Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance For the first time in a few years, I attended an entire music festival. Grassroots takes place just down the road from our farmhouse, so it’s an easy choice of events. I can ride my bicycle there. Plus, there was a lineup that included a great mix …
Elements I’m happy to present “Elements Suite” to you. This is a musical meditation on the traditional natural elements in a number of earth-based philosophies, plus wood from Chinese elemental theory. I’m not going to say too much here. Instead, I’ll let the musical meditations “speak” for themselves. Just press the play button at the bottom …
Where were you when you first heard The Cranberries? In 1993, I lived in Oakland, California. I had transitioned out of a former career to “do music and nothing else”. My attempt to re-create my life was based on a bunch of unreasonable assumptions. Much to my surprise, for example, I still had to put …
How O’Riordan & The Cranberries inspired me to “wreck less” Read More »
As 2018 arrives, I’m full of gratitude. Yes, I’m grateful for you: my friends, fans, readers, and listeners. Thank you! Listeners = You As I continue to ponder the calendar year that just was, you are at the top of the list of my thoughts and thankfulness. Though I do my best to approach music …
Magic happens in a surprising variety of ways. Click To Tweet There’s a new (better) version of this song and you can hear it by clicking here. I sometimes trick myself into having deadlines. When I joined a local chorus, I said that I’d like to sing a solo at their Winter holiday concert. Then, …
I have good news. I’m happy to say that my studio singer-songwriter release, “Dream This“, is getting good attention. Lots of people are streaming it; I’ve performed the songs live several times; and fans are loving it. Plus, I’m releasing a new album. Read on to learn about it. Radio I’m really excited to tell …
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The first mistake in the album release process I want to help you avoid is not having enough money to finish. I promised my album to my fans by a certain date. But I started several steps in the process too late to complete them. The first thing to budget is time. If you don’t …
Your Album Release When you listen to music, do you ever ponder how much went into making the recording and getting you to listen to it? At first glance, the process may seem simple. But an album release is anything but simple. Most of what I’ll say in this series of blog posts could also …
Dance This lyrics (and music) by Stan Stewart spontaneously composed on January 14, 2016 Copyright © 2016, 2017 by Stan Stewart & muz4now, inc. All rights reserved. Maybe it’s an instinct That rises from shame. Maybe it’s a cradle That rocks me to tame My pretty paranoia That would free me from pain. I don’t …
Thank you First, let me say thank you to all my friends, family, and fans. You continue to encourage me in creating this album. With the release of this video for the second-to-last song for “Dream This”, the goal of the whole album seems clearly within reach. Thank you so much! Second, it is with …
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