Shea's Violin
@sheaviolin.bsky.social
Hi! I play emotions. Mostly on strings. https://linktr.ee/sheaviolin https://YouTube.com/@sheaviolin
Wow! I didn't expect to reach 300k monthly listeners and DEFINITELY didn't expect 400k. Thanks to everyone who streamed my spooky beats on Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wow! I didn't expect to reach 300k monthly listeners and DEFINITELY didn't expect 400k. Thanks to everyone who streamed my spooky beats on Halloween!
I was worried I was going to hit 999 and get damage-capped.
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I was worried I was going to hit 999 and get damage-capped.
This October over 150k new people heard my music for the first time when my original collaboration was added to a huge Halloween playlist. The number will probably go up for the *actual* Halloween night parties, but I'm feeling incredibly thankful for all of the collaborations that led up to this.
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This October over 150k new people heard my music for the first time when my original collaboration was added to a huge Halloween playlist. The number will probably go up for the *actual* Halloween night parties, but I'm feeling incredibly thankful for all of the collaborations that led up to this.
Someone told me that my playing made them feel the way they felt walking on singing sands in Canada today at my gig.
October 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Someone told me that my playing made them feel the way they felt walking on singing sands in Canada today at my gig.
Even more things that happened today! A collaboration on an Clair Obscur track "Lost Voice" premiered on her channel earlier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDwO...
Lost Voice (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) // cover by Pernelle, Shea's Violin
YouTube video by Pernelle.
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Even more things that happened today! A collaboration on an Clair Obscur track "Lost Voice" premiered on her channel earlier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDwO...
@insaneintherainmusic.com invited me to play erhu on one of the tracks for his Battle Suit Aces soundtrack, and I think it turned out great!
open.spotify.com/track/6pnfbC...
open.spotify.com/track/6pnfbC...
Typhoons
open.spotify.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@insaneintherainmusic.com invited me to play erhu on one of the tracks for his Battle Suit Aces soundtrack, and I think it turned out great!
open.spotify.com/track/6pnfbC...
open.spotify.com/track/6pnfbC...
So... I just opened a box of magic the gathering cards that I had saved for 25 years while cleaning up and selling things in my house. I looked up the values of a few of them... holy crap. Anyone know the best way to sell these things now? Is it worth getting some of these professionally graded?
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
So... I just opened a box of magic the gathering cards that I had saved for 25 years while cleaning up and selling things in my house. I looked up the values of a few of them... holy crap. Anyone know the best way to sell these things now? Is it worth getting some of these professionally graded?
Just crossed 100k monthly listeners for the first time on my spotify artist profile!
October 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just crossed 100k monthly listeners for the first time on my spotify artist profile!
I had some incredible luck this week when a new original lo-fi collaboration for halloween got picked up by a huge halloween playlist. Relationships that I worked on starting three years ago eventually led to that collaboration, and now thousands more people are hearing my work every day!
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I had some incredible luck this week when a new original lo-fi collaboration for halloween got picked up by a huge halloween playlist. Relationships that I worked on starting three years ago eventually led to that collaboration, and now thousands more people are hearing my work every day!
Someone in Japan is (or maybe two someones?) listening to my Chrono Trigger album three or four times a day for the last few weeks. None of the tracks have gotten 1k streams yet for the spotify royalty pool, but there's actually a chance if they keep it up.
Thanks, whoever you are!
Thanks, whoever you are!
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Someone in Japan is (or maybe two someones?) listening to my Chrono Trigger album three or four times a day for the last few weeks. None of the tracks have gotten 1k streams yet for the spotify royalty pool, but there's actually a chance if they keep it up.
Thanks, whoever you are!
Thanks, whoever you are!
My track with @msevelynrivera.bsky.social on her "Hyrule Cafe 3" album is out today! I was so excited for the opportunity to work with her on this. She's such a fantastic musician and shares so many of my feelings about music. Check it out!
open.spotify.com/track/2UN0Lj...
open.spotify.com/track/2UN0Lj...
Tal Tal Heights
open.spotify.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My track with @msevelynrivera.bsky.social on her "Hyrule Cafe 3" album is out today! I was so excited for the opportunity to work with her on this. She's such a fantastic musician and shares so many of my feelings about music. Check it out!
open.spotify.com/track/2UN0Lj...
open.spotify.com/track/2UN0Lj...
