Looking for new artists on Lights And Lines. Who's got a cool demo I should be checking out?

On the eve of a big birthday I’m drinking whiskey and listening to The Levellers. Might as well grow old disgracefully!

Today is a Physical Graffiti kind of day…

I turn 40 in a couple days, everything’s going to be ok right? RIGHT?? 😬

Not very one appreciates my whimsy…

I organise my CDs by first name. Bob Dylan is under B Neil Young is under N With the exception of artists that start with ‘The’ (which I ignore and file under the letter of the next word) I have achieved alphabetical purity. Isn’t sorting by surnames just a throw back to a more formal era?

BANDCAMP FRIDAY DEAL - All digital downloads £0 Absolute madness by @mike1infive.bsky.social Pay what you want on any of the LAL back catalogue including, obviously, my music! lightsandlines.bandcamp.com?utm_source=s...

I may have gone mad. For this #BandcampFriday we’ve put the price of every single digital download on our Bandcamp down to £0. Bearing in mind I run a record label. That's a LOT of free music. It’s technically a pay what you want deal so.. Explore lightsandlines.bandcamp.com Tell your friends!

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I run a small independent record label and I’m looking to connect with songwriters, artists, bands, and anyone working around the independent music scene. If you make music, help others release it, or just love it, let’s chat. What are you working on right now? #musiccommunity #independentmusic

So I saw @mike1infive.bsky.social last night for a few beers here in deepest Devon, and like some kind of merch wizard he magicked up some unexpected Gozer Goodspeed badges for me & a LAL mug too! Don't ever let anyone tell you that being signed to an independent label doesn't have its perks! 😄

'The Hairy Arm' IYKYK

If you owned a pub what would you call it?

I’ve reached the point in my life where I’m starting to think that Dr. Pepper may actually have some sort of secret medical benefit…

Ironically MC Hammer wasn’t even Scottish. Or a hammer.

@frozenlazuras.bsky.social @jimboscottmusic.bsky.social @collettwriter.bsky.social @zebedeetyke.bsky.social @tracksuitmanagers.bsky.social @martinadoerner.bsky.social @mike1infive.bsky.social 👍

Did you know that if you make a coffee in a Lights & Lines coffee mug it transubstantiates into liquid gold? Well that's what @mike1infive.bsky.social told me anyway. I will listen to the CDs later too. And proudly wear my little @grim17again.bsky.social and @gozergoodspeed.bsky.social badges. 🤓

I don’t hate AC/DCs Bon Scott era. But I’ve always preferred Brian Johnson’s voice. The ‘92 live album is the perfect mix of great earlier tunes and 2nd wave classics all sung by Brian. An absolute essential listen in my view. Not everyone will like that take though…

I bought this mug a month before any were sent out. Used it very day. Ran it through the dishwasher about 30 times. It’s great! I didn’t plan for Evri though… I now know of 2 that didn’t make it. Let me know if yours didn’t arrive in 1 piece and I’ll replace x

Is it time for independent artists to give up Spotify? Recent news that Daniel Ek has invested some of his vast personal fortune into the weapons industry prompted us to discuss the pros and cons of giving up Spotify on this weeks episode of The Inner Sleeve podcast. pod.link/1586881051

I’ve recommended a few #BandcampFriday things, some Lights And Lines and some others that I’ve bought over the years. Still trying to figure out what to buy today so drop recommendations please!

More random #BandcampFriday recommendations from my collection: The Dirt - Agitator Midwich Cuckoos - Death or Glory Femegades - Pornsick EP @voltagepoetry.bsky.social - Home Sounds @alteredbymom.bsky.social - 52 Songs Enjoy!

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My #album The Boy in The Diving Bell is now available for digital pre-order on #Bandcamp. A fractured alt-folk album recorded alone at home - first takes, no polish. Out 15th August. flakebelly.bandcamp.com/album/the-bo... #music #folk #altfolk #acoustic #indie #indiefolk #psychfolk

#BandcampFriday recommendations? 👇

My Bandcamp collection is over 3k, here's 5 cool recommendations for #BandcampFriday - @thesilverbeets.bsky.social - Halcyon Days - Kodacrome - Think of the Children - Torrid (A Love Affair) - Poems From Mars - Sandra's Wedding - Frame Yourself - SoundMirrors - SpaceRocketsSunshine What's missing?

