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Sxip Shirey

Gene "Sxip" Shirey (pronounced "skip") is an American electric-acoustic composer, performer, and story-teller. Currently based in New York City, he is known for working with found objects, traditional instruments, and computer and rare modified instruments. Shirey has released three solo albums, including Sonic New York in 2010. Shirey is a member of The Daredevil Opera Company and is a founding member of the band Luminescent Orchestrii, as well as the band Gentlemen & Assassins. He is the host and producer of Sxip's Hour of Charm, a variety show of cabaret acts.

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I compose with bells a lot. Bells and breath. Both things you react to without thinking about it. Be ...

I compose with bells a lot. Bells and breath. Both things you react to without thinking about it. Be ...

In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather tha ...

In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather tha ...

Art is borne out of necessity. Music is a tool and men are doers. When a relationship is working, yo ...

Art is borne out of necessity. Music is a tool and men are doers. When a relationship is working, yo ...

I'm the anti indie-rocker. My stuff isn't ironic.

I live in a neighborhood that's really filled with sound - there's a lot of Jamaican auto body shops ...

I live in a neighborhood that's really filled with sound - there's a lot of Jamaican auto body shops ...

I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid.

The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint.

The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint.