Sean Terrington Wright
Encyclopedia
Sean Terrington Wright (born 18 June 1959) is a British songwriter
, singer, guitarist
, record producer
, artist
, writer
, and poet
. He has collaborated with Kim Fowley
, Najam Sheraz
, Mark Linkous
, Mark Tinley
, Enrico Coniglio, Yvalian, Josh Woodward
, & many indie artists. Influenced by everything from 70's British Pop to 60's Folk, Wright has released over 100 independent albums, published 12 novels, created over 1000 paintings, and is an early pioneer of free music
and key influence in cassette culture
with a DIY ethic
. In April 2007 he began a project to release a new album every month. He achieved his goal, to release an album-a-month for fifty months, in May 2011, probably making Wright the most prolific songwriter in the shortest time span. His work is in the Creative Commons
domain, and is an Open Source
media, used, re-used, re-mixed, distributed and downloaded by other internet users.
debut cassette album Carcass.
In 1978 Wright released a power pop single, "Strange Situation", (recorded at Spaceward Studios) on the Ellie Jay Record label. Wright's songs "Strange Situation" and "Silent Dreams" have appeared on BBC Radio 1 on the John Peel
Show and the David Jensen
Show in the later 70s and early 80s. In 1979, Max Bell of the NME
dubbed Wright, " a talented DIY artist worth popularizing."
His 1982 Power pop
/ Heavy metal
band, International Heroes
, were credited in The Encyclopedia of New Wave British Heavy Metal as a forerunner of the so-called power pop movement. He toured the UK as the lead vocalist of International Heroes during 1982 and 1983. The band were supported by Marillion
.
In 1986, his original songs were published by Peer Music, London. He co-wrote with Hollywood producer, Kim Fowley
, who had recorded the Number 1 sixties hit, "Nut Rocker
" by B. Bumble and the Stingers
.
Sean Wright co-wrote an album's worth of songs with Asian pop-icon Najam Sheraz
in November/December 2007 in his lo-fi studio StaticJack, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. He co-wrote songs with Mark Linkous
during 2007 & 2008 via the internet. In February 2011 he produced cult accapoustic band, Jessie's Ghost, at his StaticJack Studio.
In April 2007, Wright embarked on his "album-a-month project", writing, recording, producing, and releasing physical CDs via CD Baby
and mp3 album downloads via Last FM. In August 2007, Wright began pre-production work with sound engineer and producer Mark Tinley
for his final album, War No More in the album-a-month project. Production began in January 2008, with the album's release in March 2008. However, Wright continued his album-a-month project.
During 2009, 2010, & 2011, he continued to collaborate via the internet with many indie musicians, including those at FAWM, gaining more internet press.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, singer, guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. He has collaborated with Kim Fowley
Kim Fowley
Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...
, Najam Sheraz
Najam Sheraz
Najam Sheraz is a Pakistani pop singer, musician, composer and comedy actor. He is most prolific singer; indeed he is a household name in Pakistan. Many of his songs have become anthems all over the world. His latest album, eight in his career, "Najam" has been released recently both in India and...
, Mark Linkous
Mark Linkous
Mark Linkous was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as leader of Sparklehorse. He was also known for his collaborations with such notable artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Radiohead, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, Sean Terrington Wright, David...
, Mark Tinley
Mark Tinley
Mark Ty-Wharton is a British author, composer and philosophical speaker who specialises in presentations using sound art....
, Enrico Coniglio, Yvalian, Josh Woodward
Josh Woodward
Josh Woodward is a singer-songwriter based in Findlay, Ohio. He is known for releasing his music freely on the Internet in addition to selling hard copies of his albums, as well as releasing his music on iTunes.-History:...
, & many indie artists. Influenced by everything from 70's British Pop to 60's Folk, Wright has released over 100 independent albums, published 12 novels, created over 1000 paintings, and is an early pioneer of free music
Free music
Free music is music that, like free software, can freely be copied, distributed and modified for any purpose. Thus free music is either in the public domain or licensed under a free license by the artist or copyright holder themselves, often as a method of promotion. It does not mean that there...
and key influence in cassette culture
Cassette culture
Cassette culture, or the cassette underground , refers to the practices surrounding amateur production and distribution of recorded music that emerged in the late 1970s via home-made audio cassettes...
with a DIY ethic
DIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
. In April 2007 he began a project to release a new album every month. He achieved his goal, to release an album-a-month for fifty months, in May 2011, probably making Wright the most prolific songwriter in the shortest time span. His work is in the Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
domain, and is an Open Source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
media, used, re-used, re-mixed, distributed and downloaded by other internet users.
