Singer/songwriter from South Wales (Aberdare/Cardiff), UK. Sad melancholic acoustic and foot stomping, classic late 80's, early 90's radio rock. (Also a 3rd line wintel sysadmin for my sins.)
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Last Notes npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP I bought a new #guitar so I'm learning 2.5 hours of #ACDC songs because I always wanted to and never actually got round to it. Do you think I'm missing any?? I think this is pretty much the greatest hits!! https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/827/301/728/651/935/original/de9409de24956fea.png https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/827/301/746/135/158/original/1dde235a331cfe00.jpg npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…egn4 @nprofile…rqq4 @nprofile…ugx0 @nprofile…q8hs Agreed, you selflessly provide a useful service to those who appreciate such things but you don't owe anyone anything in terms of 'output'. I think review sights suffer from the same 'visibility' and 'recognition' issues in this social media age that the musicians are also suffering from. Nobody cares and nobody listens/reads and everyone is just mindlessly 'consuming' rather than 'actively' listening and curating. Take a break man and take care of you npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP #perfection npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP "If You Want Rock, You Got It!", the 3rd studio album from My Turning Point is out now! Great rock voice ✅ great melodies ✅ awesome catchy riffs/songs ✅ classic twin lead guitar ✅ classic late 80s /early 90s "🤘" ✅ choruses that lead to volume increase ✅ massive smile on face ✅ desire to relive youth ✅ Bandcamp: https://mtp-music.bandcamp.com/album/album-if-you-want-rock-you-got-it Mirlo: https://mirlo.space/my-turning-point/release/if-you-want-rock-you-got-it #music #newmusic #newrelease #rock npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP #heron at Roath Park #cardiff https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/596/407/787/246/512/original/1267a5e0cc1d32f0.jpg npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…4e7w yeah it's entirely of the major labels own doing. They got far too greedy and forgot that music is for everyone, not just high earners. The biggest demographic of music consumers are probably college age, early twenties when earning power is at its lowest. npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Thought for the day: When you have unlimited 'choice' (unlimited choice on Spotify for example) you no longer care about your choices discuss npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…sgk6 @nprofile…eydr the only thing I've ever snorted is swimming pool water when my nose regularly decides that it wants to know what it smells like when I happen to be under it... #unpleasantNsotrilBurning npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…ghlk here you go: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Evolution-Blu-ray-Various-Artists/dp/B0098XEEKM npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…ghlk was it never released on Blu-Ray? npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…ghlk hands down the best metal documentary series ever made! although I'm old enough to have watched Decline of Western Civilisation Part 2 when it first aired on the BBC npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…nrlp inaccurate, not a single gun in sight! npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…mdas yeah, but now only skating in video games where it doesn't hurt!! 😂😁 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…mdas ouch! my 'gave up skating' moment was one foot ollying over a stack of 4 decks, my front foot slipping off the front of the deck and my ankle basically snapping and swelling up to the size of a small watermelon, couldn't walk for weeks, probably 92-ish npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…mdas The D Jr also featured on some skate videos back then but Firehose have a very special place in most 90's skaters hearts npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…mdas and you can't have that without this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upwj_YXpLk0 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…mdas this was mine from the same era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgIATwuNwjU (I was a skater) npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Sorting out stuff for the new album I just realised I can use #DistroKid to protect my work on social media using the "ContentID" option, select "Discovery Pack" so song recognition apps like Shazam etc can identify my songs, but I can untick ALL the platforms at the top, so I don't actually distribute it to any streaming platforms. This means it will be exclusively only available on #Bandcamp and #Mirlo but my #YouTube videos will be protected 👍 never realised I could do that before #music https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/335/833/768/438/032/original/d5aa65ca95d1e664.png https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/335/833/770/166/674/original/c6d3875209b77161.png https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/335/833/797/274/363/original/a2fa0566aae4abe4.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…x2kv internal HDD on that one? npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…6a4y Gobo, Webley, Boomer or Red?? 😁 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…x2kv I was luckily able to upgrade to a Tascam 488 Mk2 in 1998 😁 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…p49k I feel personally attacked in my home studio.... 😒 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP It was 1994 when my then drummer just dropped this off at my tiny little 1 bed house in #Aberdare and kick started my love affair with recording music I present to you, the Amstrad Studio 100 4 track Hi-Fi unit with turntable!! 😍❤️🤘 #musicProduction #music https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/303/320/096/207/454/original/00256d9f50ba3ae9.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP https://youtu.be/4hWpM76mU40 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP to quote the Socially Distanced Podcast... "OOOHH HE'S FUCKED IT!!" #wales #worldcup npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP two Star Trek reference toots in one day... christ, my nerdichlorian count must be through the roof 🤒😷 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…dqwn @nprofile…tly8 surely that would be "at Dah-Garrr" as in: "at Dah-Garrr when the walls fell" npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP #album update "Hello my prettiessssss....." 