Coweta arts tidbits
July 10, 2006
James Laurent of Newnan is a man of many talents. I first met him at a meeting of the Coweta Writers Group. Later I learned he was also a singer and musician when I heard him and his wife Sybil perform last year at one of the Coffee House Performing Arts Variety shows held in the Newnan Theatre. Later that year he and Sybil gave several performances the brand new Gallery Row Coffee Shop on the Courthouse Square in Newnan, And later yet I learned he was a painter and that he has an interesting painting hanging on the wall of Gallery Row, which is a part of the July exhibit of NCAA artists.
He had been working on this painting for 1+ years. The subject of the painting is a realistic and gorgeous rendition of the ship, "The Black Pearl", made famous (or is it infamous?) by the film, "Pirates of The Carribbean"!! Laurent promises, though, that there is no curse attached to his painting! But there could be a treasure involved.
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Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Artist, (Fine Arts And Graphics), Poet, Designer, Now Living In Newnan, GA.
James Writes And Records His Own Songs, All Vocals, Plays All Instruments, Designs And Prints His Own CD Covers, Produces, His Own CD's, Also Produces His Own Videos, James Has A CD , "Boston Tracks", Out Now, And Others...
Has Music At;
https://vimeo.com/277743178 And;
https://www.reverbnation.com/jamesofrestlessspiritMore To Come Soon...
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James Laurent
Musician, Songwriter, Composer, Artist, (Fine Arts And Graphics), Poet, Designer,
james @silverleos.com
Student at MIT, OCW, Studies in Physics, Quantum Physics,
Quantum Theory, Psychology, Astrophysics, Cosmology,
Also Other Schools, (NIT, Northeast Institute of Industrial Technology)
(Coyne Electrical, A Division Of Chamberlain University),
(Northeastern University, Drafting And Design, Electrical Design), And Other Self-Taught, Art, Music Theory, Songwriter, Singer, Musician, Graphics Artist, Produce
Ufology At: www.opencollege.info, Also, Reiki, Qigong, Master Tsai, Self Defense,
Metaphysics, Fractals, Fracturals, Electron Manipulation, And Sound Frequency
Electrical Design
Also, Designed Many Products, That Are Being Sold By Other Companies Now.
Worked On Various Jobs In Boston And International, Lighting And Electrical. MIT Bostion, Northeastern University Of Boston, UMass Dartmouth University, Boston University Boston, Boston College Boston, Tufts University Boston, Suffolk University Boston, Emerson College Boston, Boston College Of Art And Design, Boston Architectural College, School Of Fine Arts, Amherst College, Hospitals: Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham And Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Hospital, Tufts Medical Hospital, Brocton Veteran's Hospital, Brocton, MA And GA, Byers Engineering CO. Atlanta, GA.,, Sothern Engineering, Atlanta, GA, Other Privet And Residents. In MA And New Hampshire, International, University Of Baghdad Iraq, Hotels In Kuwait, Also, Sign Shop, Mike Hunter Signs, Forest Park, GA.
Coweta arts tidbits
The Successor To Newnan-Coweta Arts Council News Releases
Composed By: Forrest W. Schultz 770-583-3258 schultzf_2002@yahoo.com
September 8, 2005
Famed Singer/Musician; James Laurent, at Gallery Row in Newnan
The owners of the new Gallery Row Coffee Shop in Newnan are making a great contribution to the Coweta County Arts Scene. Not only do they exhibit paintings by local artists on their walls and sponsor art lectures, they also bring in great musicians and singers who perform there. The noted singer and musician James Laurent will be performing there every Friday night from now on. Laurent is an accomplished musician on the banjo, harmonica, and guitar, dobro, and keyboards; during the past 30 years he has written over 1500 songs, Folk, Country, Jazz, and Blues. He is a member of BMI, the Nashville Songwriters Association, GMAI (Georgia Music Industry Association), The New England Folk Song Society, The Folk Web, Music Forte, CMA, NSAI, and the Boston Songwriters Workshop.
Gallery Row is located at 22 West Court Square in Newnan, two doors down from where The Alamo used to be. Bill and Kelley Anderson, who also own a Gallery Row Coffee Shop in Carrollton, own it. Kelley is a native of Carrollton and Bill hails from Sonoma, California. We heartily welcome their Gallery Row Coffee Shop to the burgeoning Coweta Arts Scene!!
Coweta arts tidbits
The Successor To Newnan-Coweta Arts Council News Releases
Composed By: Forrest W. Schultz, 770-583-3258 schultzf_2002@yahoo.com
July 10, 2006
"Black Pearl" Painting Displayed at Gallery Row In Art Auction on E-Bay
James Laurent of Newnan is a man of many talents. I first met him at a meeting of the Coweta Writers Group. Later I learned he was also a singer and musician, when I heard him and his wife Sybil, perform, last year, at one of the "Coffee House Performing Arts Variety shows", held in, "The Newnan Theatre lobby", which was fixed up to look like a coffee house. Later that year he and Sybil gave several performances at a real coffee house-- the brand new Gallery Row Coffee Shop on the Courthouse Square in Newnan. And later yet I learned he was a painter and a member of the Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA). And now I learn that he has an interesting painting hanging on the wall of Gallery Row, which is a part of the July exhibit of NCAA artists.
