New York native, David Hyman, has stealthily been crafting an evocative, melody-obsessed blend of experimental, folk and classical music that you almost never got a chance to hear. Only pressure from his late grandmother, Magda, "to let people hear the music!" moved Hyman to begin self-recording in his Beacon loft and finally let others in on the melodies that, for years, he's been listening for and whittling down on morning-rush, coffee-vendor lines, vibrating, end-of-day subway platforms and pretty much everywhere else in between.
"My grandmother was the person I went to to air a melody under construction. I set about self-recording recently to realize something she wanted for me and my art: namely, that you hear it, and that I get over myself enough to enjoy sharing it."
Hyman's debut recording effort is called "Staring at the Walls." You can listen to tracks from the project as they are completed at www.StaringAtTheWalls.com.



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September 1, 2009

“A Fine Place to Begin” Recorded (and soon to be posted to this very fine-looking website, if I do say so myself.) (Thank you Marlene. You’re the best!)

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Hello world! And, by world, I pretty much mean, myself, since no one is reading, or even knows about this blog yet:) But, hey, why let GLARING realities, like perfect solitude, stop a person from excitedly blathering on at his keyboard, right? RIGHT! Anywho: I just finished my first recording for this, here, um, website, blog and songwriting project. The song is called “A Fine Place to Begin.” It’ll be posted to the site soon for you to hear. For those future readers out there who, by virtue of being merely future readers, can’t possibly know the following: I’ve decided to name the project “Staring at the Walls,” because, ironically, pretty much everything I’ve done in my life other than music has involved significant periods of me, well, staring at a wall:) Music!, on the other hand, is on a very short list of things that has always held (and, thankfully, continues to hold) real magic for me. My goal for this site and the music that will live here is to share some of the magic I feel when writing and recording with you. Yes, YOU!–the very same folks who, it makes me smile to think, are, for the time being at least, perfectly unaware of this site:)

I’m so very excited to begin “Staring at the Walls” with you;)  I look forward to seein’ you ’round these parts.  ’Till then, then.

Cheers,

David

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