Oh look, another predatory label, extracting attention and revenue from small artists without holding up their end of the bargain, to put it lightly... If you are in that particular scene, definitively give this a read! 🧵

It's been four years since I made my first stickers! And it feels just as magical now as it did back then.✨️ #artsky Venusspeaks.etsy.com

New testimonies from Retrosynth’s former label partner RetroReverbRecords and an artist/band from the UK shared their own experiences.

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That’s never a good reason to aid, shield, defend predatory music labels especially when a LOT of your fellow artists have already come forward corroborating the allegations. You’d be in the wrong side of all this. I will do everything in my power to make sure that becomes your artist legacy.

Seriously.

Seriously

5 minutes in and I now know I want to retire to a sheep farm and read to them nightly.

This is awesomeness! The music video @deadlykawaii.bsky.social and I directed and produced for @majesticphoenix.bsky.social “Revelation” has been selected to be part of Indie Short Fest. We haven’t been in the film fest circuit in a few years, so it’s nice to be back! youtu.be/kAUJLddOSTo?...

Spent the morning rebranding my long simmering Etsy shop to be more kendo/marital arts focused. Haven’t done traditional design in awhile. 😅

When your mind shifts, your world shifts 🌎✨️ #artsky Venusspeaks.etsy.com

Starry nights Starry nights Come and hold me Holding on until the light of day ✨ youtu.be/QImNyGGkMrg?...

I put this post off for a while, but our amazing dog Lila crossed the rainbow bridge last weekend. All I can say is that she was a wonderful dog and gave @newsgirl151.bsky.social and me more than 10 joyful years. We miss her so much. 🥹

Everything is half off in the shop today! Grab some stickers, prints, bookmarks, or paintings (a portion of proceeds go to Southern Adirondack Library System)! 💙📚 #artsky Venusspeaks.etsy.com

Spending the weekend with my parents and drafting Dad into helping detail my car. (Actually he did the drafting 😆)

I feel like my proggy pieces are the actual meat of the project. They don’t get pushed as much because they’re not the most synthpop / darkwave sounding. But they’re the most fun to compose, produce and perform, and brings out the inner nerd. czarinaofficial.bandcamp.com/track/alchemy

New level unlocked! Very proud to announce that I’ve joined Zenith Sounds - a world-class house of Grammy-winning engineers, Hollywood film composers, and elite producers. I’ll be contributing not only as a songwriter and composer, but also in art and visual production. www.zenithsounds.com

¡Galicia, vamos! Reserva la fecha - El primer festival Neon Meiga en A Coruña - Synthwave, Darkwave y Gótico con mis amigos Montse Torres (Madrid) y EME-SX (Galicia) woutick.com/es/entradas/... #acoruña #galicia

Happiest of birthdays to the great @czarinaofficial.com!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Blessed to be able to call such wise and talented force of nature my close friend.

Here is the full playlist of my videos to those who want to dive into this universe. youtube.com/playlist?lis... And to those who want to support the music, here is my Bandcamp: czarinaofficial.bandcamp.com

“Excelsior” also acknowledges the presence of Divinity in all things. I always endeavor to honor my roots and incorporate emblems of my heritage in my work. As “Excelsior” is a very important song to me, I wanted it to embody every facet of who I am in this 2022 video. youtu.be/XugJmFYY0cU?...

Happy Pride Month 🌈✨ Celebrating the beauty, resilience, and brilliance of LGBTQIA+ communities — especially Pride POC, whose voices, stories, and contributions continue to shape our world. In honor of this month, I want to share some really cool details about my Filipino roots. Mabuhay Pride 🌈

Happy Sunday! Here’s an epic, whimsical and magical piece. I wrote The Fox’s Wedding for my wedding day. Rooted in Japanese folklore, the visual melds Asian and Galician traditions, reflecting deep roots and drawing inspiration from Kurosawa, Miyazaki, Guillermo del Toro 🦊✨ youtu.be/x4LuWg-yCCI?...

