Blog: TwentyFourBit

In one of Jon Brion's most rewarding live experiments, the composer/producer will often perform a famous song by one artist in the trademark style of another. For example, check out his impromptu  cover of Radiohead's "Creep" as Tom Waits live at Amoeba in '04. While these kinds of mashups  are common (and immensely popular) online, Brion's take on the format was actually borne of a more intriguing distinction worth noting: the cross between songs and performance pieces. For Brion, the art of recording a particular sound and group in a given setting has out-shadowed the art of composing a particular [...]

• TwentyFourBit - Jon Brion: Songs Vs. Performance Pieces