Sparkbird (Stephan Nance)

Hi to everyone! If you don’t know me well yet, here I am in a nutshell! My name is Stephan Nance, my pronouns are they/them, and I make music as Sparkbird. Thanks for checking out my music! The background music is the instrumental of my self-titled single Sparkbird (out December 1, 2023). #indiemusic #chamberpop #songwriter #meetme #queer

sad sleepy characters are a little less safe today because The Circle Maker is out and ready to wreak emotional havoc Vocal engineer/mixing: Adam Sweeney @adamacreative Mixing: Josh Frigo @junior.frigo Mastering: Alex Dobbert @alexdobbert Artwork: Rebecca DeMoss @demoss_studio Graphic design: Chad Lowe @chadmadeit Animation: Miuranga D. #indiemusic #sparkbirdmusic #sparkbirdcirclemaker #oc #originalcharacter #thecirclemaker #ripvanwinkle

“November” is out TODAY! It turned out absolutely epic, thanks to the dream team behind it. Their incredibly high calibre of artistry brought the track beyond what I even imagined. Find it on all platforms! Link in bio. Music & lyrics by Stephan Nance Produced by Josh Frigo (@junior.frigo ) Keyboard, vocals, backing vocals - Stephan Nance Drums & percussion - @mathiaskunzli Bass - Jeni Magana (@maganarama ) Strings arrangement - Stephan Nance and @michellepackmancello Strings - @bizarrestarstrings : • Patti King (@pattikingpdx ) - violin • Kyleen King (@kyleen_king ) - viola • Anna Fritz - cello Guitar, additional backing vocals - Josh Frigo Vocal coaching - Nevada Jones and Adam Sweeney (@adamacreative ) Vocals recorded at The Map Room Vocal session engineer - Adam Sweeney Mixed by Josh Frigo Mastered by Alex Dobbert (@alexdobbert ) Artwork - Rebecca DeMoss (@demoss_studio ) Graphic design - Chad Lowe (@chadmadeit )

Aaahhhh I haven’t made many videos lately because everything has been chaotic with the collab and moving and trying to do all the stuff that has to get done before the tour. I’m still here!! Thank you for still being here. And I’ll see you NEXT WEEK on tour!! #indiemusic #sparkbirdmusic #goblincore (fr what is all of this stuff we have amassed)

In case anyone missed it—I’m going on tour!!! Opening for @madilynmei !!! It starts July 11th and we’re playing all around the US plus Toronto. Come say hiiii! You know where to find tickets #indiemusic #sparkbirdmusic #sidequesttour #madilynmei #goblincore

3 million?!?!? Also I hid something in this video for folks on my Discord server… But to everyone, thank you thank you thank you. I’m so grateful to you for caring about this song. #indiemusic #sparkbirdmusic #sparkbirdnovember #spotify #trauma

No clue when MAYDAY! will come out BUT I’ll have stickers and posters with @demoss_studio ’s STUNNING artwork with me on tour, so you’ll be ready for the release <3 Artwork by Rebecca DeMoss Animated by Miuranga D. #indiemusic #sparkbirdmusic #sparkbirdmayday #oc #originalcharacter #goblincore #thecaptain #villainarc #villain

16 days until the tour starts! Who’s coming?? And do you think this look falls into one of @madilynmei ’s clothing themes (knight, bard, tortoise/hare, muse)? Get tickets through the link in my bio or at sparkbirdmusic.com or madilynmei.com Photo by @photojq <3 Incredible shirt-dress from @wearewildfang #indiemusic #sparkbirdmusic #plants #goblincore #bard

Pride hits! If by “hits” you mean an angsty punch to the gut by characters doomed by the narrative 🎶: Disembodied Mind by Sparkbird #indiemusic #sparkbirdmusic #tma #lifeseries #goodomens #hazbinhotel #jrwi #omori #bungostraydogs #warriorcats #theowlhouse #honkaistarrail #disembodiedmind

My shirt is soaked + my phone says I climbed 90 flights of stairs, hi, I live in Brooklyn now. I even drove the last stretch from NJ to Brooklyn in our bigass moving truck, how’s that for Alpha energy PS just a couple weeks till I go on tour with @madilynmei omg omg omg, who has tickets??? #brooklyn #brooklynmusic #queermusic #queermusician

Entering my truck driver era… see ya soon Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York

Oh look! I’m in my friend Alan Contreras’s book THE GAY IMAGINATION. Alan interviewed me and wrote a short essay about my music. For the Sparkbird completist who wants to get my thoughts on queer aesthetic sensibilities, the songwriting process, my middle school self’s chaotic opinions on poetry, my recurring hyperfixation on the Russian poet Mikhail Kuzmin, and more. Get it at Bookshop or wherever you like to get books! #indiemusic #queer #queermusic #nonbinary #pride