O M S CONT: It strikes me some ol' fashioned hardware is the answer: A bona fide mixing console I don't see me sneaking this in tbh. Unless I can source a modest sized one This is a new area of audio, so some research is called for. Be great tho' Definitely solve my current problem.

O M S CONT: Two screens are fine. A third: Portrait view of Tracks, makes sense. But the potential need to revew+monitor multiple levels of Gain etc in multiple Channel EQ settings ain't best served by a mouse on an snazzy application window. Unless it's one guitar or similar. MORE =>

Sunday in O M S studio ONE: I may have gone mad or... and it is a big or: Seen the fucking light. At least regarding a do-able, hopefully pleasing but most importantly; reliable working method to get back tight control of my recording projects. Multiple screens are not the answer. MORE =>

I may return to my topic: the religious right gun owning freaks of America, but right now international trade is on my mind: Sir Kier’s recent cultural and trade meeting with Xi Jinping, follows on after my first steps in business relationships with the great nation of China: I await delivery.

Bibles+Bullets CONT The 2A ‘influencers’ are genuinely baffled -As all religious hypocrites are Their self-righteous ‘Libertarian’ fantasies appeal to poorly informed poorly, poorly educated, insular-minded & highly fearful white people, mainly Often shockingly, former teachers (so they say)

Americas spiral into oblivion reaches new degrees of hilarity as God Fearing GunToting Bible Chewing dipsticks take to YouTube to complain about: The rising price of ammo Just say ‘NO!’ The Rev Rifle Butt whines as he croaks out a list of chemical+metal prices that are ruinous & impoverishing

Now ... despite the carnage & severe pain in the arse attitude from Apples LogicPro DAW, I 'have' managed to rescue a version of my new piece & am hoping to put it on my sites with some suitably offensive & shocking artwork next week. Updates as and when

Logic CONT #APPLE #LogicPro #2026update By any understanding of established SW release procedures Apples current amateur 'DOGE IT technician' level of software engineering+support is woefully below a level acceptable to anyone. Let alone we advanced home users & any professional musicians.

Logic CONT #LogicPro #2026update Despite attempts to salvage a new version from the wreckage, in most occasions the only option is to make a whole new track+brand new FX tone from an existing suitable track/musical part (should you have one) Otherwise you'll have to re-record any spoiled pieces.

Logic CONT: In my case: a long running (Nov 2025 -Feb 2026) project. Multiple tracks of a 15 min piece, each, time consuming & carefully crafted modulations & overdrive sound layers altered beyond repair by Apples shoddy, ham-fisted approach to its update process. #LogicPro #2026update

Logic Pro - Jan update The continuing wave of disaster following with #Apple #LogicPro #2026update rolls on for users such as myself who's Mac was subjected to an unrequested & an non-Admin authorisation install, which deleted user Tonal Values set within Apples own program tools. MORE =>

Anyone blinked first?

No one needs another half-arsed gurgling buffoon, droneing in home counties English about cables & the mysteries of pedal\amp hiss But you're likely to get one - If only for my amusement With the new far out SA10 & DJT target as a counter balance to Strat+DAW chat, I may have a winning combination

Other potential network-presence project(s) for 2026: A return, but as me - not under a nom de plume to Bandcamp It's not the hardest job admining an account + I like their music player & the encouragement to add bonus stuff, pdfs, pics etc And maybe if I can invent a new angle a YouTube channel

Talking of nerdicological chores.... I have a lovely Dell which 'WAS' MSWin 11 ok'd: Then wasn't 😡 The fix is to DL a new ISO from MS of Win11 & use Rufus to create your install USB 🙂 Yes, it is as simple as that. Also, as I like a bit of an adventure I installed Reaper DAW Just for larfs 🤪

Thanks for the likes yesterday (I assume it was sympathy) A Logic Pro update unrequested or Admin approved by me removed vital irreplaceable tonal values in some Logic Plug In's It means re-mixing finding new EQ's Comp, Amps + mod\overdrive Which is ongoing New release date planned for early Feb

We should note: Trump has effectively ended gun possession for US citizens US Gov position is: Having one in public; Federal Officers will kill you It seems accepted: Not one 2A advocate (107 million private guns in US) have been shadowing ICE+DHS with AR-15’s & Glocks to defend their rights.

“You know we have an ocean that's separating us, right? A thing called... an ocean’’ The unyielding barrier has parted, as if by Moses: Overcome by American genius, an unbroken wall swatted aside The Persian Gulf now brimming with the most beautiful destructive methods of death ever conceived.

Final tidying of mix ongoing - sounds good tho’ on 2 pairs of hi-fi speakers + Beyer headphones, will await the mp3 web version to check on the Bose One of the better initial production/mix sessions Which is why it’s taking for ever. Anyway, my Art guy is now onboard & fired up spitting pixels.

I'll let the new tune speak for itself - I would like to note the massive input on the tracks many guitar parts of the @goldstompworks.bsky.social DFO 250 Overdrive A seminal FX pedal that now sits as a permanent tone creator on my board Anyhoo, all the details 'will' be on the site at some point

Holocaust Remembrance Day. #RadioFreeAmerica

I think it's safe to say the mix and work in general is now done - Fine tuning over a few days at great leisure + re-evaluate V3 of the Artwork It's on the right road but needs the O M S magic - And my magician is currently hanging out with his new Spanish girl friend.

Keep doing the things you love musiccity.uk/whats-on/kla... I'm lending a hand here so come along and say hi if you're in or around the Sunderland area.

