many different combinations of ensembles assemble with a little help from my friends.
Influences
my family, my family, all of my dear wonderful incredible friends with whom i share life and music, woody guthrie, the beatles, neil young, mike powers, biomimicry, mycorestoration, permaculture, cradle to cradle free masonry, neahtawantah, greg brown, david rawlings, david taylor, steppin in it, luke winslow-king, daniel kahn, greensky bluegrass, rachael davis, jen sygit, susan fawcett, breathe owl breathe, brandon foote, laura bates, sari brown, darlene, dick siegel, peter "madcat" ruth, jim gillespie, frank youngman, dave bunce, z-bunce, stovetop, island, nick drake, barry anderson, claudia schmidt, pete munoz, sarna salzman, brian beauchamp, hi-lo, airbourne or aquatic?, the penguin cafe orchestra, andrew weil, father thomas berry, george carlin, jane goodall, joni mitchell, wendell berry, paul hawken, the non profit organization, the beehive, the teepee, cells, stars, pink floyd, daisy may erlewine, you and yours, this here now, yesterday, tomorrow...
Sounds Like
Someone who doesn't want to be pinned down into a style, like "folk rock", because he's too antsy to stay put musically.
Bernard was born and raised on Earthwork Farm in Northern Michigan, surrounded by gardens, goats, hippies, rednecks and stringed instruments, smack dab in the middle of a tightly woven circle of friends and family throughout the Regan Era. Just outside Lake City. A fine small hometown. No shortage of churches, bars or lakes around. The teenage years sought and brought in influences of counter culture and pop culture. Delvings into mystic poetry, stand-up comedy, sixties music, professional sports and theater. Traveling around as a storyteller, point guard, sax player or singer/guitar player in bands with names like "freesoil", "kind lear and the gothic monks" or "the pagoda trees". From little Lake City to Interlochen Arts Academy to New York City back to mother Michigan. Ten thousand miles of Greyhound travel in between. Seth recorded his first album at his guitar teacher's home studio between 99 and 00. Tried the University of Michigan and the experience was brief, stressful, expensive and expansive. Classses in ecological sustainability, poetry and the performing arts led to leaving college for a life seeking the study and creation of such things. The rest of the brief bio story is traceable online. More recordings and noteable creations and peak experiences, yes, but enough about S. Seth B. for now. Earthwork Music was a seed and now it has a life of it's own. It's at work and play in Michigan and earthworkmusic.com is a good guide to it. Earthwork now has many albums and events to it's name, and more are in the works. But it's a collective more than it's a company. A circle of friends with all different kinds of eyes and minds and musics. Bernard is still a point guard and a music maker of many colors. Daisy May is Seth's homemade partner. She is a friend of the world's. A beautiful songbird. They two have put their medicines together and hit the road. www.myspace.com/daisymayandsethbernard
Call him "Eggs" or "Sethbo", just don't call him late for supper. Hey Rupert!
it's the water festival...
playing keyboard with daniel johnston 2/4/08
video by dustin edwards.
video by dustin edwards
lil clip from a prarie home companion 4/21/07
Hi Seth! I finally had a chance to sit down and really listen to This Here. It is truly a piece of art! I love the way it flows. And of course I LOVED I'm You. Perhaps some day when I offer a Bioneers workshop on babies, bonding and socialization I could use this song. Along with the song that is yet to be written about Oxytocin of course ;) Thank you, thank you for the CD.
hey seth, i was just looking up the water festival and it looks like a really cool festival and im planning to go..but i dont see anything about the cost on the site?? could you give me a little more info if you get this...really excited to see you and may perform again!!!
Hi, I wanted to thank you for helping me reach the final stage of the ZigZag live competition. Thanks to your support, the CMJ slot looks closer then ever.
To win, I need your vote one last time. Please check my profile and see the flyer, it has all the instructions + the link for voting. You can also click here to get directly to the link.
great guitar slingin' thursday night brother :) always a pleasure to see you cats... we just put some new tunes up online...if you get a chance, check 'em out and let us know what ya think :)
New stuff sounds ahmazing! By the way, I hope your friend susan knows how lucky she is to have such a fantastic last name as fawcett. I'm real real sorry I missed you at bells last night, Ive got to catch you in june! keep doing what youre doing, its lovely!
We've really enjoyed listening to your music and now you have a chance to listen to ours. My Friend Anthony is playing at The Shay Station in Cadillac on May 30th at 6pm and we would really enjoy you being there. We see that you have a possible show in California, but if it doesn't work out and your back home in Northern Michigan, we would really appreciate it!
Keep the wonderful new tunes coming, their great and we hope to see you there!
I just learned you're playing @ Bell's on the 15th! I can't wait! It's been a while since I've caught you where in town! Defiantly looking forward to it!
Hey Sethbo, your new albums rocks! I've listened to it a bunch of times already! So glad I got to be a part of it! Hope recording went well for you and May! Luv ya, Sygit
