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title: "Artists We Like: Sleeping At Last"
url: https://altwire.net/artists-we-like-sleeping-at-last/
author: "Altwire Staff"
published: 2018-04-01T16:00:10+00:00
updated: 2023-12-06T11:39:51+00:00
categories: ["News"]
tags: ["Artists To Watch"]
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# Artists We Like: Sleeping At Last

*By Altwire Staff · April 1, 2018*

Producer, composer, and singer-songwriter **Ryan O’Neal** shares his creations with the world under the name **Sleeping At Last**. Though a fairly unknown artist, his songs have been featured on popular shows and movies, such as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1”. He has also worked with many notable musicians, such as **Billy Corgan** of **Smashing Pumpkins**, **Jon Foreman** of **Switchfoot**, and **Andrew Lloyd Webber**. Along with these collaborations, he has shared the stage with many celebrities (**Christina Perri, Alanis Morissette**) and has worked very closely with the film industry as he has scored an entire documentary and served as the composer for the TV show, “Kid President: Declaration of Awesome.”

He released his first album *Ghosts* in 2003, and then three years later came out with *Keep No Score*. After his third album *Storyboards* he decided to go a different direction in regards to how he released his music. Consequently, he began the Yearbook project, in which he put out three songs every month for a year. The “yearbook” was offered as a subscription or as sets of EPs. On a similar path, he embarked on a longer concept spanning multiple albums called *Atlas*. So far, he has two albums under the umbrella of this concept. Before releasing the second *Atlas* album, he made an album filled with ten covers of well known and loved hits. He also covered solely Christmas songs on his album *Christmas Collection Vol. 1.*

All of his albums have beautifully crafted instrumental backgrounds with soft, rich vocals, which can only be compared to the calm swelling of ocean waves on a cloudy beach day. They’re beyond aesthetically and musically pleasing, and this music is truly enchanting and such a pleasure to listen to.

Along with creating music, he also makes a podcast that describes the process of how he makes his songs in detail. He has a very interesting creative process; for example, he wrote a song about the eclipse in 2017 that’s the same length as the actual eclipse and, in the second *Atlas* album, he has one song for every personality on the Enneagram personality test. He builds each of his albums and even specific sets of songs around a single concept, such as planets or directions. His music is truly very unique and it's fantastic how creative and precise his vision is.

For those with Spotify, I recommend starting off with the “Introduction” or “Everything” playlist off of the **Sleeping at Last** artist profile page. If not, I recommend the following songs of his: “Clockwork,” “Heart,” and “The Projectionist.”

## Listen to "Birthright" (feat. **Jon Foreman** of **Switchfoot**)

https://youtu.be/mN1GveZTVkA

(Sources: Sleeping At Last, ORBITER)

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