We get so focused on tech, social networks, and the like. Everyday life is all about the stuff that can happen right where we are and any day. Holiday Everyday I took a short trip to my old neighborhood. It’s looking surprisingly good and staying just that little bit weird. That’s just the way I …
Inspired by a question from a friend, Stan Stewart shares a few of his musical influencers and what he’d still like to learn from them.
Stan Stewart plays solo guitar, piano (keyboard), or pipe organ — with or without singing — for your wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. He says, “Choose the music you want from my repertoire or have me create music for the moment of your marriage — inspired by your wedding. The only aim of providing wedding …
Stan Stewart, improviser and independent musician It takes a lot of preparation to be so spontaneous. Stan Stewart’s journey through life has led him to this point, but he will be the first to admit there were detours along the way. Stan was always making music – some of his earliest memories are of playing …
When someone says “pipe organ”, most people probably think of someone playing hymns on it. Well, these players play a lot more than hymns. Organic Pipes I’ve been playing pipe organ since I was in graduate school. To my good fortune, Mr. Emmett G. Smith was solely at TCU to teach this instrument. So, he …
Every time I tell people that I’m composing a requiem, they almost always say, “What’s a requiem?” Well, here you go…
There are so many ways that technology can help. And so many ways that it won’t. I’m learning lots about each of these. I’ve already told a story about the ways that tech doesn’t fix anything. Though I had tools that could have helped, I rushed through the first version of “Magic” to meet a …
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What scares you? Stan Stewart explores the realm of fear and the phobias that can potentially keep us from living our lives to the fullest.
If you want your art to be in the center of your life, keep hanging in there. Stan Stewart explores how eventually, life will get the idea.
Transformation can come from surprising sources. I know that in my life, I have often been startled by change and the inspirations that lead to it. Transformation Happens Well, it’s happened again. Much like the transformation of trees and leaves in Autumn, I’ve experienced recent changes for the better from shifts that I would not …
