David Sheppard is a musician, a critic,a biographer and a writer. He spent his first 40-45 minutes talking about how he became a musician and touring around the states with his band playing in front of audience and venues
After all the necessary experience’s he was then given a task to write about the journey “( On the rod and how his band had gotten back to New York City)” and then he realized he had transcribed into a writer. He then met a friend which was names “Gemme De Cruz” an art writer who waned o create a magazine that was involved in both “Art and Music” , together they both came up with the idea to introduce “Art and Music magazine”
David Sheppard often finds it difficult to describe exactly what he does for a living. His work moves between sound engineering and artistic creation, as he both generates his own electronic music and collaborates with other artists to realize large, technically complex pieces. “Sound artist,” he said, is the definition that seems to fit best, a label roomy enough to accommodate his eclectic work coaxing sound from a variety of unusual spaces — an abandoned Nazi submarine base a stone scuplture, or a windswept stretch of Venice .
Anyway, David also talked about the modern technology and its impact on art, particularly, due to being so easily accessible as per to say Online galleries.It sort of takes away from the “Difference”. Its totally understandable, in the way that I can download mp3s, but feel that it’s necessary to buy the hard copies of my favourite bands’ albums, so I can hold them, physically flip through the booklets and touch the disks and whatnot.
It was with this idea that he co-founded a Second Language, an independent record label that produces exclusive albums featuring artists of a variety of genres. The album covers/sleeves are hand-made, usually including more than just a CD.
Here are some examples he brought along.
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