50 pre-release copies available for #rock #reviewers #DJs #musicJournalists #rockmusic #socialmedia #podcasters etc. Full digital #epk and #pressrelease with digital album also available on request Gonna be the rock album of the summer! Out June 4th 2026 #music https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/296/099/346/616/766/original/18ae861b0b003db4.jpg https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/296/099/611/502/932/original/b2303dcffef77dfc.jpg npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP 100% unequivocally imensly talented duo regardless of my harmonic dissonance npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP I've watched two full sets of Angine De Poitrine and I have come to some personal conclusions. 1. rhythmically very appealing 2. harmonically very UN-appealing and ultimately not doing it for me, it's just not my type of musicality even though rhythmically it is VERY appealing 3. Take the VERY compelling visuals away and I don't think it has much to offer outside of a small niche of 'listeners'. Take the visuals away and I think the audience is far smaller for just the music. #unpopularOpinion npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP #jonathanPie is once again on fire and the voice we desperately need but probably don't deserve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA181hnNj3c #comedy #politics npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…tly8 OK Dah-garrr 😁👍 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…adx5 article required subscription to read and blocks access (at least where I am, UK) npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…tly8 what if we want to pronounce it gar regardless of what the originator intended? 😂😁 #jif #gif npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Dear Planet Earth, is there any chance at all we can go back to this please?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmi5Uc0s yours sincerely... a lot of us npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP It's my #YouTube 4th #birthday today https://www.youtube.com/@myturningpoint My #top10 videos: #music https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/294/422/835/335/718/original/e2b4f4b5c2348d6e.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP People who use AI "assistance" are not 'creating' art, they are 'making' content. also MTP March 25th 2026 put these two statements together the next time you're reviewing who you follow on socials/youtube etc, do you really value art, or do you just value content npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP People who are actually capable of being creative don't need AI ''assistance'' ... MTP 25th March 2026 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…ffur "It helps non-creative people grift for money" npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP unashamedly stolen https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/285/848/250/579/948/original/1e85a72bdb7a7c74.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…9rhw tactical leakage espionage npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…kem6 too many nudes? npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP #newalbum CD proof copy arrived from the duplication plant, made some small tweaks to a few of the booklet pages and sent them back as approved and first order is a GO! now to find #rock #rockmusic reviewers, radio stations and publications to approach with press copy and EPK for hopefully some airplay/reviews. If you know anyone please tag them to this album release date is June 4th 2026. #music #newmusic #newrelease npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP HA!!! I love this #atomfall reference to the classic UK TV show "Last of the Summer Wine" ❤️😍😁😂 https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/267/351/764/181/535/original/8b7cd835288cc62b.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP waiting for the new album proof copy from the duplication plant like an expectant father... nervous leg twitching energy on maximum! #music #newrelease #musicproduction #wales #tootwales npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP It's over, we are all absolutely and completely fucked https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/r1evq8hq11e $100 over the shoulder GPS 3d printed missile launcher npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP #Atomfall REALLY punishes "first person shooter" run and gun mentality! I really need to be more thoughtful and cautious in my encounters dammit!! #gaming npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Right, I'm off to play some more #Atomfall I have to say its such a treat to hear my own native #welsh accent coming from in-game characters! Even if they are homicidal maniacs out to kill me!! (no different to a Friday night out in #Aberdare tbh! ❤️😁) #gaming #wales #tootwales npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…9rhw Well hello there from way across the pond! I'm doing well! I hope you are doing well in these crazy times?! New Album coming June 4th 2026! I hope you love classic 80's/90's #rock as its gonna be a belter of an album, but very different from the melancholia of the first two!! npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Dear #fediverse can anyone in the #uk confirm if the new #cinema showings of #Akira in April are the original Japanese release with English subs or is it the English dub? Need a 100% valid source as I despise dubbed anime 😒 and Akira is the film that got me into anime in the first place all the way back in like 1991 I do not want to buy tickets and turn up and hear Tetsuo say "Kan-Ey-duh" 😩 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…9rhw Scott Evil clearly moved his dad's business into crypto and AI and became a polo neck wearing "tech bro" npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP If you're a #rock #music journalist, reviewer, radio DJ, etc or know someone who is, I have 50 pre-release press review copies of the retail CD, please get in touch. Full #EPK and album press release (attached to EPK) available. #musicreviewers #musicreviews npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP "If you want rock, you've got it!" June 4th 2026 Only available on #bandcamp and #mirlo as digital download and retail CD with 8 page lyrics/notes/photos booklet. "The best 'new' #ClassicRock album you will hear this year" - Kerrang (probably... if they review it) "What Kerrang said in their review" - Rolling Stone (probably, if someone asked for a review CD) https://mtp-music.bandcamp.com/ #music #newmusic #rock #rockMusic https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/256/141/118/478/756/original/9e1b80a5e0b2b83b.png https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/256/141/098/544/831/original/4c7a78ce00a6c713.