in the Forties to the musical madness of "Weird Al" Yankovic in the Nineties, novelty songs have always provided a titter, a chuckle, a groan, or a barrel of laughs."