Hi Timothy,

Well it's really nice to hear from someone else who loves D.S.'s music. I
discovered "Humming" quite by accident and soon fell in love with (most of)
it. Then I had to get the first album, and after a few weeks' listening to
that I've decided I like it almost as much. Unfortunately, I know very
little about him and he never seems to be on the radio, at least here in
Sydney. I was hoping this list would give me more info and get me up to date
with his doings. But - so far - there's been no news at all!

I wouldn't agree with you, though, that he's totally original and sounds
like no one else. I'd categorise him as a kind of male Sarah Maclachlan. If
you like D.S. my guess is that you would like a lot of Sarah Maclachlan as
well. "Reasons for Living" is VERY S.M. I think. But of course there are
added dimensions as well, particularly the wonderful string arrangements. I
haven't been able to find any male artists who are remotely similar, though
D.S. is clearly inspired by some aspects of Jeff Buckley's work.

Anyway, does anyone on this list know what Duncan is doing now????

James (Sydney)

>From: flamepillar@... (Timothy Bishop)
>Reply-To: DuncanSheik@onelist.com
>To: DuncanSheik@onelist.com
>Subject: [DuncanSheik] Yep we're here
>Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 03:10:46 -0500 (CDT)
>
>I subscribed about a month ago and I totally forgot about it!! I was
>going to post something here last week but I never got around to it.
>
>Duncan Sheik is one of the most fascinating artists I've ever known. I
>don't know any other artist who even sounds remotely like him. The way
>he just seems to be right there in the room having a conversation with
>you when you play his music is nothing short of amazing. That is why,
>for three years straight, I have put his CD's on to put myself to sleep
>at night, because his voice is very comforting to me. I put the CD on
>random play mode so I never know what song's going to play next! I
>usually fall asleep after about three songs...but it's three different
>ones every night so it's a real thrill. I thought my CD player was
>possessed at one point when, four nights straight in a row, it started
>with "Days Go By".
>
>When Humming came along, I got it immediately, and I only gave myself
>one listen to it during the daytime, just to slightly familiarize myself
>with each track...after that, I would put the CD away and only play it
>at night...so not only did I rarely even know which track number was
>even playing, but I didn't know the titles of the songs either. This
>helped me a lot in recognizing each song's individual beauty, without
>having an actual "label" for it. Straight from the beginning, though, I
>never forgot that the fourth song was "Alibi"..cuz that is one amazing
>song right there. It's already a catchy little number, but those
>strings dancing along in the background just add a total hypnotic feel
>to it and if that song plays first at night, I'm usually asleep before
>it even gets to the last chorus.
>
>Oh well, I've jabbered on long enough. I don't know a whole lot in the
>way of tours and new albums...but seeing Sheik in concert would be a
>dream come true.
>
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