Art Collaboration - Jean G Dayton

Creative synergy is a concept with which Sam holds great interest, especially when experimenting with the interpretation of visual and auditory modes of Art.

Sam has recently worked with the artist, Jean G Dayton whose abstract artwork contains great vibrancy: 

"I instantly resonated with how Sam worked as this is exactly how I work with my Art Creations. Sam approached me with an inspired idea that we would collaborate on a project whereby I would paint the energy & essence of his music and visa-versa."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Our first collaboration is entitled 'New Wave', a painting I created whilst listening to Sam's composition of the same name. We decided to best showcase this work in the form of video so you can enjoy the overall experience, as we had both envisaged. Our project is only in it's infancy, however we are both excited about how it will evolve."

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Railway Children - Film Work - Deepesh

Sam is delighted to have collaborated with film maker Colin Laidlaw and his organisation media4charity. Sam's track Return from the Sounds of Home album is used as an accompanying soundtrack for the project. The film, Deepesh, has already been used at several fund-raising events and will soon front the charity's website. To watch the movie, click here.

Colin has kindly provided some background information about this important project:

"I worked with Sam on the film Deepesh that I made for The Railway Children charity and the narration is based around a true story. I met Deepesh (name changed) while filming at one of the charity's partner organisations in India. He had run away from home when he was 12, because his father died and he was taken out of school to earn money for the family. He could not deal with this and ran away to Mumbai. An orphanage picked him up at the station, but he ran away from it when older boys sexually abused him.

He was living on the station when the charity found him. They eventually attained his name and arranged for his mother to collect him. He had been away from home 2 years when she arrived at the centre. I was actually fortunate enough to be there to see him reunited with his family and the charity will continue to monitor him and ensure that he finishes his schooling."

"To produce the film I needed some highly emotive music. An advert on Shooting People saw over 50 composers whom generously wanted to donate their music to the cause. The choice was easy though, there was only one composer I deemed suitable for the work and that was Sam and his track "Return" from his Sounds at Home album. I think you will find that the music compliments the story of Deepesh beautifully and I hope to work with Sam again in the near future."

About the filmmaker: Colin Laidlaw is a multi-skilled filmmaker who runs an organisation called www.media4charity.org. Their aim is to
Give a voice to those who find it hard to find their voice.

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Orgone Pendants - Natalie Glasson

Sam has collaborated with Natalie Glasson, a representative of
www.cosmic-order.com which makes energy pendants.

The pendants are hand-made and contain crystals and a substance called Orgone Matrix Material, which is aimed at increasing the flow of positive energy around a person. Much of Natalie’s work is highly linked in with spirituality and she regularly channels and publishes messages from Angels and enlightened beings from her websites www.wisdomofthelight.com and www.omna.org. Intrigued, Sam wore one of the pendants when channelling some recent music in the studio which represented a new musical direction.

Sam sent the new music to Natalie and much to their delight, Natalie was able to channel a number of messages from within the music. Sam believes on a spiritual level, music carries many messages within its energy and can aid spiritual awakening. Read Natalie's channelling here.

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Online Single  - Dreaming...

Sam was back in the studio in July '09 and  experimented with more 'spacey' sounding music. Here's a sneak preview of the single, which is called Dreaming.

We intend to release snippets of Sam's new music here on the website now and again, so keep tuning in to the Online Releases section.

This one's definitely about letting go...

 

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Ethereal Music - Cecilia Cartwright

Sam was delighted when he was asked to write music for one of Yorkshire's most experienced Clairvoyants.

Cecilia Cartwright has worked internationally as a Clairvoyant for some 45 years and has decided to bring a touch of the spiritual to the technological, with the creation of a new website, designed to keep clients informed about her services and upcoming events.

Much of Cecilia's work is spent helping people come to terms with the events in their lives and Cecilia felt that she needed music on her website that put across those feelings of comfort and assurance, but also welcomed website visitors.

"I was introduced to Sam's music by a friend and I knew immediately
that I should ask him to write some music for my website. Silent Fireworks has such a peaceful energy to it and I am very pleased with how it works on my new website."

So are there bright things in store for Sam Joseph Music?
You'd better ask Cecilia Cartwright...

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Film Work - Lonely Hearts

Sam has worked alongside Director, James Keaton, on his film, Lonely Hearts.

The film is a quirky, bittersweet comedy about moving on after a failed relationship.

For emotional support, the central character turns to a soft-toy talking pig (played by Martin Freeman).

Lonely Hearts prominently features the track, Sunshine from Sam's Sounds of Home Album. You can listen to it here.

James has worked in production in the film industry for several years and his credits include; Bright Young Things, The Constant Gardener, Channel 4's Sugar Rush, Ricky Gervais' hit series Extras and Kenneth Branagh's version of As You Like It.

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Film Work - The Waorani

Since Oil Companies entered their territory, the Waorani have made deals: oil for a pack of noodles and two soccer balls. Deals in exchange for nothing. The Waorani will continue to struggle for their survival, but in order to preserve their homeland and culture they must, paradoxically, adopt modern ways.

Music from Sam's Sounds of Home Album was been used on account of its natural combination with film. This time a collaboration with thought-provoking Filmmaker, J. Michael Seyfert, (left).

JMS' time spent with the Waorani Tribe in his film, Los Soberanos is a perceptive and sympathetic journey, affording the audience a privileged insight into their fascinating lives. Click on the image below to find out more.

Los Soberanos features Rain Flight from Sam's Sounds of Home Album. You can listen to it here.

Of working with Sam, JMS said, "Sam is a talented , disciplined and dedicated musician & composer, he was an excellent collaborator and his contribution to my film was the dot on the i."

For more details on J. Michael Seyfert and his work visit www.seyfert.com.

His recent film projects are at www.oppositeland.com and www.deseo.com.

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Art Collaboration - Parallel Dimensions

A splendid collaboration with Yorkshire-based Artist, Neil Simone is one of Sam's favourite projects. Inspired by Sam's music, Neil created a beautiful piece of artwork bustling with the natural elements, which they agreed to integrate into this website.

Their collaboration features in Neil's memoirs, How Long Does It Take? which you can read about here.

Parallel Dimensions (above) can be viewed in more detail by clicking here.

Sam was thrilled to work with Neil, "Work of this quality is extremely important in helping to expand peoples' ideas of what can be achieved by combining different modes of art, in this case, audio and visual. Their combined effect is really very moving. Neil's work is fantastic; It simply transfixes people, taking them away from the mundane. From the reactions I have seen, a viewing is truly a gift."

For more details on Neil's work and the work of his wife, Heather Simone, visit www.neilsimone.com

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