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Spotify Playlists

18 May 2021 1 minute read 2 comments KushT_UK

Spotify Playlists.   Ok, so we all know Spotify playlists are the new target to aim for, as musicians, in our ever-changing landscapes.   That being said; Spotify’s recent removal of 750,000 “terms violating” tracks does raise the question: how to us...

Noveletten für Celesta: I. Toccata carillonica [Philip Daniel; 2020]

17 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

          First in a set of virtuosic "novelettes" for solo celesta. A sectional toccata, this evokes, alongside the clang of bells (hence the "carillonica" in the title), the quasi-improvisational idiom of the (17th-18th century) "stylus phantastic...

Remembering Real Gigs (2 minute read)

17 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments KushT_UK

Gigs, remember those?! August 2019, thanks to my normal winter break in 19/20, was the last time I got to gig. Lindisfarne 2019 to be exact. So that’s coming up 17 months without a proper gig in sight and from what I’m hearing looking like the entire...

Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: IX. "Dies ist ein Lied für dich allein ... " [Philip Daniel; 2020]

16 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

          Ninth in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. Inspired loosely by Stefan George's poem "Dies ist ein Lied für dich allein" ("This is a song for you al...

Pablo Smog's Movie Posters

16 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Aside from my 1-second cameo in the Germs biopic What We Do Is Secret from 2007 (pictured below), I have appeared in many films over the years under the alias "Pablo Smog."  Not including my participation in the music-industry allegory Full Metal Jac...

Distribution Deals, With Distrokid. (2 minute read)

16 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments KushT_UK

DistroKid: (https://distrokid.com/vip/seven/1062679) If you have thought about distributing music on streaming platforms, you have probably come across the name Distrokid. Boasting good reviews on their home page from their competitors no less, not a...

Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: VIII. Das klagende Saraband [Philip Daniel; 2020]

15 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

          Eighth in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. The third dance movement in a row, this is a "plaintive Saraband" featuring an expressive, gestural mel...

Social fearlessness for musicians in 2021

14 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments KushT_UK

First and foremost, stop making excuses not to be on every available platform, specifically if that platform has recently set a track record of making hits from the songs it breaks? (Do I actually have to spell that out re: Tik Tok)   -Photo courtes...

Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: VII. Bourrée [Philip Daniel; 2020]

14 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

          Seventh in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. Another dance, this time a vivacious, relentless, even clamorous Bourrée in characteristic alla breve...

Seltsame Epigramme für zwei Glasharmoniken: VI. Écossaise [Philip Daniel; 2020]

13 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments PhilipDaniel

          Sixth in a series of deeply intimate "strange epigrams" for two glass armonicas, exploiting the ethereal qualities of this instrument. Though a stylized "Écossaise" ("Scottish dance", though of French provenance) featuring the characterist...