This evening Sherwin will do a live performance of “Whisper, Pray, Make Room”. Voted Favorite Play by the 2010 Spotlight Awards and inspired by Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”, Whisper, Pray, Make Room is a one man musical drama that tells the story of diabolical radio talk show host, Steve “The Sledgehammer” King, who receives …
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In which Sherwin is invited to dine aboard the Flying Yankee, which invitation includes a rather mysterious request. Music by: Sherwin Sleeves, The Ink Spots, The Eels, Johann Johannsson, British Sea Power, David Byrne, Mark Kozelek & Elizabeth Cotten “The Dinner in the Dark” was produced for Thanksgiving Day broadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio. …
“Ask For You” is the fifth song Roy and I have collaborated on. After this one, I think we’re going into double secret stealth mode and will finish out a full album and do a big fancy release that involves hats and crying doves. [audio: http://www.atomsmotion.com/uploads/askforyouweb.mp3] Quicktime or Download “Ask For You” lyrics: All they …
It’s been deeply rewarding to collaborate on this new series of songs with Roy Harter of Skinnyman Studios. As with the others, I sent Roy a demo for “The Fingerprints of the Fallen Down” and he built a song around it, adding verses, writing new lines, creating its shape and movement. [audio: http://www.atomsmotion.com/uploads/fingerprintsweb.mp3] Quicktime or …
Here’s the 3rd song from my collaboration between Roy Harter and Sean Barry of Skinnyman Studios, and it’s easily my favorite so far. The lyrics were written entirely by Roy. This song came out of a 20 second demo I sent to Roy and Sean. Roy worked out the lyrics and then he and Sean …
“Atoms, Motion & the Void” was performed at the Players Ring in Portsmouth, directed by John Herman and and excellently filmed by Bob Sgandurra. If interested, you can read more about it here. Or you can buy the DVD (with paypal) for $8. It is broken into five parts. Most of you know this I’m …
“Holy Daydream” is a new a song for the last episode of this Stalwarts series, but I thought I’d post it here. It’s not too late to join the Stalwarts website! Stories, songs, stickers, and just everything you can think of that begins with the letter s. Read more about that here. Quicktime or Download …
A couple things were lurking in the background with this song. One was Starry Starry Night. Not just the image of it but the creation of it and then what it represents. The other was a quote from Nisargadatta Maharaj: “When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that is wisdom. When I …
In this class, I reveal the secret of changing hats and playing wrong notes to achieve maximum musical viscosity.
When I created and uploaded the above video, I thought I’d share it only privately on The Stalwarts website. But then I hit upon the snag that youtube permits you to privately share videos with only 50 people. And I need to share it with a few more than that. So I thought I would …