I made a really awesome Chrono Trigger album this year. Someone gave me a $300 tip to put it on Bandcamp because I said I had no reasonable expectation of being able to recoup that cost.
When I order the mechanical licenses, would anyone be interested in a physical version too?
When I order the mechanical licenses, would anyone be interested in a physical version too?
September 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I made a really awesome Chrono Trigger album this year. Someone gave me a $300 tip to put it on Bandcamp because I said I had no reasonable expectation of being able to recoup that cost.
When I order the mechanical licenses, would anyone be interested in a physical version too?
When I order the mechanical licenses, would anyone be interested in a physical version too?
First day back at school for the kids and I recorded for 6 hours! Two and a half songs recorded on my way to unburying myself from summer backlog collaboration work.
I have 6 or 7 to go and then I'll be able to add more collab work or do something for my channel again.
I have 6 or 7 to go and then I'll be able to add more collab work or do something for my channel again.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
First day back at school for the kids and I recorded for 6 hours! Two and a half songs recorded on my way to unburying myself from summer backlog collaboration work.
I have 6 or 7 to go and then I'll be able to add more collab work or do something for my channel again.
I have 6 or 7 to go and then I'll be able to add more collab work or do something for my channel again.
Someone recently stole my music and another artist's animation for their channel and 60k views on it. YT didn't notify me that my music was in the video. It's a pity that other people can earn 10x more with my music than I do.
And that's just one that I found out about because someone told me.
And that's just one that I found out about because someone told me.
September 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Someone recently stole my music and another artist's animation for their channel and 60k views on it. YT didn't notify me that my music was in the video. It's a pity that other people can earn 10x more with my music than I do.
And that's just one that I found out about because someone told me.
And that's just one that I found out about because someone told me.
New Clair Obscur video! Monoco is a sax feature that stands out as most different from the rest of the soundtrack.
The incredible @joedifioremusic.bsky.social and @yusefkelliebrew.bsky.social played Sax and Drums respectively: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXCF...
#clairobscur #vgm
The incredible @joedifioremusic.bsky.social and @yusefkelliebrew.bsky.social played Sax and Drums respectively: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXCF...
#clairobscur #vgm
Monoco - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 [Sax and Violin Cover]
YouTube video by Shea's Violin
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New Clair Obscur video! Monoco is a sax feature that stands out as most different from the rest of the soundtrack.
The incredible @joedifioremusic.bsky.social and @yusefkelliebrew.bsky.social played Sax and Drums respectively: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXCF...
#clairobscur #vgm
The incredible @joedifioremusic.bsky.social and @yusefkelliebrew.bsky.social played Sax and Drums respectively: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXCF...
#clairobscur #vgm
I'm back from vacation and I have even have a video coming soon again! Sorry for the (checks watch...) 85 day break from posting. 😅
At least I'll have a new video before losing YT monetization for not posting every 90 days!
At least I'll have a new video before losing YT monetization for not posting every 90 days!
August 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm back from vacation and I have even have a video coming soon again! Sorry for the (checks watch...) 85 day break from posting. 😅
At least I'll have a new video before losing YT monetization for not posting every 90 days!
At least I'll have a new video before losing YT monetization for not posting every 90 days!
Ik ben met mijn Nederlandse duolingo cursus eindelijk klaar! Het duurde slechts drie honderd vijftig dagen en ongeveer niveau "A2." Ik moet nu andere cursussen volgen of waarschijnlijk meer podcasts naartoe luisteren en filmpjes naartoe kijken. Ik voel me erg leuk over mijn nieuwe taalvaardigheid!
July 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ik ben met mijn Nederlandse duolingo cursus eindelijk klaar! Het duurde slechts drie honderd vijftig dagen en ongeveer niveau "A2." Ik moet nu andere cursussen volgen of waarschijnlijk meer podcasts naartoe luisteren en filmpjes naartoe kijken. Ik voel me erg leuk over mijn nieuwe taalvaardigheid!
I haven't said anything yet this year for pride.
The world feels a little more harsh this last year. The comments are worse. The looks on the street are worse. Since last year I even understood some Dutch hate speech shouted by a man in a thobe while walking on the streets of Amsterdam.
