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David Stith comes from a musical family: his father is a college wind ensemble director and former church choir director; his grandfather is professor emeritus in the music department at Cornell University; his mother is a pianist; his sisters sing opera, play piano, tap dance, play timpani and are excellent soft ball players. David Stith grew up dreading the family ensemble’s appearances in church, preferring instead to draw mazes on the blank sides of church bulletins during services.
In fifth grade, a harrowing performance of Phantom of the Opera at a school assembly (accompanied by his mother on piano) nearly turned him off to music for good. He started a noise band in high school, called Starchild (or Starchildren, or The Pool - they never did quite decide); but they preferred painting their guitars over playing them. David wrote a lot of bad poetry during this time.
In college, David attempted writing a novel and a children’s book, illustrating his work with original woodcut prints. His pursuit of writing and illustration brought him from Rochester to Brooklyn, where he took up work as a graphic designer. While in Brooklyn, David befriended Shara Worden (of My Brightest Diamond), and soon after began facilitating, in small technical ways, the recording of her album Bring Me the Workhorse. This, in turn, spurred David to begin writing and recording songs of his own. It was a casual, private affair. He spent countless days stored away in his bedroom, sketching folk songs with epic electronic gestures, a rekindling of passions for his first familial love: music.
In college, David attempted writing a novel and a children’s book, illustrating his work with original woodcut prints. His pursuit of writing and illustration brought him from Rochester to Brooklyn, where he took up work as a graphic designer. While in Brooklyn, David befriended Shara Worden (of My Brightest Diamond), and soon after began facilitating, in small technical ways, the recording of her album Bring Me the Workhorse. This, in turn, spurred David to begin writing and recording songs of his own. It was a casual, private affair. He spent countless days stored away in his bedroom, sketching folk songs with epic electronic gestures, a rekindling of passions for his first familial love: music.
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This is good.
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Wow, this is great! Needs more listeners, superbly underrated.
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need moarrrr...
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live in barcelona: http://youtu.be/alrmZ8DqFx0
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you beautiful haunting bastard!
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A thousand people .. !
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Myxomatosis7 wrote:
Great, underrated artist
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Amnesius wrote:
I'm really liking this a LOT...suggested by last.fm's janky Recommendation system, fancy that.
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FlacoJetson wrote:
new song my impatience live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alrmZ8DqFx0
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coobymx wrote:
He was AWESOME in Lisbon. Way better than expected (:
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peburgess wrote:
Morning Glory Cloud (not to mention the rest) was great at the Manchester Apollo - http://peburgess.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/dm-stith-%E2%80%93-apollo-manchester-%E2%80%93-19-may-2011/
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bunnyf wrote:
Morning Glory Cloud is magnificent. I does things to me.
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TheHochhaus wrote:
At first I just heard him because he was supporting act of the sufjan-concert, but since the concert in berlin I am a real fan! I hope he goes on folk-rocking his guitar and piano!!!
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alter-bet wrote:
mesmerizing performance supporting Sufjan in Warsaw I really enjoyed the story about the morning glory cloud :) thanks for the little chat after the show!
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Nicken05 wrote:
great great discovery!
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Jorika wrote:
He played short but great gig in Poland :)
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zofiazofia wrote:
just got himself a fan
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This motherfucker.
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I don't even know how to categorize this guy!
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Braid of Voices. /life
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