Here, you’ll find the stuff that Stan Stewart has created: poetry, music, inspirations, staying connected with the present moment, photography, and more.
Even while trying to take a holiday from blogging, I’ve continued to create. Two of the creations are music videos from the suite “May It Be Time“. Creativity Calls The call of the muse has no respect for arbitrary human schedules. Even holidays (aka vacations) don’t get special treatment. For the first music video, I …
I’m a romantic. Though definitely not a hopeless one. (Press play and then read on…) What Is A Neo-Romantic? In fact, I’m a neo-romantic. But what does that mean? Richard Wagner may have been the first person to use the word “neoromantic”. The irony is that he was using it to put down a musical …
It seems that Stan Stewart can’t get enough of improvising on upright pianos … nor of his new puppy. Check out “Upright Lullaby”.
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 …
Stan Stewart releases the choral/musical work, “Requiem for a Stranger”, and tells you what inspired him to create this work now.
Imagine this with me: it’s summertime. We’re on the campus of a university with a large music school. Let’s Play Upright In each of several buildings, there are dozens of practice rooms. In each of them stands an upright piano. Now, these pianos have been overheated in the summer. There is nothing to control the …
“Melting” a spontaneously created poem by Stan Stewart. Follow his word meanderings into the feeling of this moment.
With so many of my albums, there is a story. This is not one of those. Gospel and Gotcha Well, naturally I could tell you stories about each of these pieces. But I think the piano improvisations tell the story better than any words I could come up with. Reciprocal Inspiration Plus, what would be …
“No Manuscript” – #piano #improv for inspiration and introspection Read More »
Stan Stewart shares “Orange U Glad” jazz/Americana fusion track to highlight and review sound libraries from Orange Tree Samples.
