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#blogpost #music #coding

Before anything else, I moved the project to Git, and created a (private) repo on Codeberg. I think I’m finally getting the hang of it.

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#blogpost #music #coding

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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#music #fediverse #collaboration

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 #Fediverse

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

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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#blogpost #music

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

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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#blogpost #music

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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#song #music #musique

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

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