Happy Thanksgiving!

I don’t mean that in the traditional US-American sense of the holiday. I mean that in the older sense of the holiday’s roots in the harvest. As a musician, the songs that I’ve released this autumn are my “harvest”. I am as thankful for them as I am thankful for all of you who have listened to them, bought records, and sent me messages of appreciation and love. Your support sustains me.

Lastly, thanks to Wide Open Country for the lovely review of “Be Thankful” last week and for calling it “a stunning folk ballad fitting for any holiday playlist this year”.

If any of you want to be a part of the music video for the song, then please send me a video of what you’re thankful for by Sunday evening!

#bethankful #ianfishersongs #wideopencountry #thanksgiving #musicvideo @wideopencountry

Photo by @andreasjakwerth

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIDVZ44lkFC/?igshid=1dq39pa5n0yap

What are you thankful for?

I’m thankful for my grandmas.

I would love to put what your thankful for in my next video. Here are the instructions…

Film a short video with your phone of something, someone, or somewhere that you’re thankful for. It only needs to be 10 to 30 seconds long and in horizontal format. The audio will not be used, so please don’t speak at the camera, but you can sing along to the song if you’d like. Send the video to ianfishersongs@gmail.com before next Monday, Nov. 30th.

#bethankful #family #grandmas #musicvideo
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH-orCVl45Y/?igshid=o972hal4lzob

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Ian Fisher (@ianfishersongs)

Wanna help me make a music video?

Several weeks ago, I planned on making a video for the song “Be Thankful”. It was going to be a small autumn dinner party with a big turkey on a table surrounded by friends. Warm smiling faces in slow motion, red and yellow leaves falling in the background, and so on. Unfortunately, both the director & I came into contact with people who tested positive for covid and we cancelled the shoot. Now that the pandemic is raging and things are locking down, I see only one way to safely and honestly make this video; WITH ALL OF YOU!

If you want to be a part of this music video, then follow these simple INSTRUCTIONS. Film a short video with your phone of something, someone, or somewhere that you’re thankful for. It only needs to be 10 to 30 seconds long and in horizontal format. The audio will not be used, so please don’t speak at the camera, but you can sing along to the song if you’d like. Send the video to ianfishersongs@gmail.com before next Monday, Nov. 30th.

Thank you all so much for engaging with my music and giving me hope in these times! I am truly thankful for you.

#bethankful #musicvideo
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH7Xx4hg-L6/?igshid=px6wjtgdlt2q

I wanna thank everyone who has messaged me lately to tell me how much they like the new song. It’s been a tough few weeks and all the love and appreciation you’re sending my way helps. I hope that this song helps all of you a little!

https://lnk.to/bethankful

#bethankful #newsong #americanstandardsianfisher #wideopencountry #appreciation
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH5bRyRFzZf/?igshid=1iv2229j2cnco

I think my sister put it best 🦃

Thanks as well to @wideopencountry for the great review! They called the new song “a stunning folk ballad fitting for any holiday playlist this year”. So if you haven’t listened to it yet, then check out “Be Thankful” now & share it with friends.

#wideopencountry #bethankful #sister photo by @andreasjakwerth
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH28AQplZa6/?igshid=7g62yp0p3sx3

Tonight at 20:30 CET, Ryan & I will play a livestream concert from the Porgy & Bess for the Blue Bird Festival! Watch it at porgy.at 📺

Our new song, “Be Thankful”, is also out today! Check it out on Spotify, iTunes, or whatever platform you prefer.

Thank you to Klaus, Babsi, and the whole Blue Bird team for the invitation to play this evening. We’re all sending a warm GET WELL SOON to Clara Luzia & her band!

