Early warning: If you’ve considered buying my most recent LP but balked at the price (these lathe-cut things are made individually in real time, not en mass like pressed records) I get it.
The last few will be discounted on my Bandcamp page this Friday.
Don’t sleep.
Hello.
Today would be an excellent day to hit up my Bandcamp page and by the last remaining CDs from my first album, “Sunken Road”, and LPs from my third album, “So Below”.
Only a few left of each.
Two years ago this week was my 1st federated stream with #Owncast and every boost and share since has been a vindication of the 85% viewer sacrifice I made when I quit Facebook. SUCK IT FACEBOOK
Pretty much all my #music is available for #free on #Bandcamp but if you were thinking about paying anything, today is the perfect day to do it because the platform won't take a cut.
"Everything we ever did always went south... My heart feels like it could jump out my mouth... I'm quiet as a mouse while my demons screamin out loud..."
Played a show on Sunday night in Baltimore with @dave_heumann and @joncamp and had a great time. I didn’t tape or anything but I can share this little clip Jon Camp shot of myself with Dave Heumann joining in to debut a new song that will be on my next record (again with contributions from Dave.)
Setlist:
Arkansas
Crane’s Song
Delia Sue
Stardust
Catch Me At The Fall Line*
Coffee Song
My treasured, most excellent followers, amazing fedizens, mischief-makers, music-lovers, and creatures of multiverse. I’m excited!
Today, under the light of a full moon, I present to you, a brand new Dgar song! Airlock is out now!!
Also, I have bonus shenanigans.
I’d like to give some algorithms a good punch in the face, and shock them into noticing this, my first new release of the year. If you would be generous enough to give my new track a play (or three) on your favourite streaming service (and your second and third favourite streaming service if you’re up for it), I would very much appreciate it.
This experiment will need a lot of people, so please don’t scroll by. I really do need your help to do this. It’s a short song, a bit over two and a half minutes, and I’m really excited for you to hear it!
It’s my dream that I can spend my days making music and sharing bad jokes for all you beautiful beings. I’m working hard right now to release at least one new song per month for 2024. The goal is to supplement the income from my part-time job, at least enough that I don’t need to get a second job.
Additionally, if we can make a meaningful impact on a song release with this kind of action, I’d love if we were able to help other musicians and songwriters of Mastodon with their song launches in the future. Perhaps we can come up with a hashtag for this kind of mission? Please leave your thoughts, suggestions, and expert knowledge in the comments.
I’ll pin this toot, and share the insights, stats, and relevant results for this experiment in the comments as they become available.
Thank you for your help in my attempt at breaking the interwebs. Hopefully we can give some algorithms something to think about!
Boosts are very much welcome and appreciated! I adore those favourites and likes too!
Baltimore! I will be performing at Zissimos on Feb 4, supporting Dave Heumann & Friends and Jon Camp. This is my only scheduled show until probably Spring so, if that's your zone, do try and make it!
#Dgar Release Schedule:
2024.01.27: Airlock
2024.02.16: Stupid
2024.03.29: Little Black Hatchback
2024.04.20: Gettin Stoned
2024.05.10: Only the Music (Keeps me Alive)
David Myles , born in New Brunswick, 🇨🇦 #Singer#Songwriter - more than 15 albums that run the gamut—in English and French— through classic folk traditions, impassioned rock 'n' roll, earthy, existential blues, cosmic jazz and funk
You should #pirate my #music if you can't afford it. Maybe you'll like it and support me when you can afford it.
If you are doing that, please let me know your favorites (you don't even gotta tell me how you got it), so I can count that input in place of statistics from #streaming sites to know what people like.
18 years ago this week I published an album called A Model Psychosis to coincide with the 100th birthday of its living subject, Swiss chemist #AlbertHofmann, best known for his "problem child" #LSD.
Then 7 years later on the same date open culture prodigy and martyr #AaronSwartz was driven to suicide by the Obama administration.
Jan 11th will make history again this Thursday when a legal delegation from South Africa goes to The Hague to present the evidence of the Israeli government genociding the Palestinian people.
https://youtu.be/Q8a5f6SGY8c I'm trying a new format. Unscripted video of me writing an instrumental piece of music on guitar. I'll probably perform this piece next time I play a gig.