Happy New Year and all that. Another trip around the sun. The World Turns is a way of saying things change. What's new for you? What do you want to change? This song is a kind of executive summary of my album Finding Time which follows that theme from start to finish (available at all good […]

I crushed it? Or you crushed me. icydk, Tunecore is one of the digital distribution companies that takes your [#music, sends it to all the streaming platforms and collects your royalties, namely approx. 2p in this case.] I'm cool with it. The world will catch […] [Original post on musicians.today]

It's #BandcampFriday and my album is no cheaper for you today than on any other. If anyone did buy it I'd get about 60p more. #bigdeal But no one will. Instead I will concentrate on writing a book that explains why it's worth buying.

The state of the #music business: somehow I managed to earn one hundredth of a penny this quarter (or year?) from Bahrain through PRS. ???

Touching final moment on the making of #bowie's Blackstar with producer Tony Visconti. "He went out like a legend. Like a god." Then his voice catches. "And I want people to think of him like that." https://youtu.be/5AEwSH8B-mc

"You can syndicate any boat you row."

Checker steps.

Total eclipse of the sun.

#musicbusiness reflection Tunecore (who distribute my #music to the streaming platforms) needed my new credit card details to renew. I did pause to wonder if it's worth it. It would take 500 full listens to the entire album just to pay the distribution fee. If you're unknown that's a lot of […]

#BandcampFriday Sorry. It's no cheaper for you today but I'd get a few pennies more if you buy it. £5 is still its cost, not its value. Finding Time, described by RnR magazine as "not your typical debut album - it's a rich, sophisticated work...." https://robindoody.bandcamp.com/album/finding-time

When even the fence post looks tired of holding it all together. 😅

What's special about Bandcamp? It allows artists to host their music to be streamed for free or downloaded at a price of their choice. Amazon typically charge 30% of the price in fees. Think about it. Maybe three quid just to download a few files. That's what near monopoly allows you to do […]

Probing the limits of a 1970 revision of the Oxford Companion Of #music. Let's try Stockhausen: "He is active and successful as a lecturer, especially on the subject of his own music. He often engages in formidably technical discussions of the scientific basis of his art, in terms not always […]

30th May next year will mark half a century of #thebeatles's #rain. I propose it's declared International Rain Day. Kills me that this was just a B side. https://youtu.be/cK5G8fPmWeA

Tomorrow is #BandcampFriday but if you can't wait I'll be more than happy. Finding Time is about finding time to do what's meaningful to you. It took me years. You only have to find 50 minutes and thirty four seconds. And £5 if you want it for keeps. https://www.robindoody.net

Always rewarding when someone actually listens to your music and lets you know it. "Just listened to the whole album. Gorgeous! Put me in a lovely, grounded and calm mental state… quite an achievement!" See https://www.robindoody.net for ways to listen.

"How deep, do you think, is the sea we're swimming in? Are you drinking it all in? Do you barely have an inkling? Do have a needle eye for winkling out the key? Can you shrink the twinkling sky for the universe to see?" - Herring, by me. The point in my album Finding Time that acknowledges that […]

A lot of folk here understandably loath the streaming sites because of the pittance they pay artists. But if you only stream from Bandcamp without ever downloading, artists will get less than if you streamed from even stingy Spotify, ie, precisely £€$0.00. Article on the surprising best […]

"The David Bowie Centre will open within the [V&A] museum's new East Storehouse in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in Stratford, east London, on 13 September." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg6lggn0y9o

“Inspiration does exist, but it has to find you working,” quotes Johnny Marr. https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/musician-johnny-marr-on-enjoying-the-process-no-matter-the-outcome/ I did a song about that. You had to be there when the muse was passing. https://youtu.be/e4pu7oAns9w

We're lucky to have a breeding colony of fulmars at our local cliffs in Rottingdean. These wonderful sea birds are petrels and related to the albatross. They resemble gulls, but have stiff wings and tube-noses. They also cackle rather than squawk! Here's a […] [Original post on social.vivaldi.net]

Finding Time. CD - Bandcamp - streaming sites. It's there if you want it. Details at www.robindoody.net

It isn't #BandcampFriday tomorrow. Don't bother listening. You wouldn't understand.

