asheville Featured The ups and downs of release week (happy birthday Asheville) What you may not know is that release days are always an emotional rollercoaster for me. I ended Friday completely drained. I'm trying to get better at this, but it seems I'm a little soft.
dumb hope Featured Let's celebrate next Friday - Asheville is out soon I visited Asheville, North Carolina in July of 2022. I wrote a song about it shortly after and released the first version in August of 2022. Now, a year and a half later, Asheville, in its final form is ready for the world.
new year Happy New Year (and New Beer) Hey everyone - just a quick note in the midst of crazy times in bowtie land (more on that in the coming weeks I promise). The craft brewery I've been serving at has brought a little dream of mine to life - my very own Von Bieker beer!
News Featured Goodbye Patreon, Hello Backstage Today marks my months-in-the-making transition away from Patreon to my own community of supporters – Von Bieker Backstage. Why the switch? The short answer is that Patreon has become burdensome and limited for me, while taking a cut of my support and not offering much control over the user experience. When
News I'm WAY more excited than I look in this video (unboxing day)! Umm - Â big news friends. Â Today I got something very special in the mail - MY NEW ALBUM! That's right - today I got to hold my first full-length CD in my hands, thanks to a UPS man who got scared away by our tiny barking dog. At
News The Most Fun a Broken Heart Can Have Last week I released Nothing Breaks Like a Heart and I've gotten a great response so far. Thanks to all who have listened and told me what you think about the song. Today I'm letting you in early on another milestone - the VIDEO! This will
News Full House, Full Heart (My Afternoon at Empress) I played Empress Ale House for the first time on October 13 and it went so well that I hope it won't be my last. This little neighbourhood pub is oozing with charm and short on pretense. It really feels like a "come one, come all -
News How I Learned Courage From 91 Year Old Dancing Ted This is an early post for Patrons only until Wednesday :) Once I've lugged my guitar across 12 blocks of early-winter downtown Calgary, I'm going to play. Probably. I've never been to Mikey's on 12th (used to be Mikey's Juke Joint)
video YouTube Trailer Launch Howdy partners, Today I got around to some long-standing business and created a trailer for new visitors to my Youtube channel. A quick lil' vid showing who I am, what I make and what to expect from my channel. Progress!