With the heart and intention of the organization, Hopeland in mind, violinist Tim Fain and singer-songwriter, Ryan O'Neal (Sleeping At Last) came together to write a song. After a few days together in Chicago, the first draft of "Hope" was written, a song inspired by the strength of vulnerable children in both the foster care system and orphanages around the world.

In support of the incredible "Orphan Myth" campaign, Tim Fain and Sleeping At Last came together virtually and completed the recording of "Hope" to make it available in this urgent call to action to help bring 100% of children into a safe and loving family. Even Tim and Ryan’s young daughters lent their voices to the song, as well as to the song’s artwork.

"Hope" is an anthem for the vulnerable.
lyrics
There is hope in our eyes
When we truly see each other.
Like the light of countless stars,
We are not afraid of the dark.

‘Cause there is hope in our hearts.
In every single beat, we feel it.
To the ends of the earth,
Our echo carries on...

We are sacred, we are strong.
We are beautiful. We belong.
Please hear our unheard song.

There is hope in our voice
When we listen to each other.
Our barriers disappear
With every story told.

We are sacred, we strong.
We are beautiful. We belong.
Please hear our unheard song.

There is hope in our eyes
When we truly see each other,
So we raise our flag, lift our voice!

(This is our hopeland)
We are sacred, we strong.
(This is our hopeland)
We are beautiful. We belong.
(This is our hopeland)
We are worthy, we are true.
(This is our hopeland)
There are no borders from this view,
Please help us raise our flag.

There is hope in our eyes
When we truly see each other.

Hope

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Sleeping At Last - Saturn X Turning Page [3:01] | Wedding Piano

Dream To Dare (featuring Sleeping At Last)

Released: 7th June on Matreya Records
(taken from the upcoming album 'A Bed Of Waves' due Aug 2nd)

‘Dream To Dare’ is an intimate and emotive piece that features the beautiful vocals of singer songwriter and composer Sleeping At Last (the moniker of Ryan O’Neal). Ryan’s music has captivated a loyal fan base worldwide and his music features regularly on Film and Tv Soundtracks including the likes of The Twilight Saga, Grey’s Anatomy and American Idol to name a few. The track is about believing in our youth and inspiring them to follow their dreams with a loving and open heart. Matt has just supported Sleeping At Last on his recent sold out UK tour where they got the chance to perform this song together each night at Manchester Albert Hall, Bristol St Georges and Glasgow Óran Mór.

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Dream To Dare (feat Sleeping At Last)

Inception Time X Twilight Turning Page [3:21] | Wedding Piano

Twilight - Turning Page [3:31] | Wedding Piano

Be, Well - Ukulele/Vocal Cover

Here is my holiday special for 2024.
Wish you all  a nice and peaceful Christmas time 

Tracklist:
Sleeping at Last - Uranus
Ane Brun, Andrew Bayer - Hold on to you (Ryan Davis Revisit)
SOHN - Obvilion
Billie Eilish - What I was made for
Mogli - Aftermath
Sleeping at Last - Saturn
Davod O'Dowda - This is the Walk
Benjamin Amaru - September Skies
Loner Deer - I hold you
Benjamin Amaru - Hold you tight
Trentemoller - Dreamweaver
Labrinth - The Feels
Labrinth - Forever

viperflo - Silence 2024

“Music is completely emotion-driven for me. If I don’t feel it, I can’t fake it. That’s why I keep writing—to stay close to that feeling.”

In this deeply reflective episode of The Design Of, Justin Ahrens sits down with musician, composer, and sonic storyteller Ryan O’Neal, best known as Sleeping At Last. With millions of listeners around the world and a body of work that’s as emotionally rich as it is expansive, Ryan shares how he intentionally designs not just music—but meaning.

We explore how Ryan’s creative process is rooted in emotion, curiosity, and the desire to stay connected to what truly moves him. From writing songs inspired by the Enneagram to scoring film and television, Ryan talks about chasing wonder, navigating vulnerability, and using music as a mirror for growth.

While Ryan is a musician, his approach offers powerful insights for anyone in business, branding, or leadership. His creative process models how to:

+ Lead with emotional intelligence—understanding the power of empathy in connection
+ Tell stories that resonate—by tapping into universal emotions and personal truths
+ Build a brand with heart—that earns trust, loyalty, and long-term impact
+  Design experiences that feel human—not just polished

If you're trying to inspire teams, connect with customers, or create more meaningful marketing—this episode will remind you why feeling is often more powerful than strategy alone.

S10 Episode 60: Ryan O'Neil of Sleeping At Last- The Design Of a Brand With Heart

Cover of Turning Page by Sleeping At Last
used (https://ukutabs.com/s/sleeping-at-last/turning-page/?transpose=-3#chords-in-this-song) for the tabs/lyrics (transposed -3 baritone)

Turning Page (Ukulele Cover)

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With his adventuresome spirit and vast musical gifts, violinist Tim Fain has emerged as a mesmerizing new presence on the music scene.  The “charismatic young violinist with a matinee idol profile, strong musical instincts, and first rate chops” (Boston Globe) was most recently seen on screen and heard on the soundtrack of the new hit film Black Swan, and heard as the sound of Richard Gere’s violin in Fox Searchlight’s feature film Bee Season. Selected as one of Symphony and Strad magazines’ “Up-and-Coming Musicians,” Fain captured the Avery Fisher Career Grant  and a Young Concert Artists International Award.  As The Washington Post recently raved, “Fain has everything he needs for a first-rate career.”

