G. Augustine Lynas (Lynas) is a fascinating and heralded NYC treasure. He’s a muralist, teacher, and sculptor of sand, snow, ceramic, bronze, and ephemera. In this special episode, we tour the wonderful world of this one in a million artist, and dive into everything from Pluto Platters to Artivism.
SandSong.com, LynasPress.com

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G. Augustine Lynas is a freelance artist /author who has lived and worked in New York City since 1965. Although he is an experienced graphic designer and photographer, his first love is sculpture, especially ephemeral work where time is an important element. He gained worldwide recognition as a sand sculptor with the publication of his book Sandsong and the documentary film of that name (now on You Tube). Lynas’ sculptures can be found in seven NYC parks in concrete, bronze, wood and ceramics and in many private collections. For twenty years Lynas was an adjunct professor of Communications Design at Pratt Institute.

Lynas also paints, draws, designs games and writes and illustrates books including: The ABCs of Central Park, The ABCs of Brooklyn (with photographer Peter Vadnai), The ABCs of Riverside Park, The Flying Disc in Flying Colors, and several others. Lynas has now written and illustrated his first interactive e-book called Tammy & Blue and a race against time. It’s a story about a child who forgets to color her own skin. Available on iBooks.

Lynas, a pioneer in the flying disc world, is known as “Circus” because of his tendency to do tricks with Frisbees. He was recently inducted into the Freestyler’s Hall of Fame. At age 82, he is still physically active; biking, sculpting, playing table tennis, disc sports and is an avid Aerobie enthusiast. He is married, has three children and three grandchildren. His work can be seen at SandSong.com and his books at LynasPress.com.

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Tyley Ross, an award-winning performer and in-demand voice coach has starred on Broadway and major Canadian stages. He joins us to chat about the ups and downs of his artistic journey and the happy accidents along the way. TyleyRossVoice

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Tyley is an actor, singer, recording artist and voice coach. He got his first break in his native Canada when he was cast by Pete Townshend to play the title role in The Who’s Tommy (Dora Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical). He’s been active on stage ever since: Chris in Miss Saigon (Broadway), Lord Cannan in Finding Neverland (A.R.T. and Broadway), Tony in West Side Story (The Stratford Festival), Franklin in Merrily We Roll Along (The Shaw Festival), Simon in The Wedding Banquet (US and Asia), Jamie in the Last 5 Years (Dora Nomination - CanStage).

He has been a guest soloist with a number of leading orchestras in Canada and the United States, and has released six albums: Treading Water and the self-titled Tyley Ross; La Donna, East Village Opera Company, and Olde School (Grammy nominated for Best Classical Crossover Album) all as the lead singer and co-founder of Universal Records’ The East Village Opera Company. Tyley toured worldwide with EVOC and appeared on many national and international television broadcasts including the Miss USA Pageant (NBC) and two PBS specials: EVOC live in Saint Louis and the multi-disciplinary Remember Me -his collaboration with AnnMarie Milazzo and Parsons Dance Company which also toured worldwide. His most recent album with with Aria Electronica ReDux - yet another collaboration with AnnMarie Milazzo.

Tyley has a Masters in Voice Studies from London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, an Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from NYU and a Certificate in Vocology from the University of Iowa. He has worked at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts since 2010 as an adjunct singing instructor, and has taught voice across the US as well as in Mexico, Canada, South Korea and the UK as well as being voice coach on multiple Broadway shows.

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Pokémon ecosphere fan fave Jason Paige chats with us about his New York City band days, the commercial jingle world, what creativity is, the pluses and minuses of AI, and a whole lot more. https://jasonpaige.com and https://jason-paige-shop.myshopify.com/collections/all

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As a vocalist, Jason toured for a year as the lead singer for the legendary band Blood Sweat & Tears. He shared the stage with Michael Jackson as the rap soloist for the hit song “Black or White” in Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden aired on CBS. He can be heard on Foreigner’s “Can’t Slow Down”, Meatloaf’s “Bat Outta Hell 3”, The Scorpions’ “Hour 1”, Frankie Valli’s “Romancing the 60’s” and “The Art of McCartney” tribute CD behind Billy Joel, Roger Daltrey, Kiss, and Smokey Robinson among others. His voice is featured in “Rick And Morty”, “Phineas & Ferb”, “Sponge Out of Water”, “The Jersey Boys”, “Annie” with Kermit and Miss Piggy in the last “Muppet Movie” and a salad of singing food characters in “Sausage Party”. He has sung and beat-boxed with Aerosmith on tour and on the Howard Stern re-mix of the hit single “Pink” and has performed with Enrique Iglesias on tour, television, and can be heard on his CD “7”. In 2022 Jason released 11 new original songs in collaboration with Dutch EDM DJ AIN0.

for more information: https://jasonpaige.com/about

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