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Hello Sean,

This is a convoluted story but one worth the telling. About a year ago I started dating a woman who had a mixed c.d. that she would play periodically when I was over. There was one song in particular that we both were taken with, and that in fact I would put on when I was there. She had received the c.d. from a friend that she had lost contact with, and there were no names on the c.d., but the mixture on the c.d. was predominately well known people.
At some point we decided to find out somehow or another who the artist was. Consequently I found myself humming the melody and lyrics to 'A Thousand Tiny Pieces' (not knowing that is what the song was called) in music stores across the Bay Area, much to the clerk's amusement. No one knew what the hell I was talking about. So I started playing the song for friends and musicians I know, who loved it, but didn't know who it was.
Time passes and I go on tour with some old friends from L.A. (where I spend a good deal of time in my gypsy unanchored life) and we are passing through S.F. The girl I was dating wanted to come to the show so I told her to bring the c.d. I played it for my friends and my friend, the bass player, Erika goes, " Oh, that is Sean, my old friend Sean, I used to see him play in coffee shops. Gary used to work with him at the Warfield." Pow. I'm thinking this is strange. So I go to Amoeba Records and ask about you and they say they had two copies of 'A Thousand Tiny Pieces' that have long since sold.
More time passes. I'm hanging with some friends in S.F again and we are talking music and I mention your name. My friends Rob and Eric Powell say " Oh yeah, we know him, he just played a week or two ago in our space on Valencia Street. As a matter of fact I have two of his c.d.s in my car right now." I'm floored and ask to borrow them to check out the whole oeuvre. I listen to them, play them for various friends and we all agree that there are some really moving, beautiful and haunting pieces. I am particularly struck, of course, by 'A Thousand Tiny Pieces'...but upon repeated listening some other songs spoke to me, both lyrically and with the minimalist orchestration, 'The Same Moon' and 'She is in Everything' to name a few.
So that's my tale. Just thought I'd drop a line and see if you play out at all, and what your deal is. I'd love to grab a beer one night or something as I think you are talented and your work speaks to me. My name is Naropa Sabine, and I am a fellow voyager in the arts.



-- Houndsongs@aol.com wrote:
> so......... i'm sitting in the royal festival hall
> on the south bank of the
> thames river in london, listening to a band when out
> of the clear blue sky
> they say "now we'd like to play you a song by a
> friend of ours. he's a
> songwriter from san francisco his name is sean hayes
> and the song is a
> thousand tiny pieces"! there is one little gasp in
> the 2000 strong audience
> and it's me. me, kathleen who played on the same
> bill as you at NXNW in
> portland in 1999! i was thrilled to hear your
> beautiful music again. the band
> was the be good tanya's and they did you proud.
> i hope you are well and wonder if you've made
> another cd by now. have you? if
> so i would like to get it. will you ever come to
> london? i could help get you
> some gigs here if you do.
> x kathleen
> www.howlinhound.com
>