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2020 - A Complicated, Amazing Year

2020 – A Complicated, Amazing Year

This year has been the most unexpected year.

I knew something was going to be different about this year – I could feel it in the way my family gathered for the holidays as if this would be the last time in a long time. Staying up until 2 or 3am each night exchanging dreams and music with my cousins, aunts and uncles. Our greatest wish for each other in 2020 simply being having good health, and…

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Love Notes In The Making: Note #3

Love Notes In The Making: Note #3

We are in the final stretch! May the stress and anxiety levels raise through the roof!

The inevitable end of summer marks time. For 3 consecutive months, this album has been incubated in my home, in the studio, has grown with the help of friends, and the support of family and community. Anna Mancl (Cello/Piano/Vocals) and Drew O’Niell (Viola/Trumpet/Professional Whistler) have helped make this…

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Love Notes in the Making: Note #2

Love Notes in the Making: Note #2

What a whirlwind of a month!

Since going into the studio for the first time I have;

Launched, met, and surpassed my Kickstarter goal of $500 – We are at $601!

Added harmonies to the original takes

Planned a fully booked Couch Tour, filling up all of July and August – May go into September!

Kicked off the first Couch Tour Show at my apartment

Run out of stickers and reordered them to the wrong…

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Love Notes Kickstarter Launch

Love Notes Kickstarter Launch

It’s finally here – the official launch of the Love Notes Kickstarter!

For the next 60 days, Sunflower Summit will be on a mission to raise $500, All funding will be used for a number of things towards the record, such as;

Paying musicians

Paying for studio time/Sound Engineer

Paying graphic artists for beautiful artwork coming soon

Digital/Physical distribution and production of the record

Me…

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Couch Tour 2019: FAQ

Couch Tour 2019: FAQ

Summer is right around the corner, and with that, my first ever Couch Tour!!

What does this mean?

This means that instead of you coming to a show, I come to you!

This is a great opportunity to create a night of fun, friends, and music ❤ Plus. you’ll get to hear what’s on my debut record Love Notes before it’s released!

How this works:

Contact me

Set a Date

Iron out the details

Con…

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Love Notes in the Making: Note #1

Love Notes in the Making: Note #1

I am less then seven days from stepping into the studio to record the first sounds of my debut record, Love Notes, and I am a chex mix bowl of emotions.

Recording my own album has been a huge dream of mine ever since I could remember. Because I’ve wanted this for so long, I keep over thinking it – the set list changes constantly, the ideas of how I want it to sound build up and scale down.…

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Cozy Music Time

Cafe Cabaret @ Emerald City Cabaret

1224 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640

May 17, 2019 @ 7:30p

NO COVER! Tips greatly appreciated ❤

Cafe Cabaret features a variety of storytellers and artists! Come on out for some tunes and stories, and comedy!

Juicebox Blend @The Juicebox

3457 N. HalstedChicago, Illinois

June 2nd, 2019 @5p

$10 Suggested Donation

The Juicebox Blendi…

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The Fallen Tree Does Make A Sound

The Fallen Tree Does Make A Sound

No, I’m not going to debate the state of water.

Today I am going to try to tackle one of those annoying questions, the ones that should be very obvious but are inexplicably mind-boggling – like the debate around if water is wet or not.

Instead, today’s question is this: If a tree falls in the middle of forest and there is no one around to witness it/see it, does it actually fall or make a…

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Sometimes, You Lose

I have been struggling to articulate how I feel, and it is a strange thing – a strange feeling I have trouble accepting.

What it comes down to is the awful feeling of rejection. Wrongly labeled rejection.

Ever since learning my plans for the next few years would not be so, I have been an array of emotions; angry, upset, outraged, sad, and hurt. Like, butt hurt.

The more I try to write…

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As Husband and Wife with Hannah Lieb & Sunflower Summit Come out to Uncommon Ground (Edgewater) on April 6 @7pm for a night of great music and great eats! 30 more words

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Love Notes EP

This EP has been a long time coming! It has been my dream to record and release my own music since middle school and I am very excited to finally give myself the opportunity to create this!

Each song in this EP has been carefully written and arranged in the hopes that my passion and love for music and life can shine through 🙂

Stay tuned for the premier of “Purple Flowers” and the release…

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Learning to Make Rice

Learning to Make Rice

How to Make Rice:

1. Put rice into a pot with water and wait.

How to Make Rice

1. Put rice in pot with water and bring to a boil.

2. Wait.

How to Make Rice

1. Put rice into pot with water and bring to a boil

2. When it starts to bubble turn the heat down.

3. Wait.

How to Make Rice

1. Put rice in pot with water on high and bring to a boil.

2. When it starts…

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Dear Self: You Can Do This

Dear Self: You Can Do This

Hey you, how’ve you been? Same old same old?

Yeah, nothing’s really happened.

When you moved into the city, you had goals and you’ve met some of them. But you’ve saved the more juicy ones for last, and here you are – facing these goals you set for yourself but it pains you to even take one step towards them. What’s up with that?

It’s like those puzzles your so obsessed with. That’s…

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How to Keep Your Chin Up when it gets Complicated

Sometimes, life really sucks.

It’s nobody’s fault. Things pile up and the possibilities of what might happen next are too overwhelming. Sleepless nights blur into tired days and it’s really hard to see the end.

But always remember. Nothing is forever. So for now, let’s just get out if this slump and start living life again, no?

1. Freeze!

Stop what your doing, halt your thoughts, and just exist…

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I Believe in the Universe

You know those late nights just staring at the dark ceiling searching for sleep but your mind keeps you up wondering “what’s the point? Why am I here?”

It’s such a big world. It’s so easy to feel small and insignificant. And there are too many questions, with too little answers. We’ve come along way in terms of investigating through science and technology, but the question of why anything is…

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My *uck it List

My *uck it List

Ever heard of a bucket list?

It’s that imaginary bucket we’re supposed to carry around and toss ideas of what we want to do before we die in them. And we’re supposed to do them.

I have/had one. But it was getting too heavy. I just kept adding and adding and adding and nothing was happening. Oddly enough, many of the things on the list weren’t even my own. Bullet points borrowed from this…

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12 Happy Moments of 2018

12 Happy Moments of 2018

This time last year, I was really conflicted. I was extremely happy with life, but also really sad. I had lost a lot of great things, but I had also gained a lot of great things. I got so locked up inside of my head, that by the time it was Christmas Day, I woke up crying because I was so sad.

I was focusing on everything that I was losing as the year was coming to a close. I couldn’t imagine…