Big thanks to @sterlsull for capturing these amazing photos on film of us at our @sweetchildren.house show in Chicago a couple weeks back 💌🌼
It was such a wonderful night, and we’re so lucky to have played what was essentially a Tiny Desk show for a packed house, and to have helped raise money for @projecthopeorg , who are providing essential aid to those displaced in Iran and Lebanon amidst the war
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If you missed that show, we have two hometown shows coming up in St. Louis!
5/19 we are playing a free show at @dunawaybooks in Tower Grove, opening for @nordistafreeze on his record-breaking 50 shows, 50 states, 30 days tour, alongside @_av.bb_ and @ya_blew__it
Doors at 8 pm, music at 8:30 pm, we play second
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6/6 we are playing a stacked house show at @nashpadstl , alongside our besties @theslimsadies , @peaceamongworms , and @srryfrvr from Urbana, IL (reunited and it feels so good)
Doors 7 pm, music 8 pm, $10 / pay what you can, we play first
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See you then, loveyoubye ❤️🫵👋
A collection of eclectic song demos, musical sketches, and other instrumental projects from the last few months of various stages of completion. All by me, mostly through electronic experimentation from a wide range of inspirations shown in each project and listed below, with some acoustic recordings and plenty of background vocals as well
1 - an acoustic bedroom wave of dreamy melodic ambience
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Absolutely / How Do You Feel About Getting Married? / Jonah Yano & The Heavy Loop / channel ORANGE
2 - a classic Chinese ballad sampled into early 2000s hip hop, chipmunk soul
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black british music (2025) / 繁星點點 (Sea of Stars) / Late Registration / The College Dropout
3 - a funky 80s soul groove turned psychedelic pop
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Bipolar / A Museum of Contradiction / Off the Wall / Split
4 - an experimental rock interlude with a dubious groove and swelling vocalscape
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OK Computer / Wake / Amnesiac / Kid A
5 - cinematic, abyssal American piano
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The Brutalist / Preacher’s Daughter / Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You / Perverts
6 - a lush groove of Japanese city pop, 80s jazz
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コスモス (Cosmos) / NO FUSE / MINT JAMS / FIRST LIGHT
7 - a cinematic queue scoring an overcast, incorrigible resistance against mechatronic authority
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Blade Runner 2049 / Dune: Part Two / Dune / Arcane
8 - a transition from sampled rhythmic ambience and noise fx to an RnB instrumental
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Swimming / Blonde / Limbo / Baby
9 - a small snippet from a nine minute orchestral piece bending the limits of tune and psychoacoustics, presently titled “Arcus Iris”, Latin for Rainbow
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Midsommar / Penderecki & Greenwood / Penderecki’s Symphony No. 7 / Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 & 3 Olden Style Pieces
10 - a nostalgic ~16bit~ soundtrack loop that I imagine over a relaxing beach town from some of my favorite childhood games & retro scores
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Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver / Donkey Kong Country 2 / Pokemon Black & White / Chrono Trigger
𝘞𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨, written and directed by Sterling Sullivan
With production coming to a close on this project I thought it was time to share some stills :) I am so beyond proud with the work that has been completed. The growth i’ve felt as a creator and more importantly a human has been life changing. I am so grateful to have such an incredible friend and brother in @sterlsull . Thank you so much for having the faith in me to shoot your first feature. So much love for everyone who helped make this dream a reality💛
I cannot wait for the day that everyone can see this beautiful work.
Cast:
@fastpacedfish@breawestonn
January Castillo
@marlaseidell@kellie.mcmickle@ethancs22
Dir: @sterlsull
AD: @angelo_orozco_
Casting Director: @elizabarbsa
DP: 🙂↕️
1st AC: @hhuneyd@eliza.har
Color: 🙂↕️
Production Designer: @nathanjanderson_
Costume: Bee Johnson
Sound Mixer/Boom Op: @noah_wagner23@asher_artss_
Intimacy Coordinator: @fearless_kati
Best PA in the whole world: @elisedahlstedt
My indie feature debut “Waxing” is on the cusp of production, and with a strong finish to our crowdfunding campaign we can ensure it reaches its full potential!
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Link in bio to the official page to support, share, and learn more!
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*All video footage recorded by me*
Movie stills from:
“To the Wonder” (2012)
“Nomadland” (2020)
“The Florida Project” (2017)
Music is Ottorino Respighi’s “Ancient Airs and Dances: Siciliana”
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Crowdfunding for my indie, feature debut project is now live!
I and everyone in the Waxing family can’t express our excitement enough, and with your support, this piece of art can come to life. Check out the link in my bio to learn more, pledge, follow, or share around! 🫶🏾
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#crowdfunding #crowdfund #indiefilmmakers #indiefilmmaking #electronicambientmusic #composer #screenwriter #director #filmdirector #production #slowcinema #featurefilm #featurefilmdebut #featurefilmmaking #carlsandburg #moon
conservatory(n.)
1560s, “a preservative,” from noun use of conservatory (adj.) “having the quality of preserving,” from Latin conservator “keeper, preserver, defender,” agent noun from conservare. Meaning “a place for preserving or carefully keeping anything” is from 1610s, from Latin stem of conservation + -ory. From 1660s as “greenhouse.” Middle English had servatorie “fish-pond, reservoir” (late 15c.), from Medieval Latin servatorium.