He electrified audiences at debuts with the Baltimore Symphony with conductor Marin Alsop, at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival and with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.  He has also appeared with the Mexico City and Oxford (UK) Symphonies, Cincinnati Chamber Symphony, Brooklyn and Hague Philharmonics, and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in a special performance at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center.  In addition, he was the featured soloist with the Philip Glass Ensemble at Carnegie Hall in a concert version of Einstein on the Beach and continues to tour the US and Europe in a duo-recital program with Phillip Glass.

Fain appeared in recital at the Ravinia Festival, Amsterdam’s venerable Concertgebouw, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Kennedy Center Mexico’s Festival de Musica de Camara in San Miguel de Allende, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, California’s Carmel Mozart Society, University of Georgia, Boston’s Ives and Ringling International Festivals, San Diego Art Institute, University of California at Davis, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd St Y, and elsewhere across the globe. His multi-media evening Portals premiered to sold-out audiences in New York, Los Angeles and at its midwestern premiere at Omaha’s KANEKO. The centerpiece of the evening is Partita for solo violin, a new work written especially for him by Philip Glass, and also features collaborations with Benjamin Millepied, Leonard Cohen, film maker Kate Hackett, and with radio personality Fred Child and pianist Nicholas Brittel appearing on screen.  

A dynamic and compelling performer in traditional works, he is also a fervent champion of 20th and 21st century composers, with a repertoire ranging widely from Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to Aaron Jay Kernis and John Corigliano; as the Los Angeles Times recently noted, his career “is based, in part, on new music and new ways of thinking about classical music.“  His provocative debut CD Arches, music for solo violin, reflects Fain’s inquisitive passion and intellect, combining old and new solo works by J.S. Bach, Fritz Kreisler, Kevin Puts, Mark O’Connor, Daniel Ott, and Randy Woolf. His new disc, River of Light (Naxos), brings the tradition of the virtuosic short piece into the present, with short works by living American composers.

He has collaborated with such luminaries as Pinchas Zukerman, Richard Goode, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Jonathan Biss, has appeared with the Mark Morris Dance Group, Seán Curran Company, and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and appeared onstage with the New York City Ballet, performing alongside the dancers in the acclaimed premiere of Benjamin Millepied’s “Double Aria." He has also worked with jazz pianists Billy Childs and Ethan Iverson (The Bad Plus), guitarist Rich Robinson (Black Crowes), and appeared at Jazz at Lincoln Center with singer-songwriter Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20). 

A sought-after chamber musician, Fain has performed at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York’s Bargemusic, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Spoleto (Italy), Bridgehampton, Santa Fe, Caramoor, Bard, Lucerne (Switzerland), “Bravo” Vail Valley, Moab, and Martha’s Vineyard Festivals. He has toured nationally with Musicians from Marlboro, and was first violinist of the Rossetti String Quartet. 

A native of Santa Monica, California, Tim Fain is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music, in Philadelphia, where he studied with Victor Danchenko, and The Juilliard School, where he worked with Robert Mann.  He performs on a violin made by Franceso Gobetti, Venice 1717, the “Moller,” on extended loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

The Design Of isn’t a podcast about graphic design. It’s about the intentional design of how we live, lead, create—and pursue what matters most.
Hosted by brand strategist and storyteller Justin Ahrens, The Design Of explores the moments, decisions, and values that shape how people find purpose, navigate change, and create meaningful impact in their lives and work.

Through powerful, human-centered conversations with startup founders, bestselling authors, artists, teachers, business leaders, everyday innovators—and even Olympic medalists and an Oscar winner—each episode reveals what it really takes to build a life (and legacy) with intention.

Whether you’re leading a business, building a brand, making art, or simply trying to live more intentionally, The Design Of invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what truly matters.

Brought to you—intentionally and with purpose—by Rule29 and O’Neil Printing.

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Music to get lost in:

XLR8R "Achingly Beautiful"

BBC Radio 1 - Huw Stephens "Absolutely Awesome..Beautiful Music, Really Really Special"

KEXP - Kevin Cole "A song to transport you to a different place"

The Ransom Note “Emery’s debut album is definitely one to look forward to.”

BBC 6 Music - Tom Robinson "Hauntingly Etheral"

Radio X - John Kennedy "Very exctcied to hear more.”

Clash - "Matt Emery's work has a rich sense of emotional depth"

BBC Radio 1  - Kolsch "Absolutely fantastic piece of music"

The 405  “ebbing from soft whispers to an ocean of sound that would calm even the roughest of seas.”

KEXP - Alex Ruder "Beautiful new music, Looking forward to the new album Empire'

BBC Radio Ulster - Stephen McCauley "Incredible"

Headphone Commute - "This is a proper piano album, one which you must surely fall in love with"

Amazing Radio - Dani Charlton "Absolute Delight"

Self-titled Mag - "Stunning & Deeply Emotive"

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(Matt's music has soundtracked companies and tv channels such as Hugo Boss, GoPro, BBC, ITV, Netflix, Ch4, Ch5, BT Sport, Amazon Prime, Sky, HBO, CNN etc.. and has scored custom music for the likes of Red Bull Media, Wickes, Lelo, Giles Miller Studios, and film trailers for feature films including 'The Escape', 'The Kindness Of Strangers', 'Behind The Blood' and award winning 'The Dawn Wall'
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