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…0gdg Mindcrime and Empire and bona fide classics! npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP People who do music press, reviews etc and peruse EPK's, any amount of minutes and 'thoughts' you can feed me back with, VERY gratefully appreciated!! I've never done an EPK before and I have a new album out in June that I'd really like to make more of an effort promoting. My Turning Point - EPK https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QqBbNaHaIu7bPDwM5kixVRwYy4N09mVnvHjHKRcy0Lk/edit?usp=drive_link I put a lot of effort into the new album document as there are lots of discussion topics around it, both musically and topically #music #journalism #epk npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP The new #album cover is done! So glad I learned Photoshop all those years ago (plus an art/design background, college & hobbyist, no pro) New album due out this summer! An absolute unashamed celebration of the 90's for those who lived their best lives during the best decade #music #artwork #newmusic #wales #tootwales #cardiff https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/206/160/663/168/293/original/089c6afa788c9f14.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…j54w at least the rain and beach setting for the video is appropriate then 😁.. you know, for the drowning 😂 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…j54w a great all time song is a great all time song, I'd wager the discombobulation is you hating to admit its an all time great song, not that you hate the song 😁 "look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and all the toots that you do.. and they were all yellow..." npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…x0fe protein air is probably going to be peak tbh 😩😒 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Just heard a great quote: "Musicians advertising and pushing AI music creation tools are like cows advertising and pushing butchers..." #music #ai #AImusic npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…tly8 if you want to monetise it: iTeam npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP The new #album #artwork has begun!! Front cover is going to be an #homage to #ACDC If you want blood and #BryanAdams Waking Up the Neighbours 🤘🤘❤️👍 This album is a love letter to the #90s and #90sRock and is mostly complete reworks of songs I wrote back then in my #rockEra #newmusic #music #tootwales #musician #walesMusic https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/166/589/965/515/232/original/2082b173a9243203.png https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/166/589/979/073/523/original/5310eeb3535ff8ba.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP and to add insult to injury, the 3 downed F15's were shot down by ALLIES accidentally and not even 'the enemy' npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP My understanding was that the F15 Eagle had NEVER suffered a combat loss in its entire active combat flight history.... Until the orange buffoon decided to attack Iran this week... https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/02/us-israel-war-iran-live-updates-attacks-strikes-tehran-lebanon-beirut-hezbollah-dubai-latest-news #F15 #war #combatLosses npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…kem6 bit harsh, their cider is quite nice! npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…4e7w almost as sacriligious as a radio presenter talking over and cutting short the Outro guitar solo from hotel california. I absolutely despised Terry Wogan for this war crime back in the 90s as he would do it deliberately on Radio 2. npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…q8hs There will be broken strings... npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP “Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems,” Altman wrote on X. So, presumably, mass surveillance of all other countries populations is fine with this dipshit?! #itsWhatHeDidntSay https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/28/openai-us-military-anthropic npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP The new #album #artwork prep work has begun!! #music #newmusic #albumArt https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/148/975/054/377/722/original/1ac75df9cb6289b5.jpg npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…c2tl Dohvauge.... by Hasbro npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP "The Death of Listening" this video 'almost' made me cry, its such a beautifully succinct summation of the de-valuation of music (and art in general) https://youtu.be/P53QVGcA-DA #music #deathOfListening #art #culture npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…4e7w I bet they have 1000's of black & white domestic short hairs on record though 😂😁 hands up if you have a black & white domestic short hair https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/116/126/548/195/465/063/original/455635e507de1349.mp4 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…nekg @nprofile…9y0y ah ok, I always thought its etymology came from the fact that early rap/R'n'B relied so heavily relied on things like the Amen Break and other break beats that this then morphed into asking someone to write them a great 'beat' as shorthand to replace 'song' or 'music'. especially given the repetitive 'looping' and sparse arrangements on early rap where the lifted 'break beat' was essentially the 'song' npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…nekg @nprofile…9y0y I'm not sure I agree with that hypothesis as I've never heard anyone outside of those genres/age group use 'beats' to describe 'music with any vocal'. Or are you saying that there is elitism 'within' those genres or that I'm the elitist? Apologies, I might have misunderstood your reply. npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP #bluesky posting character limit is really starting to piss me off. its