The world feels a little more harsh this last year. The comments are worse. The looks on the street are worse. Since last year I even understood some Dutch hate speech shouted by a man in a thobe while walking on the streets of Amsterdam.
June 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I haven't said anything yet this year for pride.
The world feels a little more harsh this last year. The comments are worse. The looks on the street are worse. Since last year I even understood some Dutch hate speech shouted by a man in a thobe while walking on the streets of Amsterdam.
The world feels a little more harsh this last year. The comments are worse. The looks on the street are worse. Since last year I even understood some Dutch hate speech shouted by a man in a thobe while walking on the streets of Amsterdam.
A first for me this week, I was scrolling Reddit to see if there was any news and I came across a thread on r/gamemusic asking for artist recommendations, and right there in the first comment was a recommendation to follow *ME*
I've never seen someone talk about me in a thread I didn't start before
I've never seen someone talk about me in a thread I didn't start before
June 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A first for me this week, I was scrolling Reddit to see if there was any news and I came across a thread on r/gamemusic asking for artist recommendations, and right there in the first comment was a recommendation to follow *ME*
I've never seen someone talk about me in a thread I didn't start before
I've never seen someone talk about me in a thread I didn't start before
At my restaurant gig last night, someone that lives a couple towns away came again. I think she's been to at least five of our shows, and she brought some others from out of town this time. It's so nice to hear how much my music is felt and appreciated!
June 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
At my restaurant gig last night, someone that lives a couple towns away came again. I think she's been to at least five of our shows, and she brought some others from out of town this time. It's so nice to hear how much my music is felt and appreciated!
With all the *everything* happening in my country (usa) I'm starting to seriously look at what it would take to immigrate somewhere else. It looks like Canada has paused their self-employed immigrant program for musicians and artists until 2027, though.
Anyone have ideas?
Anyone have ideas?
June 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
With all the *everything* happening in my country (usa) I'm starting to seriously look at what it would take to immigrate somewhere else. It looks like Canada has paused their self-employed immigrant program for musicians and artists until 2027, though.
Anyone have ideas?
Anyone have ideas?
I am thankful to have so many gigs lately to help smooth out the next couple months, but it's been busy! 5 gigs in 8 days and three of them are "shows" and not just music for eating and drinking!
June 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I am thankful to have so many gigs lately to help smooth out the next couple months, but it's been busy! 5 gigs in 8 days and three of them are "shows" and not just music for eating and drinking!
Last night my gig was mostly empty. We played to literally no one for about an hour. So we added some more vgm tunes to our set list. My guitarist really liked Galdin Quay, though he had never heard it before!
We had 6 people come through later that really enjoyed the rest of the show!
We had 6 people come through later that really enjoyed the rest of the show!
June 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Last night my gig was mostly empty. We played to literally no one for about an hour. So we added some more vgm tunes to our set list. My guitarist really liked Galdin Quay, though he had never heard it before!
We had 6 people come through later that really enjoyed the rest of the show!
We had 6 people come through later that really enjoyed the rest of the show!
I got to play a gig on a LAKE this week. And the next night was a retirement community gig.
Usually, the retirement gigs rebook for the next year, but when I asked whether they wanted us back in a year, they looked at me like I was crazy and said "we need you back sooner than that!"
Usually, the retirement gigs rebook for the next year, but when I asked whether they wanted us back in a year, they looked at me like I was crazy and said "we need you back sooner than that!"
June 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I got to play a gig on a LAKE this week. And the next night was a retirement community gig.
Usually, the retirement gigs rebook for the next year, but when I asked whether they wanted us back in a year, they looked at me like I was crazy and said "we need you back sooner than that!"
Usually, the retirement gigs rebook for the next year, but when I asked whether they wanted us back in a year, they looked at me like I was crazy and said "we need you back sooner than that!"
I found out from Pernelle yesterday that she talked to Lorien Testard at a Clair Obscur party at the end of May, and he has seen my covers of his songs on youtube and really likes my work!
June 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I found out from Pernelle yesterday that she talked to Lorien Testard at a Clair Obscur party at the end of May, and he has seen my covers of his songs on youtube and really likes my work!