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photo by steven david johnson -lsb- http://www.dmstith.com/ www.dmstith.com -rsb- sufjan hour stevens , my brightest diamond , the revival 2006 & ndash ; present asthmatic kitty dm stith
 dm stith solo_singer 24 june 1980 vocals , guitar , piano , indie folk rock , alternative folk , baroque pop , psych folk , buffalo , new york david michael stith musician , singer-songwriter
dm stith

david michael stith is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who released his first album `` heavy ghost '' in 2009 on the asthmatic kitty label .
he currently resides in brooklyn , new york .
david stith comes from a musical family : his father was a college wind ensemble director and former church choir director ; his grandfather is professor emeritus in the music department at cornell university ; his mother is a pianist ; his sisters sing opera and play piano and percussion .
stith begun working on an mfa in graphic design at the henry radford hope school of fine art at indiana university in 2008 .
he has since left the program and now lives in ny .
continuing to work in the field of graphic design , stith produced the artwork for his `` heavy ghost '' cd and other projects for asthmatic kitty including cover art for `` dead zone boys '' by jookabox , `` a thousand shark 's teeth '' by my brightest diamond , `` animal feelings '' by rafter , `` penelope '' by sarah kirkland snider , as well as the library catalog music series .
