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A life, a death and a resurrection (new 🎵 song inside!)

A life, a death and a resurrection (new 🎵 song inside!)

We Don't Even Fight Anymore Featured

Happy News for Sad Songs

The ups and downs of release week (happy birthday Asheville)

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.

How did I survive?

Reflection Featured

How did I survive?

Happy New Year (and New Beer)

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!

Tickets on Sale Now for My "Tale Of Two Cities" Micro-Tour

Tickets on Sale Now for My "Tale Of Two Cities" Micro-Tour

Update Fresh From the Studio

dumb hope album Featured

Update Fresh From the Studio

Dancing with Dumb Hope

dumb hope album

Dancing with Dumb Hope

dumb hope album Featured

A Major DUMB HOPE Milestone 🎉

Adventures With My Slightly-Less-Small-Tones

Adventures With My Slightly-Less-Small-Tones

Picture of me in a colourful room with a googly eye on my forehead.

Reflection Featured

Many Things Many Places All At Once

Performing at Arcadia on Saturday night

Money, Gains and Growing Pains

Goodbye Patreon, Hello Backstage

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

You and I just did something really, really big on the radio

I'm WAY more excited than I look in this video (unboxing day)!

Umm - big news friends. 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

Here's Where We're At, Team

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Here's Where We're At, Team

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

All That Noise and Then the Silence

I'm just a guy, standing in front of his patrons, saying thank you.

Full House, Full Heart (My Afternoon at Empress)

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 -

How I Learned Courage From 91 Year Old Dancing Ted

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)

It's a Very Big Day

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!