Professional musicians relocating for work rarely get the luxury of a clear calendar, especially when rehearsals, travel days, and contracts keep moving targets. Add family relocation challenges like school schedules, childcare, and the emotional load of change, and even a simple move can start to feel like a constant scramble. Moving with pets and children […]
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Remix – Stan Stewart decided to try remixing. Here’s what that experience taught him. (This is not a how-to post.)
Live improvisation is so inspiring. Stan Stewart relates the experience of performing piano on-stage with dancing improvisers.
Once again, I’ve hit the post-gig blahs. How do we keep focus and momentum at times like this? The Gig Was Good, So… It doesn’t matter if the gig was good or not. If it was a “big” gig (define that however you like), it can come with post-gig doldrums. The energy required to create
Connection is crucial to healthy human life. We can find examples of this (hopefully) almost every day. Stan Stewart shares 2 stories.
A quartet can create full musical structures. So what is it that two quartets can do better than one? Especially in three.
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As an unsigned musician, I prefer musician-centric platforms. However, they’ve proliferated so much that it’s hard to choose between them. Platforms Galore Given how suddenly musician resources can go rogue or completely disappear, I am “twice shy” about joining another platform. I’ve written before about needing to leave such platforms that no longer deliver. And
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What happens when one recording project calls for not one, but two bands? Stan Stewart explores the battle of his bands.
I’m directing (and singing in) an octet of tenor, baritone, and bass singers. It’s fun and we are consistently psyched to sing together. We’re called 8th Amendment. The other 8th Amendment I love singing in harmony. For reasons I am unable to verbalize, I am especially drawn to singing with voices in a similar range