“A lot of people early on were like: ‘All musicians should give their music away for free,’” she says. “Excuse me? If you only knew the financial investment, the time, the heartache, the everything that goes into making music.” […]

FWIW it's #BandcampFriday. TBH, I'd just be happy if you gave it a decent listen. It rewards attention. Delighted if you download it on any day. If today (with no fees (except VAT)), utterly euphoric. https://robindoody.bandcamp.com/album/finding-time

It's #bandcampthursday when you can listen to my life's work, Finding Time, for free (like any other day actually). Or pay £5 to download when you realise it's a keeper. Or even a tenner for a CD with my lyrics and artwork in plastic-free quality card gatefold. It represents the story of giving […]

There are scores of versions of She Moved Through The Fair but my friend David told me he likes mine best. And I believe him because today my friend Martin told me David said the same to him. If you already love the song you probably won't prefer mine because it's very different. Different […]

Statement just in. Full disclosure. Revenues this quarter from Finding Time streaming on all platforms: £1.49. 🍾 Of course you're always welcome to stream it from #bandcamp for free which earns the artist nothing at all. Or download for £5 (inc. VAT) and raise the revenue 300%. #musicbusiness

It's #BandcampFriday with a twist: "On Feb 7th Bandcamp will donate 100% of its proceeds to MusiCares to aid those affected by the devastating Southern California wildfires." I guess from me it has to be California. https://robindoody.bandcamp.com/track/california A metaphor for starting a new […]

Hard to get folk to listen to a full album these days. It's not called Finding Time for nothing (though that refers more to finding time to make the record (which took somewhat longer than 50:34)). So here's the shortest track, With You Alone, at 1m 42s. Frenetic #acoustic #guitar #fingerstyle […]

Today Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control […]

"Replies from other servers may be missing" is the kind of thing that stops people leaving Xitter.

Remembering #davidbowie on his birthday. He wrote Thursday's Child (which I am) but he was born on a Wednesday. What say we have an extra special birthday when it's our birthday as well as just birthdate?

Anyone else using Odesli.co to provide streaming links to the #music you've had distributed? I seem to be here https://album.link/t/387414982 which is neat but don't know much about it yet. Like is that a permanent link? Keen to offer links for all #Streaming platforms and not just the […]

Took a walk on the wet side. This year I got some of those trousers that organised people wear for walks to encourage myself even when the weather isn't great. Got new boots too when my late uncle's hand/foot-me-down boot sole came off in the mud. /1

The World Turns That's why it's a new year. Let go of old habits that aren't working. Embrace the new. https://youtu.be/cIXq0A3nGr0 #happynewyear #newyear #hny2025

Yikes. Just noticed there were a couple of major cheese AI generated blog posts on my website as part of the package example setup. They weren't linked from the main pages so hopefully no one saw them. Or maybe that's why the world is ignoring my magnum opus...

Would be great if all streaming platforms used the same unique song or album ID in their URLs. As it is there are too many platforms to list and so for no good reason links to Spotify have become a de facto standard. For the 'record' here's me on Tidal. https://tidal.com/album/387414982?u

Americans must now confront a new national security concern.  If anything should ever happen to Elon Musk, Trump would become President.

In the long time it took to find the perfect #guitar #pick the old ones kept piling up and I never learned the art of throwing things away. Top #repurposing tip paying off big time at Christmas. Any other suggestions? #plectrum

#guitarists, how many decades of playing does it take to be able to untwist the twist in your #guitar strap the right way first time, every time?

Could we please all agree on a specific percentage threshold to qualify for being called a "vast" majority?

Wow! That's an average of 675 each. https://flipboard.com/@rollingstone/music-news-dqrh37u8z/-/a-0LQTS8qhQYS4gBwz_oClow%3Aa%3A3199477-%2F0

#BandcampFriday blah blah blah Finding Time blah blah blah Fee free for me blah blah blah but not you because it's free to listen. https://robindoody.bandcamp.com/album/finding-time It's on all the streaming platforms now too.

Incredible to listen not just to the extent but the range and longevity of Quincy Jones' achievements. From producing the best ever selling album back to arranging Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon. Hard to compute. Everlasting respect. #quincyjones

A friend from the youthful demographic mentioned that the lyrics for Finding Time were not available on Spotify so I looked into it. I'd uploaded them to Tunecore but most platforms take lyrics from Musixmatch. To be fair they do have a free option which […] [Original post on musicians.today]

"In San Francisco when I kissed you in the disco I was pissed so don't read too much into that" https://robindoody.bandcamp.com/track/california Silly really but the p word is widely listed as a mild swearword so when the distributer presents, for each song, a checkbox 'Contains swearing' I […]

Cool to get on this list of musicians on Bluesky yesterday. Especially because I'm not technically on Bluesky but bridged from Mastodon. With that and Threads federation, the Fediverse is as good a refugee as any, if not better […]

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Introducing the twenty-fourth Starter Pack with all the bands and musicians I can find on Blue Sky! Please have a look, follow some or all of them, and share this pack here and in other places! go.bsky.app/4yyNaLD