“My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I’m a frustrated filmmaker… It’s very visual. You’re scoring the actress, but the actress is singing the lines and trying to get them as conversational as film.July 16, 2014 9:48 am
“My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I’m a frustrated filmmaker… It’s very visual. You’re scoring the actress, but the actress is singing the lines and trying to get them as conversational as film.
“A fan once said to me, ‘Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!’ and I took that as a great compliment. That’s exactly my intention.”
—Joni Mitchell
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Joni is an inspiration with that open tuning she uses. Tunes a Guitar to a chord. Watch any video footage you will see what I mean.
By David Koval on July 18, 2014 at 3:48 am