sknob’s fediblog

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Hi It’s Spring by Kid Sam and sknob was written by 8 year-old Sam (@ethicalrevolution@climatejustice.social), sung by grown-up Sam, and arranged (or produced or whatever the kids call it these days) by me for the latest #bonkwave compilation, The Four Seasons of Bonk Wave: The Bonks of Spring 1.

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The Rite of Bonk, is my programmatic music contribution to the latest #bonkwave compilation, The Four Seasons of Bonk Wave: The Bonks of Spring 1.

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Lancé officiellement à la mi-février, NHAM a largement occupé mon début d’année. J’ai contribué à l’élaboration du site et je le co-anime depuis son lancement. C’est un projet à la fois artistique, éthique et communautaire qui ambitionne de faire le bien et du bien.

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The other day, I was listening to an interview of the lead singer-songwriter of a hugely successful band (that I had never heard of, see below), during which he described the difference in his view between a hobbyist and an artist.

The gist of his point was this:

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You may remember that I contributed two songs to the last #BonkWave triple album: C’est quoi (le bonkwave) ? and La sieste/Don’t Mind Me.

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OK so Spotify stiffs artists, platforms fascist podcasters, their CEO is a billionaire trumpie and he’s investing in military AI. Great.

Which is probably why I keep getting the same question on fedi and IRL: what is the best Spotify alternative?

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There seems to be a strong theme emerging from some of my latest songs.

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You Are Not Alone was composed and recorded by C.Circo and myself for the Comfy Collaborations tribute album, which was coordinated by Deborah Pickett to celebrate the legendary #RadioFreeFedi Comfy Channel.

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A short Mastodon thread published here for posterity.

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I’ve been writing music and songs for several decades now, and every single time I finish a piece, I wonder if it was the last, if the well has run dry.

Well it sure didn’t happen this year. I can’t believe I put out so much stuff! Let’s see...

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