Whattup world? It’s Doctor Deathray, and I want you to thrive in this dystopia we live in. It’s not all bad, the people are grand when you find the right ones. And there are so many wonderful critters all around!
A little about me for the new and old followers!
I’m a #musician. I perform as Doctor Deathray with my backing band, the Implements of Destruction. You can find our tunes at https://DoctorDeathray.Bandcamp.com (there is also a hefty back-catalogue there).
I also perform on occasion with Hurly Burly and the Volcanic Fallout. It’s weird, costumed #music that sounds like (and is kinda but not entirely) kids music. You can find that at https://hurlyburlyandthevolcanicfallout.Bandcamp.com
I am A&R for #AnalogRevolution (our record label). We release cassettes and vinyl. We have a cassette subscription service called Cassettes For Me.
I’m also a data and reporting analyst for a day job for now.
#keyboard#musician question. My kid seems to have the gift for piano and his teacher wants us to get a piano (not feasible in our space) or a keyboard with realistic key weight, sustain and other piano-like features. Any recommends? Mid-price I guess. Quality but he's not touring with Flock of Seagulls anytime soon.
Hi, my name is Stephanie and I'm new to this instane and thought I would write an #introduction of myself. I lire in #melbourne, am a #classical#musician. Love good company good #food and good #conversation. You can check out my bio to learn more about me. I look forward to meeting some people here.
Trying out #guitars at #mudpiemusic in #Brighton - a great selection but this lovely USA-built #G&L #ASAT in an alluring shade of green caught my eye and felt great to play.
When I got home, I had to give my butterscotch 1999 ASAT some attention so it doesn't get jealous 🤣
An interview with Emeka Ogboh, who makes music with field recordings of city streets, markets, vendors, and traffic from his hometown of Lagos, Nigeria.
"A lot of people just use just their ears when they're making music, but I put my body into it. How does it make my body feel? So that’s what I learned from sound installation and why I kind of had this gut feeling that I could make music, that I could compose."
#RIP#HarryBelafonte it’s really lovely reading all the tributes and memories from everyone here - a brilliant #Singer#Musician and lifelong #CivilRights activist, he meant so much to so many. I first heard the #BananaBoatSong at a NYE party as a 9y old - my first exhilerating music experience. Been thinking about it again recently researching #Plantations and #SupplyChains - all that hard labour every day, and the role of music in it. #Jamaica#RacialCapitalism
Hey #musician friends! My kiddo is getting back into #music production and I was curious if y’all had any #DAW suggestions for iPad. He has a Juno DS and wants to connect it to something to help him organize his projects well. iMPC Pro 2 looked kinda neat?
Last week @terjefjelde asked me about my #composing techniques, use of #musicTechnology, and thoughts about #musicProduction, and I promised to reply when I had more time. Here’s a too-long thread about this and other things that came to mind…
I’ve got nothing against #electronicMusic, but I respect how difficult it is to do well. When you #compose for a good #musician, you don’t just get back the right frequencies, durations, intensities and timbral spectra. They come connected, shaped, and imbued with centuries of oral tradition and thousands of hours of individual practice on the instrument.
11/18
I'm Kim (she/her). I live in #Toronto . I'm over 50. I'm a #musician . I love #retroComputing . I'm an avid gamer and sometimes streamer. I'm fat, poly (but very much not looking), #trans , bi/pan, socialist, and atheist. I work in IT.
I read mostly science fiction, speculative fiction, and existential fiction, fantasy and romance. I love #interactiveFiction . I like electronica, industrial, and experimental music.
I just realised I forgot to do my #introduction here! I'm a long time #ActivityPub user with @nextcloud, but only started playing with #PixelFed and #Mastodon last year, when I decided to begin deactivating, and stop consuming ALL corporate social media, and as much from #BigTech as possible. All power to the people!