SONG OF THE DAY
“Fire Of Birds” by D.M. Stith (Heavy Ghost, Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2009).
INTERESTING FACTS (from his website and wikipedia)
– Born in Buffalo, NY in 1980. Holla back, B-Lo!
– Heavy Ghost is characterized by densely layered music features strings and horns on top of Stith’s guitar and piano tracks. His multi-tracked voice often provides a quasi-choral backing. Released in 2009, it was very favorably reviewed by many critics, garnering a score of 84 at MetaCritic.
– He currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana.
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 and play piano.
– Stith is currently working on an MFA in graphic design at the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Art at Indiana University. He continues to work in the field of graphic design, producing the artwork for his Heavy Ghost CD and other projects for Asthmatic Kitty Records (Sufjan’s label).