Meeting The Cos. - A Poem To Bill Cosby - by: Sean Mauricette, a.k.a. SUBLIMINAL

Every year Bill Cosby speaks at prep school in Connecticut, but this is no ordinary school…it is Dr. Steve Perry’s school which boasts a 100% graduation rate. I was personally invited by the school to attend this event and jumped at the opportunity. ‘An Evening With Bill Cosby’..that was the name of the event…could you imagine?! While speaking at a school a few years back a student asked me who my idol was, and after thinking about it for a few days the only person I could think of who came close was Bill Cosby. After hours of blizzards, flight delays and bumpy rides I decided to capture my journey to meet Dr. Cosby in a poem which I wrote in my hotel lobby while in Connecticut. I then performed it in the middle of the Washington DC airport while waiting for my connecting flight. It is called ‘Meeting The Cos.’ – a poem to Bill Cosby

Enjoy.

What If There Were No Black People? - by: Sean Mauricette, a.k.a. SUBLIMINAL

While on my way to a radio station in Manchester (PEACE 90.1 FM), hosted by Stevie4real, I was asked to create a piece focused on life without black people. Because it was black history month and I was touring my motivational program L.I.F.T. (Laying Important Foundations Together) from city to city he thought it made sense to get my take on this thought provoking issue…here’s what I came up with while riding the bus at 6 am.

September 11th Wave of Events - an interpretive sound painting by Sean Mauricette, a.k.a. SUBLIMINAL

In 2002 I was asked by a producer for CBC radio (the largest National radio station in Canada) to create a 2 minute sound piece, depicting what the events of September 11th sounded like to me. After sketching out some ideas for the piece, I collected my sounds (colors), grabbed my computer mouse (paint brush) and began editing/arranging the sounds on the screen (canvas). The end result was a piece called ‘WAVE OF EVENTS’, generated off one particular sketch that outlined the pulse of the event from beginning to end to future. The heartbeat and breathing are meant to become the emotional guide for the listener, while the ticking in the background is the second hand of a clock, that i feel is like a metronome to our lives…believing that our lives are like musical pieces. I could write more but i would prefer that you the listener interpret it for yourself. I hope you enjoy this piece.
To quote my friend Aaron Paysley..”I never knew you could say so much, without saying anything at all.”

Blurring The Lines Of Racism- an interpretive sound painting by Sean Mauricette,a.k.a. SUBLIMINAL

In 2005 CBC radio Toronto, asked  me to create an interpretive sound painting that focused on racism.  As part of the city’s “Ending Racism” week, I sketched out/designed what the sound scape would sound like…here’s what I came up with.