Episode 98 of Whatever Comes Next, hosted by @tomosmansounds.bsky.social spotlights Chris Grigg (@subvertallmedia.com), founder of @ampwall.com Check out the entire interview here 👇

NEW BAND SIGNING: Death metal band #GloriousDepravity from the US New song - youtu.be/s6Rpv6oOsjc Line up - Doug Moore (Pyrrhon, Scarcity, Seputus) — vocals Matt (Woe) — guitars George Paul (Gravesend) — guitars John McKinney (Woe) — bass Chris Grigg (Woe) — drums Artwork by Dan Swano

This is a nice way to say our docs really sucked and we're working on improving them. Ampwall is a BIG platform with a lot of bells and whistles. We're making documentation part of our release process will no longer consider something "released" until it has docs here.

OC for real rockers only

Will rules. ~15 years ago Woe had a day off in Ottawa. DA was playing the venue we played the night before and our friend was doing sound. We bumped into Will and he remembered us from a fest we played together. He invited us into their bus to smoke and watch Roadhouse. Rad dude, killer band.

Tonight's spin. Some haunting death-doom taken to the next level by a stellar vinyl mix Weeping Sores - The Convalescence Agonies

For those that don't know... One, a really informative article about the great things that @ampwall.com are doing to build a Bandcamp alternative t.ly/m4YpH Two, @unlockyoursound.bsky.social. Loads of brilliant free resources for artists to check out and help them on their way. #MusicSky

We just sent out our latest newsletter update to the Ampwall mailing list! If you're not on the list, you can read the entire update here! We're also sharing the entire update in a thread below ⬇️

I just sent out Ampwall's supposed-to-be-monthly-but-in-reality-way-less-frequently-than-that newsletter Check it out if you're not on the list mailchi.mp/36c1fb6ef18e...

Do you like words? I wrote a lot of words.

Listening to Cocteau Twins on leg day for that ethereal pump

Databases are hard work and AMPWALL is 🔥

No matter how prepared you are for a database migration, you're really not

Achievement unlocked 🏅 Ampwall is getting so much sustained traffic that we’re having server issues! Worked all day to overhaul some key pages and database queries that are making things hang. Should have something deployed before end of day!

Overheard on AWS pricing: "It might be reeeeeally expensive or it might be $10"

Mossbane Lantern by Sallow Moth releases Friday, August 1 As Garry pointed out below, the vinyl is now more than 50% sold out! Get a copy ASAP before they're all gone! ampwall.com/a/sallowmoth...

Longshot here but if you have a hotmail account and you signed up for Ampwall in the last 90 minutes, please DM me.

When senpai notices you but also you’re senpai sometimes but not this time and really when you think about it senpai is not a person but really a creative vessel to channel and direct a collective will to make things cooler and better 🥹 🤔❓❓❓❓😎

Presenting the new ampwall.com homepage, an experimental art-and-music-focused look inspired by walls of record shops. Discover music and see our artists' Top 6 lists without leaving the page! We wanted something that would put our community work first and we're so happy with how it came out. Enjoy!

OH DAMN what's that? ampwall.com got a new look. @moire.bsky.social developed this concept months ago, inspired by walls in record shops. It offers a visually striking gateway into Ampwall. Artwork is distributed quasi-randomly and appears above and below the Ampwall logo. Love how it came out!

What the HELL this is the coolest thing ever @worldeaters666.bsky.social 👏👏👏👏

PSA Ampwall has never unpublished anyone’s work from a lapsed subscription. We’ve never threatened anyone with it. Anyone claiming otherwise is either misinformed or engaging in bad faith FUD because they enjoy being angry.

Excited to see answers to the original question but while we’re talking costs… please i need to know what people think a music marketplace platform actually costs to build and maintain

I’m going to start learning to mix Atmos. Does anyone have experience with this especially if you’re not using Pro Tools?

The world would be substantially better if everyone was more obsessed with the cool things their friends are doing and more eager to tell everyone.

