Music written, composed, and/or performed by Stan Stewart. Learn more about the stories and inspirations behind the music.
Check out the music video for this song along with my commentary on the images, lyrics, and quotes. Opting for life and with great joy, I present my 10th song and story for my upcoming album. The story of this song is easy to tell. The story behind this song is vulnerable, tender, and therefore has been […]
OptIn – a song about opting into being better human beings Read More »
Confession:Reflection lyrics & music: Stan Stewart In spite of my thoughts of independence I built my world around you. I closed my heart to fears my mind would raise. In spite of my fear of true repentance I’m here to say my failure Was only that I failed to fail myself. Look at me Play
YET Lyrics and music: Stan (Sawyer) Stewart Circle is unwinding. End of the rope. Finding Knot is not tied as tightly as we thought. Now, when the wheels grinding; Here are the brakes binding. Can we be sure to come out on the top? I raise it skyward! Ah! Won’t you help me? I look
Musicians can arrange a song in so many beautiful ways. I’ve included videos of three versions of Carole King and Gerry Goffin’s “Goin’ Back” to illustrate this point. Thinking Back In 2001, I released my first album, Disappointment and Delight. It was a collection of instrumental improvisations that I had layered with additional instruments for several years. Eventually,
Goin’ Back – On the trickiness of reviewing one’s own art Read More »
Hope is something that people need when circumstances are not the way we want them to be. If everything is going along perfectly, it’s unlikely that it will even be on our minds. We seek hope when we need reassurance or when fear has the upper hand. Obviously, when we do need it, we really need
Trigger warning: this video uses images of graveyards and loneliness to raise concerns about caring for children (ending child abuse). Please choose accordingly. Snow Story Since you’ve been following along, you have already heard the song “Snow Story” and know that it asks us all to help end the cycle of child abuse. You also know
Trigger warning: this story and song are about child abuse. Take care of yourself, please. Story Up to this point, the stories behind my songs have been all about me. Though still personal, this time the story and intention behind the song are the point. So I am offering this as the takeaway from this story
Lyric Video Resurrected The Radio I’m excited to share with you the video for my eighth song release, “Mountain Rose”. While creating the fractal video for “Drink In”, I had enough fun that I decided to try my hand at it again. I’ve chosen the live, piano version of the song for this lyric video. Also, you’ll
The video for this song may be viewed in this post: The fractal and lyric video for “Mountain Rose”. Love It’s not difficult to find love songs to listen to. If I flip through radio stations or streaming playlists, I’m likely to find dozens immediately. In my song series, there’s been one very clear love song and
An ode to beauty and love – Mountain Rose (song 8) Read More »
The answers are questions. We can choose to drink whatever life puts into our glass. What I mean by that is when life brings challenges, we human beings need ways to face them. While people must find their own way through these times, we all seem to search for some combination of safety and strength.
