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WARNING: Long geeky post. Proceed with caution.

Long story short, the code underlying my music site was nearly 15 years old, and woefully obsolete.

I'd only been meaning to update it for about a decade...

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#billet en #français

Les gens sont décevants ?

Oui et non. Question de perspective.

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#music #fediverse #collaboration in #english

I’ve only released one solo track (and one solo EP) so far this year.

But that’s only because I’ve been involved in so many other collaborative projects!

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#Music #Musique #live in #english

Announcing a livestream after the fact is pretty dumb, but spoons.

Be that as it may, like last August, I was asked to participate in Radio Free Fedi Fest 25, #RFFF25, which is still ongoing as of this writing.

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#song #music #musique #collaboration in #english

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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#song #music #musique in #english

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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#billet #musique #collaboration #NHAM en #français

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.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous la présentation du site que j’ai publiée sur Mastodon à sa sortie, suivi d’un appel à contribution !

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#blogpost #music #NHAM in #english

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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#music #musique #collaboration in #english

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?

To find out, read the rest of this post on NHAM!

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