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April 19, 2013 Page 41
BOOK REVIEW
ART EVENTS
Yesterday’s Echo by Matt Coyle
Openings, closings see and be seen.
Sara Hartman! Sara Hartman!
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Hi! I’m Sara,” it says casually, on the web, “I write songs and play multiple instruments. Though I am a drummer at heart, I also play ukulele, guitar and bass.” She modestly doesn’t say, not there, anyway, that she also sings—but “also” hardly describes her sound, smooth and earthy, which can be heard on YouTube, ReverbNation and SoundCloud. Chances are, though, unless you’re a young adult following collaboration, promotion and distribution sites for musicians, you probably don’t know about her—yet. But if you’re from Sag Harbor, you may well have heard about this accomplished high school senior. After graduation in June, she’ll be off to Berklee College of Music in Boston, the premier music education institute in Boston that specializes in contemporary, pop and jazz. Recently, she sang with the all-county vocal jazz ensemble SCMEA (Suffolk County Music Education Association), the first person from Pierson to do so. And there’s more, though it’s an “I almost forgot” kind of reference, when she’s asked what else she enjoys—Oh, she played varsity soccer for four years at Pierson. Factor in as well her writing for her middle school literary magazine—short stories and poems—and taking AP English. Though she started out on drums, she’s making her mark these days as a singer-songwriter, accompanying herself on guitar. Born in Texas but moving north with her family when she was one,
she attended local elementary and middle school. comes in second. When asked about books she’s When she heard that the school band needed a recently enjoyed, she says without a moment’s drummer, she applied, but a teacher encouraged hesitation David (Talking Heads) Byrne’s How Music her to consider chorus as well. Composing would Works, which was an Amazon best book of the soon follow. She likes jazz, blues, folk, experimental month and got a starred review from Booklist. She adds to its online raves, saying that the and new wave rock in the tradition of book describes music as “a beautiful, Radiohead and Talking Heads. “The more unifying thing you can’t touch or hold you sing, the better you sound,” she but know deeply affects you.” She also says of recent informal performances likes to follow the music scene in Rolling with friends, including her brother Paul Stone where, of course, readers get more (though she lovingly describes him than just music commentary, but she primarily as a “theater nerd”). She’s particularly likes reading the magazine already made EPs (Extended Play midfor its “appreciation of weird [musical] length recordings fuller than single tracks stuff,” encouragement of new music and but slighter than regular studio albums). sympathy for recording artists. And, She enjoys writing songs about personal oh yes, she has also come to admire feelings. Her pieces sometimes allude Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, for to something “deep and dark” and, well, sure in its day, an avant-garde exploration “some people get it,” and those who of rhythm and style. don’t, that’s okay. Where does she want to be, say, a She speaks admiringly of the open mic Hartman playing live few years from now? “Music brings me scene on the East End, citing in particular North Sea Tavern and the former Phao on Main complete joy and happiness. I hope in five years that Street in Sag Harbor, places where the customers I have spread this joy to as may people as possible. I (“a kind of underground crowd”) are respectful of hope that with my music I can make the world smile the music. Otherwise, she concedes, it’s difficult and sing along. That is the official mission statement for serious musicians to be heard over the din or to for the Sara Hartman project :).” compete with food. An open mic is an excellent way Hear Sara Hartman live at 230 Elm in Southampton for up and coming folks to show their stuff. “No one on May 15 and at the Montauk Music Festival says anything critical, it’s a safe place to play.” It’s not all music for her, though everything else May 16–19, 2013. Katherine Che
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