@bluebirdvienna @porgyandbessvienna @amelietobien @claraluzia_
Photo by @andreasjakwerth

#bluebirdvienna #porgyandbessvienna #ianfishersongs #bethankful

(at Porgy & Bess)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH0G2iWlMxl/?igshid=3wqt0ev98m0z

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Ian Fisher (@ianfishersongs)

The next single, “Be Thankful”, comes out tomorrow! 🌋

If you preorder the vinyl or Cd on my website now, then it’ll arrive at your place before Christmas… just sayin’ 🎁

Thanks to my mastering engineer @sam_irl__ for his work on the record & for giving me a place to finally listen to the vinyl, since my record player is broken!

#bethankful #song #ianfishersongs #vinyl #americanstandardsianfisher

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHxEUxegRaI/?igshid=2n93md727g51

The lockdown started today & tomorrow I’ll play a livestream 🌀[Wednesday 17:00 CET / 10:00 CST]

I’ve cancelled even more concerts since I last did a livestream, so if ya wanna throw some money into my new tip jar at (ianfishersongs.com/tip-jar), then that would help me out. If ya do that by the end of the livestream tomorrow, then a percentage of the proceeds will go to Arch City Defenders to help them protect those in need in STL 🤝

#livestream #concert #tips #archcitydefenders
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHskATAl7Jm/?igshid=5kwbzev3ovfm

Today I turned 33 & 1/3 🎂 It’s quite arbitrary, but I find it funny to think of it as my George Harrison birthday. I’m normal times, I would get my friends together and celebrate. There’s always a good reason to meet people you care about. Since a new lockdown is going into effect as we speak, I’ve decided to “get together” with people in a different way. I’ll do another live stream concert!
.
LIVESTREAM LOCKDOWN CONCERT - Wednesday, Nov. 18th @ 17:00 CET / 10:00 CST
.
See ya Wednesday! Any requests?
#livestream #concert #33&1/3
#georgeharrison
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHqOB18FFk2/?igshid=ow3mtnh05emy

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Ian Fisher (@ianfishersongs)

Keep on flushing!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHm5xfCgwwM/?igshid=x3sm5as32g4b

My friend Chris received this hat last week and described it as “prophetic”. There’s just one left for sale on my website and, once that’s sold, I will donate the proceeds from the hats to a civil rights organization that needs our help because, even though won a battle last week, there are still many to come. If you haven’t seen the music video in which these hats are featured yet, then search for “American Standards” on YouTube. You’ll find a bunch of toilet advertisements and my song. The video is quickly and thankfully losing its political relevance, so you should watch it soon! 🇺🇸🚽 #ianfishersongs #magahats #americanstandardsianfisher #musicvideo #archcitydefenders
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHiNUIgFTe6/?igshid=b2wi6osf1pk6

Thanks to the folks at the @josefstadttheater and the @orf I was able to rock the Kurt Cobain look one last time this winter before another lockdown. I feel really fortunate to be in a cast of such friendly and talented people. I hope to see all of you again soon! For everyone who wasn’t able to see our theater piece, I’ll let you know when it’s aired on the ORF. It should be between later this month and 2022. 🤷🏻‍♂️🎭 Photo by @tinytini85 #theaterinderjosefstadt #kirschgarten (at Theater in der Josefstadt)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHgK-aPl4oY/?igshid=13sdbn824k01

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Ian Fisher (@ianfishersongs) on Nov 8, 2020 at 3:15am PST

This week has been tough for a lot of people. Mine started out with some personal struggles, then there was a terrorist attack in Vienna that made the fear that so many feel in this world very present, another lockdown began and most of my gigs evaporated with it, and, all the while, this Presidential election and the prospect of more violence where I’m from cast a shadow over my thoughts and feelings. It felt like tunnels coming at the end of the tunnel. I know that many of you can relate in your own ways to that feeling. To those of you who do, I hope you know that you’re not alone. For those of you who helped me get out of the dark a little this week, I want to say “thank you”. I’m going to release a song soon called “Be Thankful”. Though I wrote it awhile back, I will always think of this time and you lovely people who were there for me.

As you can guess, I’m very thankful to know that we will soon be rid of one of the many leaders who stand in the way of peace among the people of the world and progress towards a more just society. Let’s celebrate this victory and continue the march.

