November Newsletter: November
“November”
(keep reading for more info on the song)
Happy November!
My news, in brief:
Look at the Harlequins! SONGBOOK is now available for pre-order! (Ships in December.)
I’ll be releasing a new single in December!
I was interviewed on a recent episode of the Creating Portland podcast! Find it in the pod places, or via their website, or watch it on YouTube.
October flew by! I spent a lot of it studying to become a better piano teacher through the Royal Conservatory of Music. I also made significant progress on the Look at the Harlequins! songbook. Currently a wonderful copyist is fixing my notation mistakes and making everything look beautiful. It’s on track to ship out in December. Check out the cover!
Photo by Kai Hayashi, designed by Chad Lowe
I sent you a demo of “November” more than a year ago (read about the song here), but I want you to hear it with Mathias Kunzli’s brilliant percussion. He has recorded on MANY other tracks, and they all take my breath away. Buuuut it's all on hold due to lack of funds. My greatest fear is that I’ll meet an untimely death before I get to release these songs. ☠️ My greatest hope is that I’ll be able to release them sometime next year. 🙏🏻
I finished most of the orchestrations in 2019. This spring, Mathias recorded percussion. The next steps involve hiring more people: musicians to replace the fake strings and woodwinds, an artist to create the artwork, and an engineer to mix and master the tracks so they’ll sound their best.
With that in mind, if you want to see my next album come to fruition, I would like to encourage you to join me on Patreon! Every little bit helps! And there are rewards for becoming a patron, such as more demos, behind-the-scenes content, and exclusive merch (a mug! a shirt! stickers!).
If you’re not into Patreon but you do want to help, you can support me by buying merch (such as the songbook) or sending a tip via Venmo, CashApp, or PayPal (music@stephannance.com). Don’t worry if you aren’t able to!! I’m grateful for all kinds of support. I’m grateful that you’re reading this! I'll keep chipping away at everything and eventually it'll get done.
Thank you so much for letting me share my music with you. And remember, I always like hearing from you! You can email me, or reach out on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.
Take care,
Stephan