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Around The Lion Legs by Dm Stith

Artist Biography For Dm Stith

DM Stith Born David Michael Stith In Buffalo NY On 24 June 1980 Is An American Singer-Songwriter And Multi-Instrumentalist Who Released His First Album Heavy Ghost In 2009 On The Asthmatic Kitty Label. He Currently Resides In Brooklyn New York. 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. 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 Stith 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 Stith 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 Stith 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. Stith Completed His First Catalog Of Songs For An Album Called Ichabod And Apple Written And Recorded In The First Month Of His Song-Writing Experiments. His First Full Length Album Is Heavy Ghost On Asthmatic Kitty Records. Stith Collaborates With Fellow American John-Mark Lapham Formerly Of UK/US Quartet The Earlies Under The Band Name The Revival Hour. His Second Studio Album "Pigeonheart" Was Released On July 29 2016.

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