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Dylan Schwartz

About Me

I suppose I don't have a mission statement or a lengthy bio to write. I compose and arrange and play music as a natural extension of my meditation practice and I meditate as a natural extension of my musical practice. There are infinite ways to walk this path of life and I seem to find my joy in the sounds and silences.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/12/2005
Band Website: stillstrings.com
Band Members: Just me, myself, and my guardian angels. However, here are links to a few of my other groups:www.myspace.com/courteouslyinvitednottotalk www.myspace.com/ddttrio, www.myspace.com/asitfallsimprov, and www.myspace.com/beautifulendeavorsociety.You can check out more music and awesomeness at:www.stillstrings.com
Influences: Chet Baker - Wayne Shorter - Miles - Iron and Wine - John Abercrombie - Silence - Squirrels - Phil Collins
Sounds Like: Someone still trying to figure this whole thing out. Every so often it even sounds like someone who has.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Thoughts about the Struggle:

I was speaking with a good friend of mine the other night and the topic of hard, hard times came up. We had both been struggling in our own respective ways and I began to think about a series of sele...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:39:00 GMT

Who wants to be happy?

The Yoga Sutras have been paramount for me in my quest for higher and higher levels of bliss and stillness in this wild world.  Here's a particularly meaningful selection that I clipped from http...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:17:00 GMT

The BEST, BEST, BEST way you can spend the next forty seconds.

Go here, give people free stuff: www.hungersite.com Doesn't cost anything, helps like you wouldn't believe. Here's to community.
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:12:00 GMT

Videos Added

Sometime back I was filming a series of duets with my good friend Thomas Faulds and, after we had finished, I asked if he would videotape an impromptu performance of me playing solo guitar.  The ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:45:00 GMT

New Track - Two

You know, I haven't had this track on my site for a while but still like the vibe of the blog so I'm leaving it be.  Anyone else out there with a good tale of serendipity to share? -------------...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:46:00 GMT