#bethankful #song #ianfishersongs
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHU1Xb4guEn/?igshid=1l5ed9f91u0fd

Here’s a song for you-know-who. Whatever the result of this election, I wish all of you good luck and I hope that, for all of our sacks, there is still democracy after these clouds of confusion and hatred pass. Even if you are frustrated with that system now, the alternative of having a system where the will of one person rules over the wills of all below him is doomed to fail and has always led to suffering and war. Trust me. I’ve lived in Germany and Austria for more than a decade. These societies are still recovering from the trauma caused by an authoritarian system that ended 75 years ago. Don’t let that happen again! Democracy is the only system we have right now that allows for incremental change and compromise. Donald Trump has no respect for that system. He is only a narcissistic reactionary poser who will do everything he can to stay in the spotlight and hold on to power. Now give this song a listen and go vote him out!

You can listen to the track for free on Patreon (patreon.com/ianfishersongs). If you’re new to that, then, just to let you know, I release songs on there every week. If you’d like to become a member, then that would help me out a lot since I am not able to play concerts at the moment.

Take care of yourselves and each other.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHHC6spFg2u/?igshid=g2tkdds2evbi

I pre-released the new record today for my supporters on Patreon! 🎶🤝 If you want to hear the album today and get new songs every week, then check out patreon.com/ianfishersongs Thank You! @patreon #patreon #newalbum #ianfishersongs #americanstandardsianfisher
https://www.instagram.com/p/CG5HVRWloi8/?igshid=195rl4xlk82ck

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Ian Fisher (@ianfishersongs) on Oct 27, 2020 at 2:36am PDT

After drawing over a hundred smartass toilets, I’m sending out the Kickstarter rewards this week! 🤝 Thank you to all you great people who helped make this album possible and get me through this shitshow of a year!

To all my Patreon supporters, I’m going to send you the full digital album tomorrow. If any of you don’t know about my Patreon yet, then type my name in at Patreon.com and find out about it. Also, if any of you missed the Kickstarter, then you can preorder the vinyl or CD on my website and I can send you one of these postcards too! ✉️

Enough about business, let’s get down to real business. If you’d like me to stop being so pissed off about the political situation in the US and stop making sarcastic songs and postcards about our divine ruler, McDonald Drumpf, then please vote that ass clown out of office next week. Then I’ll happily shut up for at least a few days… 😉🇺🇸

#americanstandardsianfisher #postcards #kickstarter #patreon
https://www.instagram.com/p/CG14ZhSgnYD/?igshid=syrvm83qmh8a

I‘ll have the pleasure of clumsily talking in my second language about politics, plumbing, & pertinent songs on German national radio (Deutschlandfunk Kultur -Tonart) today at 15:30 CET!

@deutschlandfunkkultur #deutschlandfunkkultur

Bis Gleich… ✌️📻 (at Deutschlandfunk)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzsJ5SFywU/?igshid=j6rje70ss1f3

I personally edited the new music video. It was my first time doing anything like that and I had some fun with a bunch of ridiculous effects, like the one you can see in this picture. If you haven’t checked it out or listened to the new song yet, then please do so. I really like this piece and I want to share it with all of ya! Thanks @rightonjarred for filming the video, @kubizekation for teaching me how to edit, and @rene_muehlberger and my band for making me so proud of this track! #aaastation #ianfishersongs #volvo
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGxaGW9l0eG/?igshid=vdd7enl7hhfd

The new single, “AAA Station”, is out today!!! 📻📻📻 #newsong #aaastation #ianfishersongs #americanstandardsianfisher
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGrvk2pFjBY/?igshid=m63nnzf8wl2f

The vinyl arrived today! 🎯 The second single’s video will be released today & tomorrow the song will be on Spotify, iTunes, etc… Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen! I’ll start shipping them to all my kickstarter supporters soon! #newalbum #ianfishersongs #americanstandardsianfisher
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGpOKqKljqp/?igshid=mcautye9u004