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Released: Jan 1, 2003
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  • Genre: Indie / Other / Shoegaze

    Location New York City, US

    Profile Views: 39698

    Last Login: 3/2/2012

    Member Since 10/6/2003

    Website www.myspace.com/seanspada

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    ...... .. SEAN SPADA has been teaching piano, music theory & improvisation for over five years. He graduated from Boston University in 2004 with a BA in Music & English. Sean also studied composition at the Juilliard School as well as taking private lessons in classical & jazz piano..... I just finished doing the film score for the independant film .."Osiris Ford"... Here's a scene: .............. .. .. .. .. .. ...... I play in ..YANKEE BANG BANG... Here's a video of a stripped down version of a song called "The World I Made," recorded live in Quad Studios: .............. .. .. .. .. .. .... ....Sean has performed & recorded with a wide variety of artists, including ..SARIANNA & THE SWELL.. (best band in Danbury according to the Fairfield Weekly), ..THE STAIRS.. (2005 "Best of Boston" according to the Phoenix; members of the Stairs now play as ..HALLELUJAH THE HILLS..), ..THE TAKEOVER UK.. (debut LP out now on Rykodisc) and ..SOLTERO... Sean also writes & records his own songs. ........Fairfield Weekly Talks About Sarianna & the Swell A Whole Lot.... PURCHASE MY CDS!..Click Paypal to buy "Bengal Lights" ($6, includes shipping).... .. .. .. .. Both of my previous CDs ("Bengal Lights" 6 song EP and "Sinks & Sparks" 11 song LP) can be purchased via paypal ..here... ......excerpts from reviews for "bengal lights":.... "Even more impressive however are Spada's beautifully penned lyrics. He manages to paint striking images of sorrow and loneliness through his lyrics, recalled through a rather relaxed and distant vocal delivery."....-northeast performer...... "If you're not sold on this record yet keep in mind three things 1) it's a 6 song EP, and every one of the songs has a very distinct, individual flavor. Parts are reminiscent of They Might be Giants, Belle and Sebastian and .4, "Mismatched Socks", begins like a cover of Ben Folds Five's "Underground"... ....-south of mainstream.......... .... BY THE BY i barely, if at all, read my myspace messages - i've been inundated with far too much crap. try seanspada (at) gmail(dot)com instead.

  • Members

    ..me plus other people sometimes.

  • Influences

    ..big star, marcos valle, spoon, blur, leonard cohen, super furry animals, talking heads, mozart, bob dylan, soltero, the smiths, built to spill, quasi, sarianna, alexander 'skip' spence, john vanderslice, j.s. bach, elliott smith, thelonius monk

  • Sounds Like

    ..other people have said these kind things:...."Spada seems somehow reminiscent of some musician somewhere, but it's hard to figure out just whom that may be, though it's likely that it's no one musician in particular at all." - Performer Magazine (northeast performer)...."The keyboards are as inventive as...Kori Gardner's from Mates of State..."..- south of mainstream...."...Morrissey...David Byrne..." - lazy-i.com.... "...sounds a bit like newer Radiohead sans all of the electronics" - splendid ezine.... "Sean once recorded a cover of a Leonard Cohen song that was better than the original." .. - Ryan Walsh, Hallelujah the Hills

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  • Sarianna

    3 years ago
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  • The Piano Workshop at C…

    Lovin Black Candle Talk! A little quantizing and limiting and you are SET

    3 years ago
  • The Piano Workshop at C…

    Hey its Dorian,

    why ARENT you professionally recording this and pushing it? Its REALLY good!! Let me know, I will provide any assistance you need

    -Dorian
    A Dorian Mode
    Film Composer/Piano Teacher/Cocktail Pianist

    3 years ago
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  • SUB ROSA PARTY

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  • Sarianna

    i was just thinkin', &...

    ah loves yoo.

    4 years ago
  • Sarianna

    My Dearest Screwtape, eh? EH?


    --Yr Doting Uncle

    4 years ago
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Bio:

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SEAN SPADA has been teaching piano, music theory & improvisation for over five years. He graduated from Boston University in 2004 with a BA in Music & English. Sean also studied composition at the Juilliard School as well as taking private lessons in classical & jazz piano.

I just finished doing the film score for the independant film "Osiris Ford". Here's a scene: ..
I play in YANKEE BANG BANG. Here's a video of a stripped down version of a song called "The World I Made," recorded live in Quad Studios: ..

Sean has performed & recorded with a wide variety of artists, including SARIANNA & THE SWELL (best band in Danbury according to the Fairfield Weekly), THE STAIRS (2005 "Best of Boston" according to the Phoenix; members of the Stairs now play as HALLELUJAH THE HILLS), THE TAKEOVER UK (debut LP out now on Rykodisc) and SOLTERO. Sean also writes & records his own songs.


..Fairfield Weekly Talks About Sarianna & the Swell A Whole Lot

PURCHASE MY CDS!
Click Paypal to buy "Bengal Lights" ($6, includes shipping)
.. .. .. .. .. Both of my previous CDs ("Bengal Lights" 6 song EP and "Sinks & Sparks" 11 song LP) can be purchased via paypal here.


excerpts from reviews for "bengal lights":

"Even more impressive however are Spada's beautifully penned lyrics. He manages to paint striking images of sorrow and loneliness through his lyrics, recalled through a rather relaxed and distant vocal delivery."
-northeast performer

"If you're not sold on this record yet keep in mind three things 1) it's a 6 song EP, and every one of the songs has a very distinct, individual flavor. Parts are reminiscent of They Might be Giants, Belle and Sebastian and .4, "Mismatched Socks", begins like a cover of Ben Folds Five's "Underground"...
-south of mainstream




BY THE BY i barely, if at all, read my myspace messages - i've been inundated with far too much crap. try seanspada (at) gmail(dot)com instead.

Member Since:

October 06, 2003

Members:

me plus other people sometimes.

Influences:

big star, marcos valle, spoon, blur, leonard cohen, super furry animals, talking heads, mozart, bob dylan, soltero, the smiths, built to spill, quasi, sarianna, alexander 'skip' spence, john vanderslice, j.s. bach, elliott smith, thelonius monk

Sounds Like:

other people have said these kind things:

"Spada seems somehow reminiscent of some musician somewhere, but it's hard to figure out just whom that may be, though it's likely that it's no one musician in particular at all." - Performer Magazine (northeast performer)

"The keyboards are as inventive as...Kori Gardner's from Mates of State..."
- south of mainstream

"...Morrissey...David Byrne..." - lazy-i.com

"...sounds a bit like newer Radiohead sans all of the electronics" - splendid ezine

"Sean once recorded a cover of a Leonard Cohen song that was better than the original."
- Ryan Walsh, Hallelujah the Hills

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