My Bandcamp collection is over 3k, here's 6 Lights And Lines themed recommendations for #BandcampFriday @gozergoodspeed.bsky.social Ghosts of the Future & Past @grim17again.bsky.social Messing With Your Faith @shaunpanda.bsky.social Songs From The Pink Room Lightsandlines.bandcamp.com 👇👇👇

Awen Veleda - APK1 @crushedbypimps.bsky.social Space Between The Eyebrows Emilie Lierre - The Wanderer Lightsandlines.bandcamp.com

My Bandcamp collection is over 3k, here's 6 Lights And Lines themed recommendations for #BandcampFriday @gozergoodspeed.bsky.social Ghosts of the Future & Past @grim17again.bsky.social Messing With Your Faith @shaunpanda.bsky.social Songs From The Pink Room Lightsandlines.bandcamp.com 👇👇👇

That Kodacrome one is a fucking belter, alright!

My Bandcamp collection is over 3k, here's 5 cool recommendations for #BandcampFriday - @thesilverbeets.bsky.social - Halcyon Days - Kodacrome - Think of the Children - Torrid (A Love Affair) - Poems From Mars - Sandra's Wedding - Frame Yourself - SoundMirrors - SpaceRocketsSunshine What's missing?

I picked up this copy of Led Zeppelin III a few years ago for £8. First press with the pinwheel sleeve, patent number for the wheel stamped on the inner, plum/red label, and etched into the dead wax it says ‘Do What Thy Wilt’ on one side and ‘So More It Be’ on the other.

The latest episode of The Inner Sleeve Podcast came out today, it’s all about Music in Film and TV and I have to say I tbh knits a great episode! Seems like lots of other people do too based on the listener numbers… check it out. pod.link/1586881051

Half the battle finding new music is finding musicians who use social media to talk like a human being instead of uploading 412 Canva graphics with “New Single Out Now” every week. The people selling you a ‘winning formula’ lie. Don’t do it! Your music is awesome, talk about it like you mean it.

When I was younger I ran my SM58 through a Boss BF-2 Flanger pedal and a 10W guitar amp to try and sound like Robert Plant in No Quarter. Once you get the settings right it kind of works. What's the best / most random gear mash up you've tried? Any success stories?

When I was younger I ran my SM58 through a Boss BF-2 Flanger pedal and a 10W guitar amp to try and sound like Robert Plant in No Quarter. Once you get the settings right it kind of works. What's the best / most random gear mash up you've tried? Any success stories?

Let AI write songs. Let’s see it panic mid-set when the amp dies and it has to busk the second verse. Let’s see it mess up and make magic. Let's see it accidentally stumble across something awesome while trying to write something else. What's the prompt for that? That’s music. It's human.

It’s Friday! I’ve spent most of my free time this week writing a list of 100 essential albums that everyone should hear before they die. It turns out I only own 76 of them currently so I’ve also been shopping… I’ve definitely owned them all at some point but things get lost. What’s on your list?

In the wake of the very sad news that Ozzy Osbourne left us to join the great gig in the sky this week, we recorded a quick episode of The Inner Sleeve Podcast that talks about grief. 👇👇👇

If 1 million people drop £1 into my PayPal account I will publish my long overdue book “How to make £1m on Bluesky”

It's true! I am! The promo begins at the start of Shark week, because my marketing acumen is laughable and buffoonish!

The latest episode of The Inner Sleeve Podcast is now available in all the usual podcast places. This week is a little different as Ai bridge the gap between podcast recording sessions! pod.link/1586881051 👇👇👇

Flame Red Headlights by @gozergoodspeed.bsky.social is out today! You can stream it anywhere but you get a whole lot more of you buy on Bandcamp for just £1… gozergoodspeed.bandcamp.com/album/flame-...

Flame Red Headlights @gozergoodspeed.bsky.social is out today! A hauntingly textured, psychedelic track that blends dream and dread, warmth and warning. Echoes of confusion, paranoia, and a sense of realisation that might just have arrived too late. Summer seems to comes with a chill this year..

Flame Red Headlights @gozergoodspeed.bsky.social is out today! A hauntingly textured, psychedelic track that blends dream and dread, warmth and warning. Echoes of confusion, paranoia, and a sense of realisation that might just have arrived too late. Summer seems to comes with a chill this year..

There’s a comment that the original Simpsons series were written by a group of eclectic nerds who immersed themselves in counterculture and unusual, off-the-wall, media. The newer series are written by… people who grew up watching The Simpsons. 👇👇👇

From the beginning of the label I’ve put unlimited plays on Bandcamp. If someone wants to buy an album they will. And they do. In fact the more they play it the more likely it is they will buy it! If you cut people off they’ll just go and do something else. 👇

The world is burning! Also I’m drunk on a train on my way to see Neil Young. Here’s the thing, people are complex, multi-faceted, unique. We’re contradictions. Rage and laughter, protest and pleasure. Trying to live in a single-issue feed is not just a disservice to humanity, it’s exhausting.

First person to get the Lights And Lines logo tattooed on themselves and show me evidence gets a free lifetime top tier subscription (currently CDs, soon there’ll be a premium tier too)… who’s up for it?