Please see the "Buy" section of my site for an easy link to CDBaby.Com!!!

A Link on itunes all other digital distribution sites = COMING SOON!!!

To view, please visit the "music" section and click on the title of the song.

This will take you to a page with the lyrics song notes a link to simultaneously hear the audio track .

Please visit the Music section of this site/Garageband Demo's to have a listen.

xxo

I wanted to take this opportunity to say hello and to share some of the exciting music projects and happenings currently take place in my world.  

So "HELLO!" and thank you SO much for the continued support!!!

I wish you all joy, sun and music MUSIC music!!  

And remember, if you have received this newsletter and are thinking wtf sheryl? please opt-out at the bottom . . . i promise not to sic my stuffed cat (which by the way is SUPER cute) on you.  (wink)

Kisses Cheers

Sheryl

Musicians On Call (MOC):

For the past year I have volunteered for Musicians On Call, a beautiful organization whose mission it is to bring live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients.  I sing and play guitar (solo) monthly at Rivington House in New York's Lower East Side. Rivington House is a skilled nursing home for those living with HIV/AIDS.

I often feel that what I take away from playing for patients is greater than what I give. Two weeks ago, I was playing at the bedside of a patient who suffers from dementia and can no longer speak. While I was playing, the patient began singing the lyrics to the song I was performing!? It was an incredible moment for me. 

From Jan through June of this year, I worked full-time @ MOC as the Assistant to the Executive Director, Dr. Leslie Faerstein.  My primary role was as a support for Dr. Faerstein during the annual audit (a routine event for nonprofits) plus working on the annual concert/fundraising event. Im thrilled to announce, although tentatively and unofficially,  that 3 headliners have been booked, including John Mellencamp, Lady Antebellum and Chris Daughtry for an October Music Series to take place in New York City.

Although I have ended my full-time responsibilities with MOC to pursue music full-time, I will continue on as a volunteer. For more information about this amazing organization please visit: www.musiciansoncall.org

Live Music/Shows:

For the past 2 years, I have been a member of Local Correspondents (LC), a collective of musicians based in Brooklyn, NY.  The LC hosts weekly open mic events which give songwriters the opportunity to play new songs and/or older ones in a supportive environment.

The LC also hosts an annual Music Festival. This years festival, which takes place from July 7-July 11 @ Bar 4 in Brooklyn, has received a ton of press coverage: 

http://localcorrespondents.com/blog/press/

Several artists have had songs selected for LC Fest Compilation CDs.  I was selected and am included in CD #3 with a song from my EP Not An Ordinary Girl entitled "Home". For a free download: 

 http://localcorrespondents.bandcamp.com/album/local-correspondents-2010-compilation-vol-3?permalink

I will kick off the last night of the festival performing 3 new songs with Clara Lofaro on Backing Vocals Piano:

Bar 4

444 7th Avenue @ 15th Street

Park Slope, Brooklyn

Sunday July 11th

Eight PM - SHARP

Recordings:

(mark marshall recording)

I have just finished recording "I Live In The Cracks" with Producer/Multi-Instrumentalist and all around awesome guy, Mark Marshall.  Mark (a fellow Local Correspondents Kat) and I had a terrific time bringing this music to life and creating art. I am very proud of this recording and look forward to working together with Mark in the near future.

"I Live In The Cracks" can be heard in the music section of my website:  www.sherylcohen.com

(garageband recordings)

I have begun a new project entitled GarageBand Demos. (aka: sheryl's uber-basic home recording series). 

The songs I am recording for the GarageBand Demo project are new, original songs. The demo versions serve to express the direction my songwriting is currently headed which is lyric driven, in the style of the classic singer/songwriter. I have chosen to release these songs simply to let them come to life and share some new ideas.

I plan to release a new recording every month. The first two recordings from this project, as well as lyrics, can be heard in the music section of my website: www.sherylcohen.com

Song Placements:

My recorded (properly recorded, not demos) original music is represented by several music libraries including: Pump Audio, WacBiz and Fourte Music. 

Im thrilled to share that I have had recent music placements on Access Hollywood, Celebrity Access and Planet E. 

My goal is to continue building my music catalogue and to continue with more and varied music placements.  (fingers crossed)  !!

NY Post June 30

Wall Street Journal June 30

Brooklyn Paper June 30

New York Blips June 30

Thrillist’s June 10 newsletter

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/spans_fest_in_fifth_year_is_perfect_gMRoibt5SIFf7Yy8MnFJdN?sms_ss=twitter

The tracks from the Garageband Demo series are songs, which have been written within the last six months but have not yet been recorded, in the studio.

These Garageband versions serve to express the direction my songwriting is currently headed which is lyric driven songs in the style of the classic singer/songwriter.

Musician Credits for Garageband Demos

Sheryl Cohen: Voice, Guitar, and Backing Vocals

The cracks for me represent the space where artists live. It’s the sparkly, half dream state felt upon waking, the moments where life is illuminated and everything, every dream is possible. I live for these moments, I Live In The Cracks.

“I Live In The Cracks” marks the first collaboration between myself and producer/multi-instrumentalist Mark Marshall.  I have never had so much fun, felt so artistically free and understood during the recording process as I have felt with Mark Marshall. Working with him is a dream come true.