good morning ~

(click the sunset baby grand to listen)

Stream bench full of yellowing hymns by benjaminseretan | Listen online for free on SoundCloud

One tether after another snapped and upward you ascended, a set-free hot air balloon, smoke curling airborne from a pyre, an angel returning to heaven. These were the places, the people, and the anima

today's email is part three of "sandhills music," a series commissioned by Tiny Showcase. This project will be available in a wildly beautiful cassette tape edition soon, stay tuned.

good morning ~

(click the kaleidoscope waves to listen)

https://soundcloud.com/benjaminseretan/2-in-colors-just-a-little-too/s-GzSUp7Cqbe3?si=b06533f0f1c74200b3361049d1cdfcb6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

today's email is part 2 of "sandhills music," a series commissioned by tiny showcase ~ enjoy ~

good morning ~

(click the kaleidoscope flowers to listen)

https://soundcloud.com/benjaminseretan/1-head-in-the-water-child/s-JLE76cGkUkP?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

want to mention right off the bat that i'm playing with legendary sweaty DIY prog band Oneida this Saturday at No Fun in Troy, NY - - I included this last week but I neglected to include the correct link for info on the show, giving that another try now. i'll be doing a new set of music with the violinist Connor Armbruster, an extended drone that's somehow both very loud and very quiet.

good morning ~

(click the link / drive-by berkshire sunset to listen)

My Big Breakheld a hair’s width from my cheek

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(click the link / buggy sunset to listen)

My Big Breakthe generous body I've been blessed with

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(click the link / disco ball to listen)

My Big Breakcriss cross applesauce, right in the stream of the amp

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(click the link / empire plaza fireworks to listen)

My Big Breakborn expanded and will one day die not ready

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(click the link / Albany underpass to listen)

My Big Breakhold hard the mop handle

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(click the link / rockaway takeoff to listen)

My Big BreakI speak bodies of water into a deeper, more restorative power

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(click the link / solarium scene to listen)

My Big Breakthe heft of something actual

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(click the link to listen)

Ben Seretan & The EarlyIn Two

i don't have a new track for you today - ran outta time - but i do have something archival for you to hear. the record linked above - Ben Seretan & the Early's "In Two" - came out ten years and one day ago. we didn't necessarily mean for this to line up the way that it did, but I'm about to do a little run of shows with the current incarnation of the Early, so it feels appropriate to revisit this exuberant LP. you can check it out, and I wrote about it below.

good morning ~

(click the link / flash photo froggy to listen)

My Big Breaknever do nothing twice

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(click the link / terrible picture of the moon to listen)

My Big Breakgo, go, gone, poof

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(click the link / distorted piggly wiggly logo to listen)

Ben SeretanLive Waves

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today's edition of the newsletter is for paying subscribers only - it includes a big cloud of piano chords, lap steel whale calls, and writing about maritime law, being underwater, and running into the Pacific Ocean.

you, too, can sign up for a paid subscription via the "sign up for a premium subscription" link at the bottom of this email - you'll get every edition of this project, one tone zone a year, plus some other goodies. you'll also keep the work going - - every bit helps.

thanks for being here, regardless - - I truly appreciate it

good morning ~

(click the link / bricks to listen)

My Big Breakone cracked can at a time

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(click the link / statue in the fog to listen)

My Big Breakbig breaths are coming in and in and in

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(click the link / dating show set to listen)

My Big BreakI put on little sunglasses to further signal that the vibe had shifted

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(click the link / column of jerash to listen)

My Big Breaksun bleached sites of my western youth