The doors of perception
Nope, it’s not a Jim Morrison tribute; it’s an initiative which sees musicians such as The Blizzards, Neosupervital, Julie Feeney, Roesy and Brian Palm design a special set of doors.
Neil Brennan, 21 Nov 2006
Most musicians are just big kids, so it’s not surprising how many of them jumped at the chance to design a door that will be seen around the country before arriving at Music Ireland ‘06 and then being auctioned for charity. The Thrills, The Blizzards, Brian Palm of the Mary Stokes Band, The Immediate, Royseven and Julie Feeney are among the first wave of artists to finish their masterpieces. With others currently in preparation, the entire collection will be displayed at Music Ireland '06, in the RDS.
Ireland’s mobile media network 3 came up with the brainwave to approach a number of top Irish musicians to see if they’d fancy designing a door, to create awareness of 3’s new Virtual Music Store, which allows users to download music on their phone, no matter where they might happen to be. The response from bands was overwhelmingly positive. And no wonder, this is a powerful new sales outlet: in the UK, 3’s digital sales equal 11% of all downloads. All tracks purchased online by Irish users through the 3 store will be eligible for the Irish charts.
Hot Press were asked to participate, with the task of designing the door going to artist and musician Brian Palm. Brian plays harmonica with the Mary Stokes Band, who had just returned from a tour of Holland when he set to work on the project.
“With Hot Press due to celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2007, I thought immediately of a front door, No. 30,” he says.
Brian first came to Ireland in the 1970s, and wanted to create something that reflected that decade, when the capital city wasn’t quite so well off.
“The idea was to make an old, distressed, cracked Georgian door, the kind Dublin used to be full of.”
The fine detail of the work is brilliant, but he also hung a guitar from it, as a symbol of rock ‘n’ roll – one of the things that has transformed the country in the years since Hot Press was launched.
On the reverse, Brian chose to pay tribute to some of the country’s music legends.
“The inside is almost like someone was inside a shitty bedsit, and you put up posters of your idols, as seen on the front cover of Hot Press: Rory Gallagher and Phil Lynott.”
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