Bonfires, Castles, and Time Travel

  For this week's livestream, I did a little deeper dive into my experiences in living history and why history is such a great part of not only my life, but my art. In this livestream, I also give some shout outs to the following awesome people: Keving Henry (@kevin.henry.author on Instagram) Eliza Vincz-Lichak: http://silkandsass1776.wordpress.com Silk & Sass Romantically Bent (Christine Scanlon) - Romantically Bent Amanda Lipp - Common Grounds Pottery Contact Amanda for more info on her work: common.ground@frontier.com Next week, I will be spilling some tea on some history myths (perhaps we can actually have a proprer virtual tea...I will see about that happening) and give you some music updates. :) Thank you for tuning in! :) If you want an even more in depth involvement in this journey, consider joining my Legion at my Patreon: http://patreon.com/tiffanyapanmusic ******* Thanks for watching! Go on a musical adventure with me through time where for five days I'll send y

Welcome to episode 1 of The Dark Side of the Labyrinth, a more haunted spin off of my Inside the Labyrinth blog and podcast. As some that works not only in the music and entertainment world, but also the history world, you can say that I am all about history and mythology! While I cover much of that in my other blog and podcast, this one will explore the spookier and more paranormal sides of history. As someone who has served as a storyteller at a few haunted history events during the Halloween season, I will say that I am very excited to embark on this. This first episode was voted on entirely by YOU, from the 1840s dress I'm wearing to the back drop I use, to the subject matter. In this episode, I discuss the tragic story of Jennie Wade (Mary Virginia Wade), whose life was cut short at the age of 20 by a stray bullet during the battle of Gettysburg as she was kneading dough to bake bread for the Union soldiers. She is said to be the only civilian casualty in t

For this Friday Night livestream, I discuss how I got started in the living history and reenactment world, along with adding early music to my musical endeavors. And tune in next week when I discuss living history a little further and might even dress up for that one (and discuss some myths surrounding some of the clothing and cosmetics). To add to it, I might at in a traditional song at the end. :) Links mentioned in this livestream to check out: Penny River Costumes (Time Traveler Shirt) https://www.etsy.com/shop/PennyRiver Depreciation Lands Museum: http://dlmuseum.org John Neville House http://woodvilleplantation.org See you again next week at 7PM EST! If you want an even more in depth involvement in this journey, consider joining my Legion at my Patreon: http://patreon.com/tiffanyapanmusic ******* Thanks for watching! Go on a musical adventure with me through time where for five days I'll send you a new song or story, and a personal email from me! FIVE DAY JOURNEY THROUGH TIM

SO. As I have stated a few times at my social media and probably here as well, I am a great fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber and of his work, and among my favorites is Phantom of the Opera . My love of this musical (and then Lloyd Webber a little later) began when I was about 6 or 7 years old when my uncle introduced me to the Phantom London cast recording starring the great Michael Crawford and one of my queens, Sarah Brightman. Since then, the story and music held great fascination for me and when I was able to go see it on Broadway years later (my first Broadway show!), it was very exciting to behold the story between the Phantom/Erik, Christine Daae, and Vicomte Raoul de Chagny unfolding on the stage. Not to mention the gorgeous sets and costumes! As someone who was also a theater kid, much of my repertoire over the years, since I started vocal training at the age of 12 - often included music from Webber and Phantom. I have sung the role of Christine in a couple Broadway musica

In this livestream, I discuss my stories and what influenced me to write the kind of stories I do. I typically write against a historical backdrop and my stories tend to veer toward the Dark Fantasy side with a dash of Romance. I read an excerpt from my novel Descent (The Birthrite, #1) and talk a little of how the new music I'm creating can serve as a backdrop for the books (though they don't have to!). Check out The Birthrite at my webstore: Digital Books: https://tiffany-apan-music-merch-more.myshopify.com/collections/physical-books Physical Books; https://tiffany-apan-music-merch-more.myshopify.com/collections/physical-books-1 Also on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Descent-Birthrite-1-Tiffany-Apan-ebook/dp/B00QWY94NM/ And tune in next week when I discuss my adventures in living history and reenacting and how that serves as an influence to the music and stories. And hey, if I'm feel REALLY ambitious, I might just

  Welcome to my third livestream! Tonight, I discuss with you two songs I'm working on. Both are traditional folk songs of the Celtic nature and originate from Scotland, Ireland, and England. The songs in question are Health to the Company and John Barleycorn Must Die. I discuss the research I'm doing as I come up with arrangements for the songs along with some of those possible arrangements. I also delve a little into my songwriting (and story writing!) process. :) And please excuse my phone going off a couple times. Of course people decide to text me when I'm livestreaming. :P Thank you for joining me and feel free to invite others along for the journey. :) Check out Wayward Companions at http://facebook.com/waywardcompanions If you want an even more in depth involvement in this journey, consider joining my Legion at my Patreon: http://patreon.com/tiffanyapanmusic ******* Thanks for watching! Go on a musical adventure with me through time where for five days I'll se

After my workout today I decided to go live and take you on a little walk around a place I enjoy jogging and hiking at. This historic Tudor stlye mansion built in the 1920s is one of many places that serves as creative inspiration for me. And speaking of creative inspiration, join me tomorrow on Facebook at 7PM as I will be livestreaming and talking about a couple new songs in the works! Hope you're having a great week. :) ******* Thanks for watching! Go on a musical adventure with me through time where for five days I'll send you a new song or story, and a personal email from me! FIVE DAY JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: https://tiffanyapancelticgothicrock.mailchimpsites.com/ +++ FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/tiffanyapanmusic +++ WEBSITE: http://tiffanyapan.com +++ INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/tiffanyapanmusic

  Tonight, i went on Facebook live and discussed a little of what I'm up to personally, as well as professionally and musically. I also demonstrate a little on an old world percussion instrument that I play. :)    I also didn't realize that my vacuum cleaner was in the shot until later. Ah well. At least you also know now that I clean my house regularly! :D Also check out the group I'm in, Wayward Companions at http://wayward-companions.com     ******* Thanks for watching! Go on a musical adventure with me through time where for five days I'll send you a new song or story, and a personal email from me! FIVE DAY JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: https://tiffanyapancelticgothicrock.mailchimp.com   +++ FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/tiffanyapanmusic     +++ WEBSITE: http://tiffanyapan.com     +++ INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/tiffanyapanmusic