A Cosmic Sherpas theatrical theme piece centered on the effects of war, particularly PTSD. We are inviting others to join this stage/cinema project. Submit your ideas and make videos around this music to be used in a group film by visiting the McCool Records website and contacting us. Special Note - This music is intended to broaden ompassion and insight with a mix of realism and imagination...NOT intended for therapy. However, you will hopefully find various segments enjoyable for how pleasant they are to the ears.

In The Trenches - by Cosmic Sherpas

Night Pass - by Cosmic Sherpas

Night Groove - by Cosmic Sherpas

Classical Trenches - by Cosmic Sherpas

New Traveler - by Cosmic Sherpas

Steps - by Cosmic Sherpas

Light Ones - by Cosmic Sherpas

Stargaze - by Cosmic Sherpas

Deep Winds - by Cosmic Sherpas

Album - "Little Pictures"
Recorded - 2012
Location - McCool Records
Instruments - piano, electric guitar, saxophone, voicebox, drumbox
Musicians - Elyse McCool (piano, guitar, voicebox), Ryan Whitehead (sax), Mike McKenney (drumbox), Micah McCool (shakers)
Directing/Engineering/Editing - Micah McCool
Inspiration - wide open spaces, long journeys, loneliness, searching

Lost - by Cosmic Sherpas

Track #1 of 2017 album, "Summit"
Recorded in Atlanta, Georgia 2016
Featuring Blake Spoons Daniels on guitar

20202

Morning at Camp Two

Elise McCool - piano, guitar (acoustic & electric), bass guitar, all female vocals, banjo, synthesizer, traditional Native American flute, producer, manager
Micah McCool - drums, acoustic guitar, male vocals, didgeridoo, sound engineering, editing, mastering
Anyone interested in discussing live performance, licensing, music and art collaborations/creation and cymatics research is asked to contact Micah or Elise at 706-351-0986 or send a message via mccoolelise@gmail.com .

A Not-So-Brief Story of Cosmic Sherpas’ Origin, by Elise McCool:
Ultimately, the question was, "Is it worth it?" The answer... undoubtedly.
Constantly changing themes, sometimes uncomfortable inspections into the nature of self and our arrangement in the fabric of existence, the theatre of our minds becomes visible to the world when allowing the unique qualities of individual talents to collectively alter the direction of an entire soundscape... this is our experience when we make music with each other.
Cosmic Sherpas was created to bring musicians together so they can fall in love with life amidst the chaos, for the purpose of honing their musical tenacity! Like something out of a comic book, this band stretches its limits whenever possible, burning the midnight oil - East to West, from the Southeast to California to New York and back again - to define for ourselves how the undiscovered musicians' journey would affect sound and inspiration both personally and collectively. It has been a journey of uplifting and healing performances, irreplaceable encounters, incredible improvised sessions with other musicians and serendipitous lessons for children and music lovers of wide-ranging ages and backgrounds.
I incorporate a multitude of sounds, having over 30 years' experience making music. Along the way, musicians run into us... this is when a featured artist appears in a song, as noted in our song title descriptions. Now, many albums later, I can say that all musicians I have played with have been integral to my musical growth, and the work Micah does makes it possible for much of that evolution to be heard. This ability to review and progress is what makes me happy to share the concept of the Cosmic Sherpas collective with other budding musicians blindsided by commerce.
Micah and I began the Cosmic Sherpas as a studio band collective in 2010 while living in Atlanta, Georgia. We seek to experiment with many instruments, sounds and ideas in order to create weird worlds of possibilities and to open up the creative flow of stagnant productions. We began to describe our sound as Meditation Rock due to our ever-increasing tendency toward flowing improvisation, extemporaneous lyrics and an enthusiasm to spark moments of confident freestyle wherever we can by helping musicians hear how they can really sound when unencumbered by preconceived notions of musical style. When listening to the tracks within the ReverbNation song list chronologically, one can better grasp the development of the sound of Cosmic Sherpas from being a studio band to eventually thriving better as a live, on-going improvisation project, with the approach of more and more potential instruments and larger sounds becoming clear over the years. Over the past five (5) years, more attention has been paid to 432 Hertz as a focus for healing research, and any interested collaborators in the area of cymatics are also encouraged to communicate directly and promptly, as every sound wave could be changing lives if we put in the proper research.

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