Biography
Wright's earliest release was his 1976 seminal lo-fi musicLo-fi music
Lo-fi is lower quality of sound recordings than the usual standard for music. The qualities of lo-fi are usually achieved by either degrading the quality of the recorded audio, or using certain equipment. Recent uses of the phrase have led to it becoming a genre, although it still remains as an...
debut cassette album Carcass.
In 1978 Wright released a power pop single, "Strange Situation", (recorded at Spaceward Studios) on the Ellie Jay Record label. Wright's songs "Strange Situation" and "Silent Dreams" have appeared on BBC Radio 1 on the John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
Show and the David Jensen
David Jensen
David "Kid" Jensen , is a Danish Canadian-born, British radio DJ.-Early career:Born in a Danish family residing Victoria, British Columbia, Jensen began his career in his home country at the age of sixteen playing jazz and classical music. He then joined Radio Luxembourg at the age of eighteen in...
Show in the later 70s and early 80s. In 1979, Max Bell of the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
dubbed Wright, " a talented DIY artist worth popularizing."
His 1982 Power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
/ Heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band, International Heroes
International Heroes
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal band International Heroes was formed in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, in 1981 by Dave Maile and Pete Archer . They recruited Kevin Howell , Gary 'Wally' Wallace on lead guitar, Paul 'Doug' Douglas, bass guitar, and Roger Perriam, keyboards...
, were credited in The Encyclopedia of New Wave British Heavy Metal as a forerunner of the so-called power pop movement. He toured the UK as the lead vocalist of International Heroes during 1982 and 1983. The band were supported by Marillion
Marillion
Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
.
In 1986, his original songs were published by Peer Music, London. He co-wrote with Hollywood producer, Kim Fowley
Kim Fowley
Kim Vincent Fowley is an American record producer, impresario, songwriter, musician, film maker, and radio actor. He is best known for his role behind a string of novelty and cult rock pop singles in the 1960s, and for managing The Runaways in the 1970s...
, who had recorded the Number 1 sixties hit, "Nut Rocker
Nut Rocker
-External links:**...
" by B. Bumble and the Stingers
B. Bumble and the Stingers
B. Bumble and the Stingers were an American instrumental ensemble in the early 1960s, who specialized in making rock and roll arrangements of classical melodies. Their biggest hits were "Bumble Boogie" and "Nut Rocker", which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1962...
.
Sean Wright co-wrote an album's worth of songs with Asian pop-icon Najam Sheraz
Najam Sheraz
Najam Sheraz is a Pakistani pop singer, musician, composer and comedy actor. He is most prolific singer; indeed he is a household name in Pakistan. Many of his songs have become anthems all over the world. His latest album, eight in his career, "Najam" has been released recently both in India and...
in November/December 2007 in his lo-fi studio StaticJack, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. He co-wrote songs with Mark Linkous
Mark Linkous
Mark Linkous was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as leader of Sparklehorse. He was also known for his collaborations with such notable artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Radiohead, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, Sean Terrington Wright, David...
during 2007 & 2008 via the internet. In February 2011 he produced cult accapoustic band, Jessie's Ghost, at his StaticJack Studio.
In April 2007, Wright embarked on his "album-a-month project", writing, recording, producing, and releasing physical CDs via CD Baby
CD Baby
CD Baby is an online music store specializing in the sale of CDs and digital music downloads from independent musicians to consumers. The company is also a digital aggregator of independent music recordings, distributing content to several online digital music retailers.CD Baby has achieved recent...
and mp3 album downloads via Last FM. In August 2007, Wright began pre-production work with sound engineer and producer Mark Tinley
Mark Tinley
Mark Ty-Wharton is a British author, composer and philosophical speaker who specialises in presentations using sound art....
for his final album, War No More in the album-a-month project. Production began in January 2008, with the album's release in March 2008. However, Wright continued his album-a-month project.
During 2009, 2010, & 2011, he continued to collaborate via the internet with many indie musicians, including those at FAWM, gaining more internet press.
