I just found that I couldn't buy an MP3 of a track I co-wrote years ago with Perry Rose. I was hoping not to have to search old hard disks. Check your old catalogues are still online. Here's the track (I still like it): open.spotify.com/track/1xYoTI... #musicsky #irishmusic

Start the day with a bang. Set the tone by walking into the office with this playing 😁

Ahoy, songwriters #musicsky

Last comment on the US football team. I'm not a footy guy, but found it sad that so many people really wanted them to lose FOR SOMETHING THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER. This is not what football is about. Trump again screwed everything #worldcup

Has FIFA told us what the final score in Monday’s USA v Belgium game is going to be yet?

Thanks printer, that cheered me up

In these awful times, hope can come from unexpected quarters #israel #palestine www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...

I was just in touch with an indie radio in France. They receive 500 tracks a week from artists. Just checking all those tracks is one hell of a job. Spare a thought for programmers: only send your hottest tracks! ;-) #indiemusic

Still mad impressed by this #blaxploitation theme, Zad. open.spotify.com/track/1W42HM... #sync

Afro-futurism exhibit at SFO. Very cool.

Finalists announced for the 2026 WSA Film Music Composition Contest are Yeakun Yoo, Lidia Pozo Pérez and Xabier Doural García. www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/wsa-talent/c... #soundtrack

Wow. Fancy owning vinyl from Tom Verlaine's private collection? www.discogs.com/digs/feature... #vinyl #collector

Hang on. I need some help here. Who is copying who in #AI? All with other people's lyrics? I must have missed an episode. www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/anthropic-fi...

The Congolese statueman earned a lot of press at the Wold Cup. They are not usually this restrained. This manic track is by a pastor and not even intended for football chants #congo #zaire #rumba but mostly #TGIF youtu.be/RuilJouXcCM?...

Factoid: In summer 2022, more than 60,000 people died due to heat in Europe. 2026 is even worse, so the figures might be worse too. Check on your elderly neighbours and ensure they drink some water.

You've rolled your last stone

Can't help wondering what will become of playlists, stuffed with increasing quantities of slop. Are there are any of any actual use?

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

It’s always okay to make fun of flat earthers.

Why Clarence Bekker's new single is natural a-lyric.com/2026/06/clar... Plug alert: I contributed to it #songwriting #reggae

Heh.

Watching Carl Craig and Seth Troxler doing a B2B. It's taken them 30 minutes to get anywhere. Zzzzz. #DJ

I'm really curious to know what he thought of the times. :-D

If you're in the #musicbiz in any way in Europe, this is worth following

Paul McCartney's photo exhibition "Eye of the Storm", charting a few months in 1963 and 1964 has opened in the French town of Aix-en-Provence. Turns out Macca was/is a nimble photographer as well as everything else: www.museegranet-aixenprovence.fr/expositions/... #beatles

At the reflecting pool and guys this doesn't look right 👀

J'ai interviewé le rappeur M'Tiss, et la question d'un président noir en France est arrivée. youtu.be/nhlQFXKiWMs?... #rapfrançais #frenchrap

We are led by donkeys

I usually enjoy Bruno Mars, but dude "you smell better than a barbecue"? Huh? :-D #songwriting #lyrics #songlyrics #BBQ

There isn't enough focus on the people who could stop this shit.

Clarence Bekker singing a co-write, "Send me an Angel", on Dutch radio 538 a few years back. The original track is a #Eurodance classic. Bekker gave it a soul lick of paint. youtu.be/J7miaWdek0Q?... #nederland

One of the great unsung bass lines in popular music is on "54 46 Was my Number" by the Maytals. Other uses: "Guns of Brixton" and "Dub be Good to Me" open.spotify.com/track/20NI06... #reggae

Good to see. Belfast has had a difficult history. It's great to see so many people that want to avoid a disaster. #Belfast

To those about to tour, take note! Your merch desk could do with some #indiemusic

It's Friday. Up your game with the dames #TGIOF #musicsky #tango youtu.be/riuF_Ur3unc?...

Welcome to the age of active listening. Easy to use mix function on this track. Play around with it and share www.shibuyaaa.com/stacks?scene... #musicsky #rap

Hands up who knew about this on #YouTube, and who uses it? www.youtube.com/@Alyric-now #indiemusic #Musicpromotion

Which one rings your bell?

When people with limitless money get bored, the world is a very unsafe place to be. #Belfast #Musk

Next up: Nik West who is funky AF. Great night of TV. Wasn't expecting this. #funk

Not my usual cup of tea, but enjoying the musical lyricism of Marcus Miller on @artefr.bsky.social #jazz

After giving a beautiful rendition of a piece by #Grieg last night, a musician friend was still wringing her hands about her performance this morning. So I sent her a note (suitable for other life events generally, I have found):

I added a trainspotter answer to this post, and now I can't get the song out of my head. Perfect music and words. Hope it lodges in your cortex now too. #songwriting

Friend sent this music deep cut over. Too funny not to share! 😂

Remember when Hillary and Kamala stormed outta those interviews because they couldn’t handle the questions yah me neither

Long shot: Clarence Bekker is currently appearing in #Brazil if anyone there is listening. Latest single, "Natural" (which I co-wrote), has echoes of Bob Marley and more. youtu.be/5Utr8ycJcUE?... #reggae #roots

Celebrating British and Irish Entertainment 😆

Just got off the phone with singer Clarence Bekker calling from Brazil. "I gotta grab some breakfast before we go to the beach." (That's him, not me). Bastud. Did I just wake up in the 90s? These things still exist? :-D