Award winning, New Orleans-based drummer, composer, and band leader, Shawn Myers, released his debut album, The Silent Life. The album features 10 original compositions and a diverse line-up of some of New Orleans’ top musicians. Combining the sounds of African-American Music, Haitian Voudou, West African Voudou, and Electronic Ambience, The Silent Life refers to a concept outlined by Hazrat Inayat Khan in the book, The Mysticism of Sound and Music, where all vibrations and life arise from the stillness of nothing.
Based in New Orleans, Shawn Myers currently tours nationally and internationally with multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Leyla McCalla, and maintains an active local performing schedule. He has performed with many local and international luminaries, including Dave Liebman, Kenny Werner, Roland Guerin, Nduduzo Makhathini, Andrew Duhon, and Sarah Quintana. He has studied drums and percussion with Billy Hart, Jamey Haddad, Jason Marsalis, and in Ghana, Togo, Benin and Haiti.
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