Discography
- Carcass - Cassette album (Dec 1976)
- Breathe - Cassette album (Aug 1977)
- Hand That Feeds - Cassette album (Feb 1978)
- Strange Situation/Silent Dreams - Double A side 45rpm vinyl single (November 1978 - Ellie Jay Records)
- Strange Situation - released as International Heroes - 45rpm vinyl single ( March 1982 Heavy Leather Records)
- One Way Ticket Cassette album - (June 1979)
- Dust - Cassette album(Oct 1980)
- Halo In A Tree - (Sept 1981)
- Hollywood Wires - released as Hollywood Wires - 33rpm vinyl album (June 1983 Wire Records)
- Never Too Young - (Aug 1984)
- "Shine A Light On The World" - (June 1987)
- "Hope In A Cup" - (March 1990)
- "Spiritually Free" - (June 1991)
- "Sing, Dance, Celebrate" - (Jan 1992)
- "The Secret" - (March 1992)
- "Divine Device" - (April 1992)
- Like A River - (May 1992)
- Blue Skies - (July 1992)
- Singing Harmony - (Sept 1992)
- "Love All, Serve All" - (April 1993)
- "Light A Light" - (Oct 1993)
- "That Face Is You" - (April 1994)
- "Open & Learn" - (Oct 1994)
- "Flaming Sun" - (Jan 1995)
- "Ending Of Sorrow" - (Feb 1995)
- "Shaman" - (April 1995)
- "Closing Numbers" - (May 1995)
- "Blue River" - (Sept 1995)
- "I Hear A Bell" - (Nov 1995)
- "Wolf Spirit" - (Feb 1996)
- "The Weaver" - (March 1996)
- "Aching Soul" - (April1996)
- "Wonder" - (May 1996)
- "Kick A Little Shakespeare" - (June 1996)
- "Beyond Sci-Fi" - (July 1996)
- "Begin Within" - (Aug 1996)
- "Out Of Body Ex" - (Sept 1996)
- "Flight Of Your Soul" - (Oct 1996)
- "The Crossroads" - (Nov 1996)
- "Travelling Potential" - (Dec 1996)
- "Paradox" - (Aug 1997)
- "Reality?" - (March 1997)
- "Insight, Protest, Change Vol.1" - (Sept 1997)
- "Insight, Protest, Change Vol.2" - (July 1998)
- "Anonymouse" - (Dec 1998)
- "Spaceman" - (Sept 1999)
- "New Century" - (31 Dec 1999)
- "Strange Life" - (Feb 2000)
- "Believe - (Aug 2001)
- Dream - (Sept 2002)
- Subculturepopsicle - (Oct 2003)
- Maybe Tomorrow - (Sept 2004)
- Vivavivavideoplo - (Aug 2005)
- Control - (1 April 2006)
- Tidalwave - CD album (April 2007)
- Shatter - CD album (May 2007)
- Eye in the Sky - CD album (June 2007)
- Acoustic Arcade - CD album (July 2007)
- Satellite Of Souls CD album (August 2007)
- Open Your Mind CD album (September 2007)
- Megalith CD album (October 2007)
- TV Life CD album (November 2007)
- Sparks Fly CD album (December 2007)
- Long Live Love CD album (January 2008)
- Cut Me Up CD album (February 2008)
- War No More CD album (March 2008)
- Legend CD album (April 2008)
- Break The Chain CD album (May 2008)
- Welcome To Stressville CD album (June 2008)
- Underground CD album (July 2008)
- Strange Change CD album (August 2008)
- Idylic Meltdown CD album (September 2008)
- Sweet Lullabys CD album (October 2008)
- Into The Mountain CD album (November 2008)
- Sacred Sound CD album (December 2008)
- A Million Mysteries CD album (January 2009)
- This Land CD album (February 2009)
- Exit Right Without A Sound CD album (March 2009)
- Freedom's Already Inside Your Mind CD album (April 2009)
- The Calling CD album (May 2009)
- Beautiful Blue CD album (June 2009)
- Parkour CD album (July 2009)
- Ghosts From The Future CD album (August 2009)
- Drum And Bass CD album (September 2009)
- Empire Of Ash CD album (October 2009)
- Live From My Lounge CD album (November 2009)
- Oh My God CD album (December 2009)
- Smashed! CD album (January 2010)
- Electrified CD album (February 2010)
- Come A Little Closer CD album (March 2010)
- Sparklehorse CD album (April 2010)
- Rare Vol.1 CD album (May 2010)
- Rare Vol.2 CD album (May 2010)
- Rare Vol.3 CD album (May 2010)
- Sensations CD album (May 2010)
- Out Of Touch CD album (June 2010)
- Up The Creek CD album (June 2010)
- Is This Life? CD album (June 2010)
- Don't Want To Come Out Of My Headphones CD album (July 2010)
- Emotional CD album (August 2010)
- Box Them Up CD album (August 2010)
- Jagged Love CD album (September 2010)
- 69 Love Songs CD album (October 2010)
- Hello CD album (October 2010)
- Feathers & Dust- CD album (November 2010)
- 12 Pink Notes- CD album (December 2010)
- Live at the Epoxy Resin- CD album (December 2010)
- Tree Of Life- CD album (January 2011)
- Kapow!- CD album (February 2011)
- Dance To The Hands Of The Clock- CD album (March 2011)
- Zoo Orbit- CD album (April 2011)
- 50:50- CD album (May 2011)
- Neverbend- CD album (June 2011)
- Meditation- CD album (July 2011)
- Here Lies Hope- CD album (August 2011)
- Vox Pop- CD album (September 2011)
- Lo-Fi Noise- CD album (October 2011)