Civil Rights Key Figure I Should Have Learned About Sooner Of The Day: Ella Baker, the SCLC organizer who encouraged bottom up organizing, and whose motto was “strong people don’t need strong leaders” h/t @margaret.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Ok. The final mix + decision It WILL be TWO versions one around the 9 min mark & the other about 13 min Liner notes + Artwork are done & being checked for typos etc. End of the week barring distraction's or an invasion from Mars \ act of God etc.

If Andy Burnham wishes to be an MP, it’s very simple: Resign as Major of Manchester, a role with 2 years still to run, & stand as an Independent candidate. If the voters do want you to represent them in Parliament, they will elect you. You can support Labour 100% but not be whipped to party lines

One day, there may be a similar plaque in Washington : ‘You did not bear the shame. You resisted. You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.’ German Resistance Memorial Berlin

Space … one of the very final frontiers I think you’ll find Well, an external frontier that is. Anyway, we’re all travellers in time and space - ain’t that right? The track nears completion - it really does I’m very very into it - not quite sure how I pulled it all off but it sounds okay

How far do senior military commanders hold the oaths they swear 100% blindly or with a degree of; ‘some orders can never be obeyed’ I’m pretty sure that level of autonomy exists So if you see a group of ships off yr coast+planes landing & US personnel now roaming about, they’ll be defectors

I’m watching right now

Watching C4 News From America, there was some bloke in a brown uniform complete with big leather strap across it; A bronze Eagle + a Star badge telling people they were going be taken off the streets. Pretty sure it was news, not an advert for a new Starship Troopers film.

Has the American Ambassador been summoned to Downing Street yet for a fucking great bollocking & shown the door with severe force. US commentators say; ‘…this is not America’ Yes it is.

Not making friends with this bullshit, but it's honest bullshit Naming no names; greatness, I believe, comes AFTER a lifetime of modestly led, yet generous service. Accepting a lot of people will still oppose & revile. It's par for the course Not from demanding subservient terrified apologies.

Just checked on bbc Newsnight I was going to feel sorry for the journalists for having to explain the lunacy They paint a picture of a world gone so off the rails - it would make most people throw up in horror Some of us tho’ have experienced personal catastrophe that pretty much makes us immune.

Of course if DJT's Medical team have made responsible people aware he's is in a Dementia related decline + the bruised hand an indicator of IV medication for a terminal condition; it may be that someone else now has the authority to use Nuclear weapons Who I have no idea. VP JD V possibly

Do you believe Logic Pro 'knows' what I'm enjoying when using the app? It puts out clunks & phono-connection sounds at times, like an alert It pauses EXACTLY where I want the playhead - Just now it made a very strange 'squelch' sound when I split a track. Weird

Ironically, a return to mid 19th Century farming: arable+pastural+dairy; to a level above impoverished subsistence, is possibly the MAGA vision come to life Anyway, if they need a sensible & concerned citizen of the world to pitch in with some ideas, they'll know how to contact me.

If it came to it, a conclusion to the end of the American era would be to divide the country into quarters under the governance of European+Asian+S. American allies Each zone competing+working as one to return the former US to a level of self sufficiency+excess for trade This would mainly be food

I mention it as 'Invade Greenland' is still a live idea: We know this as they say it isn't A line of NATO ships in International waters on the NY & San Fran coasts would concentrate the mind And obvs a selection of submarines: known of - but hidden around Greenland would very firmly shut the door

I realise the idea of NYC's destruction by NATO was belligerent So here is a considered target list which would hit where it hurts the most Trump Tower 725 Fifth Avenue The Trump Building 40 Wall Street 1290 Avenue of the Americas Trump International Hotel & Tower Trump Parc and Trump Parc East

I suppose the easiest answer is to go back to Bandcamp - They seem to have all manner of pitches, extras etc available Of course I can add a PDF to my site's with a separate artwork to read or download Not quite the Rocket Science level of prob I first thought. Well, thanks for your help anyway

Liner Notes cont: Its a bit hard to design a one sided zero dimension piece of artwork for a track(s) & include a nice list of bumpf & info without obscuring yr amazing design/photo etc But that is my next challenge - Probably best to see what is already tackling this question Then rip it off.

Quiet on the net tonight I hope you're not out panic buying beans, bullets & Bibles. But, anyways, as they chirp in the hills of Georgia USA, (actually that may be the best place to get your ammo and food + a Bible or 2) I have just written a two page Liner Notes special MORE =>

I suppose someone pointed out to whoever has at least half a working brain in Washington - That any Military adventure on Greenland would result in a brutal retaliatory response across the eastern US from NATO forces. New York would cease to exist. Food for thought.

If taking a neighbouring landmass is only constrained by the ability to take it with greater force than it can be defended by - Why the fuck doesn’t the UK walk into Dublin. In reality: There is no number of IRA whatsoever, that could stop this from happening. The US are bound to support us, right

Big day of final (penultimate) mix! News will be OFF I am already confused: Davos is a town in Switzerland host to W E F where world leaders are heading as we speak Davros is a fictional villain in Doctor Who An insane maniac who believes that through his madness he will rule the universe. Oh

Events I have lived through: Abandoned idea - Tempting fate

I tried to focus on music No outside influences: radio+TV+Loonies howling the End is Nigh etc But a wave of horrors from Mrs. R (probably telling me so SHE doesn't have nightmares) has ruined my tranquility So; America. Presuming DJT does sleep. Can someone lock the bedroom door & keep it shut.

Ive listen to lots of the AG to day but still can not find this particular interview/speech It was posted around 7 -10pm GMT on Monday 19th