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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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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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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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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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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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Soooo, I have been blogging since before you were born (probably), and I have this giant, bloated WordPress blog with years worth of broken links, missing images, obsolete Flash embeds, embarrassing old posts, and what have you.

I recently updated it to the latest version, and it works, but...

I hate it. With a vengeance.

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I love writing music, but I don’t particularly enjoy playing music. I play to compose. Playing is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

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