Always wish them what they wish for you and for others. And may the best and strongest manifestor win. Could be amazing or devastating. Either way, you’ll learn where your manifesting power levels are.

So many to choose from! But I’ll go with a GenX classic.

This is absolutely true! 🔥🖤

If you are into celestial, whimsical, gothic yet epic vibes, may this record bring you wonders today and onwards ✨✨✨✨ czarinaofficial.bandcamp.com/album/arcana

Pics from yesterday’s kendo tournament. I’m exhausted today, but I had a great time. Love my kendo community!

All day kendo tournament tomorrow. I should be putting myself to bed soon. 😅

Very excited about the customization I’m doing to this guitar.

Sweetwater reps are the best. 😆

When you outsource a lot of critical thinking to machines, you are fast-tracking your own cognitive atrophy. It’s frightening to think of what the future will look like for people. (I know I’m breaking my rules about not feeding the little trolls. But a point needs to be made to anyone watching).

They’re rereleasing “Transformers: The Movie” for its 40th anniversary, and that’s a hard no for me. I don’t need that kind of trauma in my life again 😅.

Calling all goths!!

Where are my fellow goths, darkwave, synthpop, EBM, dark electro and ethereal wave peeps?? I want to see you all and follow you, support you and beef up the gothic community here.

“You should smile more.” 2018, Mercury Lounge NYC

Making music is a somatic exercise for me. I enjoy the applause, but transmuting all the heaviness I’ve been carrying into a cathartic release is priceless. Constantly reaching deep down often yields epiphanies that connect the dots and change my perspective on life. Then the ugly cries ensue.

Name 10 artists/bands you’ve obsessed over at some point: #musicchallenge Queensryche Iron Maiden Def Leppard Faith No More David Bowie Type O Negative Dream Theater ISON Gunship Smashing Pumpkins

Character I love and 5 mutuals do the same! @atlnewsgirl.bsky.social @lizzshenaniganz.bsky.social @thermonuclearmusic.bsky.social @flannelqueen.bsky.social @runer.bsky.social

Not only do I pay the mortgage for Lila. I am also her furniture.

It’s AAPI Heritage Month — a good time to remember that if you profit from, aestheticize, or elevate yourself through AAPI cultures, symbols, and artifacts, you cannot simultaneously mistreat the very people those cultures belong to. It’s extraction, exploitation, and racism.

Synth maestro Michael Oakley @michaeloakleymusic.bsky.social is back with an incredible star-studded new video. It’s been a while since we’ve had a major #synthwave event, and this one is explosive 🧨 Join the premiere tomorrow! 🔥🔥🔥 youtu.be/lL6_9DKj5Dg

Still from “Holy Water” A Meiga da Vixilia An ode to the great Meigas - witches and wise women who are the cultural icons of Galicia. The consecrated heart with the sacred blade of Santiago (another symbol of Galicia) also appears in my last single / video “Dagger In The Heart” youtu.be/Sk-VCBT7X14

I wanted to wear metal gauntlets for the music video and cover photo but they were so huge and clunky. I looked like a kid wearing medieval torture mittens. Had to improvise with some cool finger armors instead. Tho not practical for battle.

We are in an age where the “big artists” are no longer quality artists. They are algorithmic artists. The quality artists dwell in the crevices between algorithms, quietly honing and refining their craft. They live outside the machine. Being a hidden gem is not an obscurity — it’s a status earned.

Finally found one of these. It didn’t disappoint. 🙌

Check out @czarinaofficial.com’s amazing video. The music is 🤌 The art direction is 🤌 The vibe is 🤌🗡️ youtu.be/Sk-VCBT7X14?...

C Z A R I N A - “Holy Water” ✨ World Premiere ✨ Friday April 24 18H Central EU | 12PM EDT | 17H UK Time Please join me at the premiere this Friday. I will be on the live chat. ✨ youtu.be/Sk-VCBT7X14