Shara Nova

2 weeks ago | sharanova.substack.com | Shara Nova

Thank you for all who joined the mad professor today at 12pm to hear my thoughts and notes for arranging songs! In case you missed it, join me for my next live video in the app and subscribe for exclusive content. Get more from Shara Nova in the Substack app Available for iOS and Android

3 weeks ago | sharanova.substack.com | Shara Nova

Hello dear ones, These are mad times. I’m going to zoom in ant like and focus on a grain of sugar. I’m teaming up with the Substack team to live stream my process of arranging songs for chamber ensembles tomorrow at 12pmET. I hope to see you on the electric machine! Upcoming Shows:Thursday, April 10th - MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND with Missouri State Wind Ensemble performing new & old songsSaturday, April 26th, 7:30pm - Shara sings Sarah Kirkland Snider’s PENELOPE at the James Theater - 213 N.

4 weeks ago | sharanova.substack.com | Shara Nova

For lesson #2, we are learning from lesson #1 by continuing to catch self-minimizing language! It’s a gear share post! While it has taken me years to upgrade my home studio one tool at a time, here is the gear that has served me well. There is no golden ticket for equipment. Whatever you got, begin where you are. Face the fear and excitement of silence! SPLAT! Your voice, your experience, your perspective is yours alone. Sound like yourself.

1 month ago | sharanova.substack.com | Shara Nova

These are mad times. This is mad hair. This post feels like a frivolous thing to offer in a time of tribulation which this is. I know that. Times for me are extreme too. The music industry has crumbled. It is affecting me greatly. Big life changes on my horizon. Sometimes I gotta put on a filter, chuckle and look at one thing I can control. My …

1 month ago | sharanova.substack.com | Shara Nova

Here is a demo of a song I wrote with the help of a micro-grant from the American Composers Orchestra during the pandemic, written for harpist Ahya Simone to sing. These demos sit on my computer buried in the pile of Not-Good-Enough after nearly five years. There are pops in my edit, a reverb slapped on, a guitar played roughly… I want to keep providi…Personal musings and thoughtful teachings from My Brightest Diamond's Shara Nova.