Brief Eye Contact With the Shaman

TIM GERWING

Music for the Inner Listener

Tim Gerwing's musical style is not one typically associated with Canadian artists. Focusing on
otherworldly electronic/acoustic hybrid tracks, Gerwing makes music for the inner listener as
opposed to commonly heard electronic dance music, country ballads, and Top 40 singles.
Splitting his childhood between Canada and Germany, Gerwing absorbed aspects of both old
and new world cultures while fostering his love of music with lessons in classical piano,
voice, and violin. In his teenage years, he expanded his tastes to jazz, electronic, progressive
pop/rock, new age, and Middle and Far Eastern music styles, preferring to marry concepts
rather than be limited to any one genre.

Gerwing is sometimes described as a musical "Renaissance Man." A true musical generalist,
Gerwing plays guitar, keyboard, electronic instruments, and Middle Eastern percussion
instruments both solo and with other artists.

Noted collaborators include composer/poet/performer Serwan Yamolky and Liam MacDonald
in the Serwan Yamolky Trio, Japan's Mark Smith Suenaga AKA Infants in Eindhoven, and
world musician Boris Sichon, with whom he performed at the Kremlin in Moscow. He has
been a fixture with Gord Grdina's Haram for many years, and is a core member of the Samar
Oriental Dance Ensemble. He has also performed with Tibetan vocalist Yungchen Lhamo at
the Mission Folk Music Festival.

Co-founder of the Thirty Days Project, Gerwing believes encouraging other people's creative
pursuits is an important step towards a supportive society. Tim is no stranger to the
challenges of day to day creativity. Nor is he foolish enough to sit around and wait for
inspiration to strike, having learned that often, artistic stimulation emerges in the midst of
process, rather than before. Enter the Thirty Days Project manifesto: Commit yourself to
creating, and publishing, an artistic work every day for 30 days, in order to build the
momentum of your creative output.

While Gerwing's music has been described as ‘cerebral,' his artistic goal is to create
balanced work that nourishes all parts of the person and encourages introspection while
connecting listeners to a world outside themselves. A believer in the powerful effect and
necessity of music's emotional impact, this Canadian Inner Listener and audionaut seeks to
knit worlds together one note at a time.