Amazingly, since he has been working on this painting for 1+ year, he completed it just in time to coincide with the film premiere of Pirates of The Caribbean. The subject of the painting is a realistic and gorgeous rendition of the ship made famous (or is it infamous?) by that film, the Black Pearl!! Laurent promises, though, that there is no curse attached to his painting! But there could be a treasure involved...I Started Learning Guitar, At Age 14, Started Writing Songs And Music At 17. At The Time, Living In Palmdale Calif. Wrote My First Instrumental For Guitar, While Taking Music Clases, My Music Teacher Used The Mel Bey, Music Theory Course Book 1 , (I Completed This In A Few Weeks, ( One Hour, Once A Week), During That Time I Taught My Self How To Write Music (Lead Sheets), I Wrote My Original Music To A Guitar, Instrumental, Called, "Malibu", For Malibu Beach Calif. This My Instructor (Charlie Deal, Who Also Invented, Designed & Built The Toilet Seat Guitars, 1964),
Charlie, After Seeing The Malibu Music Sheet, Said It Was A Great Piece, And Ask If He Could Use It In His Night Club Show, I Agreed, And Him Gave The Only Original Copy I Had ...
Malibu Was A Medium Fast, Rock Tune, Very Close To Scuttle Buttin, That Stevie Ray Vaughan Recorded. After The Song; (Satisfy Suzie By: Lonnie Mack), (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhX1lfWZaNw)
Although With Just A Few Less Notes...
(I Never Knew What Happened To That Piece Of Music, I Had Not Copyrighted As I Didn't Know About Copyrights Back Then), And As I Went Back To Georgia A Few Months After That...
At Age18, After Moving Back To Georgia, I, And Some Friends Formed A Band Called," The Agents", Playing At Parties For Awhile, We Lasted Only A Few Months... I Was In And Out Of Bands After That, Still Looking For Something Better. At 19, I And My Brother, And Dan Shoemake, (frend/ Brothre), Started A Band Called, "Free Tide".( The Free Tide Played A Few Times On The Bobby Whitley Show, On A Lawrenceville Georgia Radio Station). Bob Dylan And John Hartford Were To Have A Strong Influence On My Music, And A Little Later Another One For Rock And Blues, Holding On To Donovan, Bob Dylan, John Hartford, The Beatles, Peter And Gordon, Jimi Hendrix, The Animals And A Number Of Other Folk, Rock, Blues, And Country Bands Like; Lynyrd Skynard, Blind Father, Johnny Chash And Many Others...
After We Broke Up I Continued To Play At Coffee Houses And Small Clubs, Still Looking For Something New, And Playing And Writing More Songs.
Around The Same Time, I Started Studying Acting In Atlanta, At The Academy Theater, Where I And The Class, Wrote The Final Class Play, We Titled. ( With A Little Help From My Friensd), After The Beatles Song Of The Same Name, For Our Graduation. I And The Class Wrote Our Own Parts For The Play, And I Was The Lead Person In The Last Part Of It, And Led The Cast In A Song, Playing My Guitar, And All Of Us Singing The Song, While They Followed Me Off The Stage, (Like The Pied Piper), And Out Into The Front Lobby. Where The Class Was Met By, Frank Wittow, (The Founder), Who Congratulated Our Teacher And Class, For Producing This Original Play, Called; (With A Little Help From My Friends, From The Beatles),, Frank Said; It Was The Best And Most Unique, Play In The History Of The Academy Theater. Nothing Had Ever Been Done Like It Before...Also At That Time, I And My Friend; Chris Turner, Were The Co-Producer And Designer, Of The Sound Program, To An Off Broadway Play, Called: "The Heaven Mother By: Roma Greth", Chris And I Produced And Ran The Sound Program, Through The Entire Length Of Stay Of The Play...
I Also Helped Build The Props, For The Play...( Academy Theatre,
The Academy Theatre is the oldest professional theatre in Georgia. Founded in 1956 by Frank Wittow, a 25 year old Army veteran with a degree in psychology, the Academy began its life as the Southeastern Academy of Theatre and Music, Inc., and soon housed both a resident company dedicated to bringing the best of classical and contemporary work to Atlanta audiences and a School of Performing Arts. Over its 50-year history, the Academy has maintained two unique visions that have remained central to its mission. The first is that of an ensemble system, which takes as its basis the belief that, the most thought-provoking theatre is created by a group of artists working intimately over a long period of time towards the development of a specific and cohesive style.The second is the belief that theatre can be of enormous use to those members of the community for whom it would not ordinarily be a resource.Today, the Academy Theatre offers a number of related programs which each highlight the role of the artist as teacher and the human capacity for artistic expression. Meanwhile, the theatre remains dedicated to the development of new work -- both by promising playwrights living in the Atlanta area and by those members of the community for whom theatre can become, in its development, a source of empowerment, enrichment, and joy).
I, Later, In My Early 20's, Met And Married Sybil Barker, From Malden MA, And As Things Go, We Wound Up In Everett MA, Where We Both Worked, Wrote Songs, And Did Our Art Works; That Were Displayed In Many Art Shows In And Around Boston. Also Continuing To Perform At Local Clubs And Coffee Houses, . We Also Formed, "Restless Spirit", The Name Sybil Came Up With, (The Name We Still Use Today, Although We Don't Preform Anymore). We Joined The Boston Song Writers Workshop, Back Then, The Folk Singers Society Of Greater Boston, The Nashville Songwriters Society, BMI, (Of Which, I Am Still A Member). We Helped Reorganize And Restart An Artist Management Co. Called Promotions Unlimited, With Harry Fullerton And A Few Other Folks, And Worked With, And Put On Various Shows, With New Up And Coming Artist, In And Around The Boston Area.
Sybil And I Also Joined The South Shore Musicians Referral, Where We Helped Organize And Produce Shows In The Boston Area, I Also Designed All The Flyers, Letters, Bios, The Logo And Letter Head For The Company.