When I'm not writing code or shitposting about compression or hanging with my cool wife or raising my children or mixing live videos with @namelesskvlt.bsky.social, sometimes I get to work with amazing folks like @avantdumb.bsky.social and mix incredible albums like this one. Let me mix your album.

Ampwall is having a big signup and subscription day. If you're joining us, we invite you to say hello! DM me here or DM @ampwall.com , email us, join our Discord -- whatever you want. We love hearing from you. It really makes us happy and we hope you're equally happy to be joining us.

This morning someone emailed asking if they can sell remixes of commercial music on Ampwall. They got upset when I said no. I've been told this is a real problem on Bandcamp and others that allow free uploads. Our tiny subscription is a barrier against this abuse but AI will make it 100x worse.

This makes me enormously happy! Thank you, @bryanbeal.bsky.social!

A++++ interview from one of the best guys running one of the best labels out there!

Wife has been in Italy for a week. Since she’s obviously had no edible food, what neighborhood delicacy should I have ready? - Underwhelming bacon egg and cheese on a roll - Stale coffee cart muffin - Very dry pizza that’s been waiting for too long

Forget subvert all media— subvert all financial woes is more like it

Another life changed

Did you see the RIDDLE in this post? . . . . . "whenever you use a compressor" YOU SHOULD ALWAYS USE A COMPRESSOR

If you’re just getting started mixing, here’s a tip: always go for at least 10db gain reduction whenever you use a compressor or everyone will know you’re a coward

This is something that we spent a lot of time on. We're always looking for opportunities to create hyperlinks between pages. Music scenes are webs with innumerable connections between people and we're trying to find as many options as possible to represent that on Ampwall!

I spent $7 on a bad breakfast sandwich and $5 on coffee today. One simple NYC breakfast costs more than one year of Ampwall uploads.

Hell yeah we rule Thanks, @metalminder.bsky.social and @bolverkcollective.bsky.social

I am 41 and reading The Lord of the Rings for the first time, AMA

Many people don’t know that Ampwall is approved by the FDA to treat a number of crude and embarrassing ailments. Here’s just one success story.

Building an online marketplace is very challenging and payment processing is a lot more complicated for the marketplace than individual e-commerce stores. Stripe and PayPal are really the only options for US-based companies. I have a ton of empathy for any marketplace that has to move between them.

Finally tried CT pizza. I cannot believe NY allows this state to brag about their mid pizza so much. Rest stop Sbarro is better than this. When I am elected your governor, I will deploy the national guard to force Connecticut to Connecti-cut-it-out with their pizza lies.

My six-year-old stabbed me with her tiny little elbow right below my armpit and it hurts like a motherfucker. She was jumping on me while pretending to be a vicious dog (as one does) and I swear she has the lethal elbows of a professional Muay Thai fighter.

Blows my mind when someone: * Posts something in a public space that’s wildly inflammatory and wrong about something I built * Gets mad and aggressive when I or anyone comments to learn more or correct blatantly wrong information It happens very rarely but it is always so weird and surprising

Hahahaha @whitneyformayor.com using bad AI smear ad against @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is easily the most embarrassing shit I’ve seen this election cycle. Rank Zohran!

What is the deal with all the patch printing spam on Instagram lately? It’s completely replaced pron spam, getting multiple daily from obviously fake accounts.

If they'll do this to the NYC Comptroller and Mayoral candidate, what will they do to you?

“Bottomless pit of plagiarism” - Hell yeah. AI images and sounds can fuck off forever.

Sometimes black metal sounds downright pretty (and other times it reminds you of the death of industry and all-consuming void of modern thought). I like when it has d-beats. Obsidian Tongue & Woe @The Depot Baltimore

Party Like It's 793 was fantastic again. If you didn't make it, you missed out. Joining us were @berserkerdan.bsky.social our artist, Steve From @amiintrouble.bsky.social and Damian from Damnations Domain, plus @subvertallmedia.com from Woe headlining and Max from Zauberei.