far too restrictive 😒 I have to keep modifying my #mastodon posts to the point that I don't bother posting them as I am literally restricted to a single sentence 😒 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP I am so sick and tired of the word 'beats' in music. It is so genre/generationally narrow as a descriptor that its borderline insulting to the vast majority of people outside those specific genres who still write 'songs' and are songwriters. outside of the narrow set of genres where 'beats' is normal parlance, everyone is writing songs and are song writers. #music #musicProduction #rant npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…xrsv no never, in the UK the majority would pronounce it Dee-Kal. I have heard it pronounced DeKal, but i thinks thats NA typically npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…xrsv Dee-Kal npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Get both my last 2 singles FOR FREE while codes last via GetMusic: https://getmusic.fm/r/my-turning-point-u-mean-the-world-2-me https://getmusic.fm/r/my-turning-point-i-want-out One, a #singersongwriter #acoustic #loveSong piece of perfection The other, a slow build stadium rock #anthem (imagine Coldplay Fix You but its not Coldplay and its not Fix You) If you love a "sad/melancholic that explodes into emotional euphoria" then this is it!! #newmusic #music #freeMusic npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…5uqu get yourself "access" to BBC iPlayer #cough #vpn #cough npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…5uqu Small Prophets is by the same guy McKenzie Crook, you'll the same vibes from Small Prophets as with The Detectorists ❤️ npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Genuinely ovely bit of journalism from the Guardian today https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/18/dog-winter-olympics-cross-country-skiing ❤️😁👍 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…lmua 1500m combined with javelin for 5 rotations 😁 But the Javelin section they have to hit 5 different circles laid down the field at different distances npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP SUCCESS!! I have found an acoustic guitar on eBay not 15 miles away for just £16 that I can now destroy for the new #album cover #fistpump npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…mdas yup watched this when it dropped, its a very depressing watch. npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…5knl I'm about to have that exact issue with my 3rd album!! I'm 52, I ran it past some of the guys in my team, all in their 30's, they came back with a band names and artists I had never heard of (a list of maybe 20 names) and I maybe knew 3 names but had never really listened to their music. npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…5knl I feel that in my 37.5 hour a week IT job soul 😭😒 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…89n9 I reckon put a set of Earnie Ball .11's on there!! 😁 that price is an absolute joke!! At this point we're going to have to go back to patronage as a way to make music. Prices for anything these days are a joke! npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…c2tl I prefer the lead solo method npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…zyls 22?? npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Song 5 now in progress, Julie, hold my calls.... #music #musicProduction #songWriting npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…tly8 DAMMIT!!!! I'd change my emotional state to a blue alert but it means changing the bulb! 😒 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP Half (maybe 2 5ths) of the new album done to test mastering phase. If you're familiar with my #melancholic #acoustic #singersongwriter vibe you are going to shit the bed when you hear this album!! I'm doing a Dylan and releasing my latent rock demon! If you relish twin lead guitar, 3 part harmonies, and a throaty rock vocal of classic late 80's, early 90's rock this is going to get your underwear drenched! #music #newmusic https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/862/009/738/037/089/original/53e5ee06838e0e52.png npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…nufd 'tis a 5 string Ibanez SDGR npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…mdas I should probably mod the rear cavity cover with a latch that can be opened with the meter key rather than it just being screwed to the body with screws 😁😂 npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP my local guitar shop didn't have any bass plectrums or any other plectrums big enough and far enough, so the meter key bass #plectrum has had an upgrade! filed down and smoothed with some fingernail boards 😁😍 #music #guitar https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/833/568/877/990/962/original/b0a8bcbb2f514f08.jpg https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/833/568/927/987/214/original/67a21f04bf725d13.jpg https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/833/568/956/503/937/original/7c64e2ef5158ee35.jpg https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/833/568/997/773/601/original/c0c900e1d0853b9e.jpg npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…k9ws just remember that artist still had a label behind him and label money supporting him, regardless of whether they actively pushed that particular song, he doesn't reveal whether he used label money to push ad campaigns to boost his videos visibility to get more eyeballs on them I distrust anyone with a label or label money (or a large amount of available capital in general) as they will 100% not tell you how much they spend on ad campaigns on all the various platforms to boot views npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP recording #bassGuitar today as as I have guitarists nails and cant play with my fingers and this song is an 8th note rock banger it needed a big fat pick, which as a guitarist I do not possess. So I had to improvise.... worked a bloody treat!!! I have found my bass pick of choice!! #music #musicProduction #guitar https://s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/musicianstoday/media_attachments/files/115/809/277/527/474/660/original/c6d9e0dd08ac1fa5.jpg npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…kclk very much like compliments! npub163hh4vqk8trf84jst3e0d0qveufhfxafpgapydjkl5lrwyg5crxs6lwpzm MTP @nprofile…kclk sending it right back at ya (in solidarity and also as I don't know what to do with it 😂 )