Lars Ulrich is a great example for young musicians everywhere. You can be really shit at your instrument but still make it in the biggest rock band in the world.

Getting a few remix requests lately (both friends/acquaintances and commercial). Also open to production projects. [email protected]

My new album is out very soon. I’d love to say I’m excited but it’s been really hard to get any traction, coverage, pre orders. If you’d like to have a listen / there are a few tracks already released. amongstthepigeons.bandcamp.com/album/find-t...

Huge thanks to everyone who watched the stream. Full set on the toob.

At 6.30pm GMT this evening, my live performance for Four Track Nights goes live on YouTube. Featuring all tracks from Solar Drift plus a couple of new to-be-released ones. I hope you can join us. 4TN is an A/V installation in an abandoned supermarket in Paisley. Link: youtu.be/nKW3pF9Rrm8?...

Got my son a guitar. He quickly set about decorating it.

Went to see Clark. He was great.

Gentle reminder - I've had people who had preview copies of records and not deliver, promoters fuck me around or ghost me, labels treat me in a mercenary fashion. I won't engage with any of them again. These people aren't gatekeepers. Don't email me if you've dicked me around in the past.

i’ll delete later. i love louis theroux, i get called him in the street occasionally. but i wonder if the ‘enough rope to hang themselves’ era of documentary making is over now given the worst people are surrounded by rope and turning it into cash?

Wee ditty in progress

Genuinely hate hassling people on Bandcamp Friday....but duty calls etc. Reminder that Solar Drift available from Touched Music - touched.bandcamp.com/album/solar-... Official video for Monomial - youtu.be/nJvVqkBm6Xk?...

I’ve returned from radio wilderness with the 1st edition of Solitary Drift for @slackcityradio.bsky.social. 1 hour of immersive contemporary electronica including new music by Infinite Scale, Kayla Painter, Masefield Labs, James Adrian Brown, Faex Optim & more. www.totallyradio.com/shows/solita...

Very interesting and insightful article. I've always been very skeptical of the "brand community" thing. It's hard to know when it's genuine, and when it's cynical...especially in independent music scenes. share.google/zV3rap4Lq9tL...

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Hi all. If you like sound design and imagined soundtracks then have a listen to my album of Russell Hoban’s “The Medusa Frequency”. Free codes! Redeem at: mikedickinson.bandcamp.com/yum u52b-6gle l6m5-y7v3 qzr9-7v6s f2mu-e98l wx8v-u87j cekr-jnqk er3a-yak8 8lxg-77tn tcey-5juj 6v6z-cxz5

I have views re BrewDog. On one hand I have loathed everything about the business for years - the horrible beer, disingenuous image and fostering of fake "community", the scamming of fan-boys through the fake private equity issuance, etc etc. But we shouldn't forget people's jobs will be lost.

Sounds like a Kurt Vonnegut character.

On a few occasions, people have wandered onto my Bandcamp to buy music and not been aware there is a newer album being sold by Touched Music. To address this, I have created a Solar Drift release page re-directing to the Touched album link. touched.bandcamp.com/album/solar-...

John Fury has to be an act, surely?

Friday's gig was fun. Cheers if you were one the crowd.

Doors open 7pm tonight...

One last reminder - this is happening in Glasgow on Friday. Cheers. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/konx-om-pa...

FWIW i'm not criticising. I wonder if it's a symptom of the risk averse nature now due to how hard it is to shift albums. Even the traditionally risk taking indy labels are apprehensive about doing something that doesn't appeal to their base. I think variety is better generally, but that's just me.

When I was first speaking to labels, I remember one or two saying they liked my music but already sounded a little like another artist they had. Now, there is a growing trend of small labels putting out artists who all sound the same and have to fit/adopt a very specific defined aesthetic

USA can't even simple sporting events without it becoming some inane culture war battleground at the moment. It is reminiscent of my family's attempts at whatsapp groups over the years.

Dearie me, we've been a bit lazy on Bsky... to action! When we reviewed this album from Faex Optim [@faexoptim.bsky.social] on Touched Music, the tingling in our tummies told us we had a live one on our hands, a true hit release choonreview.com/faex-optim-s... #idm #elm #faexoptim #choonreview

Cheers to the folks picking up a copy today. It's almost as if it makes packaging and selling music worth the effort ;)

Bandcamp Friday tomorrow. Solar Drift vinyl being sold by Touched Music is down to final 1/3 of their stock. touched.bandcamp.com/album/solar-...

In the past 24 hours i've had one lad tell me one of my tracks has "no creative value", and another told me a percussion sound was "out of sync" (it was on an off-beat). I've had plenty of generous comments, but of course this is the kind of thing i'll dwell on...

Ricky Gervais has turned into a sack of boring boomer tropes and cliches. (FWIW I don't pay attention to awards ceremonies or their speeches either) www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Legendary Glasgow music venue to close as all jobs axed share.google/ErSd1SnCkE05...

YUSSSS! GO ON AMELIA! You're smashing it! xx PS: Please keep sending the cards. It's making her UK record-breaking much more memorable. It means everything to her and her family. Thanks if you have sent one (or a few) already xx

Konx-om-Pax is opening for Max Cooper tonight at SWG3 Glasgow. Two weeks later, he's in Glasgow again with me and @everydaydust.bsky.social Tix: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/konx-om-pa...

Whenever I have a good idea some bloody emus have to come along and ruin it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just out of pure boredom, I proved that Don't Look Back in Anger's verse is Pachelbel's Canon down 2 semitones. I'll give Noel Gallagher credit for stealing from varied sources.

I've released the newly remastered audio of my performance at @fourtracknights.bsky.social from last June. The performance is a live reimagining of my long form piece Resurrection Of The Foghorns. everydaydust.bandcamp.com/album/4tn-live-at-four-track-nights

This is legit one of the best political party ads I have ever seen. These are the issues facing "ordinary" people.

"If Faex Optim is coming through your city in 2026, you probably won’t want to miss the show." www.publicpressure.io/releases/fae...

Made some inquiries on putting on an event in a disused nuclear bunker in the west of Edinburgh. It's been used for music events before. Still very early stages, but gauging early interest if it were to go ahead? Below image from a prior set up:

Seriously? It looks shit. news.stv.tv/west-central...

Might get a bit spicy.

None of these people get a pass. Trump was civily convicted for sexual assault and bragged about perving on undressed teenagers while they were banging his drum. Don't let them pretend they didn't know.

Depressing really. No criticism of Canada, but Xi's regime are pretty heinous. Which totalitarian horror seems the least unreasonable, I guess.

As a rule, if I contact any promoters/reviewers etc and get ignored, I won't engage with them again. It's way too common in indy music and a practice I have no interest in entertaining.

Took a little wip video and realised my studio space sums up my entire personality. Beer, war and peace novel, xbox controller, novation peak. A long-winded bevvy merchant musician that plays video games. That's my eulogy sorted.

For the new followers. My most recent album, released by Touched Music in November. The CD has sold out but still digital and vinyl. Also on all the streaming platforms.

Sample & Hold lfo ftw

Anyone seen what happened to DRAM prices last year? Whoever develops a decent cloud-based DAW will probably be onto a winner.....

Now available on streaming platforms