Philthy Conversations with Artists

Back when we began, Philthy Art’s first convoview conquest was Rachel J. Cox. The very same week that we sat down with her and videotaped a three-hour conversation, she was asked to do the cover of the 2007 Philadelphia Film Festival guide.

Shortly after, our camera, well, stopped showing images and playing sound, and so the full, multimedia convoview was never really posted. However, it is time to return our attention to Rachel J. Cox.

Why? Because something amazing is happening.

A few weeks ago, Rachel was working on the album art for a friend from high school who had been signed to Maverick records but had decided to be bought out of his contract. He used the money to create his own album and has been selling them himself. Needless to say, if you know the independent music world, things were going slow.

It all seemed like the same situation Philthy Art finds many talented people in: making art, doing what they believe in, but struggling on the sidelines. I didn’t even think to ask her for a copy of his music.

Then, an infamous blogger named Perez Hilton (who we read religiously and then feel the need to purge through confession) discovered the music of Eric Hutchinson and decided to write about it on his blog.

His blog gets about 3,000,000 unique hits a day.

Within days, Eric Hutchinson’s album “Sounds Like This” became #6 on the iTunes charts and his myspace now has over 22,000 friends.

So, a local Philly girl, with immense talent, just made the album art for an album that is hitting the top of the charts. And all because she did something beautiful to help a friend and kept moving toward what she believed in.

Much more to come. But in the meantime, check out Rachel J. Cox Illustrations on myspace, and of course, the music of Eric Hutchinson.