Archive for July 26th, 2010

Another Kittery Embers Sketch

By Sleeves, 26 July, 2010, No Comment

Ryan sent me a variety of different sketches. He labored over some, but others he threw down quick. In the final book I hope we have both. So here’s another cool sketch from Ryan Wilson for the “Kittery Embers” book.

Listen to Chapter 3 here:

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Ryan is also participating in the Ridley Scott July 24th movie thing. His entry is below. A street strolling interview with a Chinese student.

More Old Songs!

By Sleeves, 26 July, 2010, 5 Comments

Part 2 of the Secret Music of Yesteryear!

I started messing around with a 4 track when I was 19 or so (a Yamaha MT1X). I probably used it for 10 years and even though I’m pretty useless with mechanical/electrical/real items, I got to where I could fix it when it broke – replace the bands and fix the gears or troubleshoot whatever.

After the Yamaha, I got a Roland VS-840 because I had started to write a very important musical that demanded new equipment. The musical, by the way, is called “The Pardon of Eden” and it’s about an island full of monks and nuns who are told that everyone on earth has perished in some apocalypse – and they have to decide whether to continue the human race, or stay true to their vows. Maybe I’ll post some of those songs in a later post, but it’s pretty embarassing. Eek.

Anyway, here are some more songs, recorded on the Roland, from 2002-2004.

Everything Has Got to Go!

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Bombs Away

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Everything That I Do

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On Your Own

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Who is Sherwin Sleeves?

My name is Sean Hurley and I am Sherwin Sleeves ombudsman, gopher, handyman, internet person, musical assistant, and all around amanuensis. Sherwin lives just up the road from me in the next town over and I visit him once or twice a week to pick up songs or stories or whatever he has to give me. He's an older man of about 79. He lives in a small cabin on top of Marked Mountain, in Lemon, New Hampshire. I believe he spent much of his time working for a traveling theater. He is not married and apparently has no other family. A frequent question: Does he really do all that walking? Yes! He does do a lot of walking. Even with the cane and a slightly bad leg, he walks more than anyone I know and he doesn’t seem to bother with any difference between night or day. He’ll set off at midnight for a 10 mile journey to nowhere. From what I’ve learned, he doesn’t seem to have the least idea where he’s heading to when he goes out – he just puts on his hat and walks out the door and is suddenly gone. Please feel free to contact him at sherwinsleeves(at)yahoo(dot)com.