One week from today at this time, tune in to BlowUpRadio.com to hear a rare live set from me. A donation of $20 or more to the Spondylitis Association of America gets you the 233-song Big Box of Music compilation celebrating 25 years of @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy. Details below...

Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22 Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22

Banding Together returns to BlowUpRadio.com Oct. 16-22, feat. 90 live performances benefiting the Spondylitis Association of America. Get the 233-song 'Big Box of Music' celebrating 25 years of BlowUp Radio—including my own “Looking for the Light”—with a $20+ donation. blowupradio.com/spondy.html

Check it out All the info on this year's Banding Together Webathon benefiting Spondylitis Association of America 90 Artists performing live over 7 days! 233 compilation available now! Press Release: https://blowupradio.com/newsletters/2025/092925.html […] [Original post on gardenstate.social]

HUGE Announcement coming today about this year's Banding Together Webathon for the Spondylitis Association of America #music #spondylitis #benefit

Here it is, the 233 songs on our Banding Together 2025 BIG BOX OF MUSIC Compilation (that you can download next month by donating to the Spondylitis Association of America) https://blowupradio.com/spondy2025info.html #music #nj #spondylitis #25yearsofblowupradio

Do you want to know all 233 songs on our Banding Together 2025 BIG BOX OF MUSIC Compilation (that you can download next month by donating to the Spondylitis Association of America)? Of course you do And we want to tell you... later today on www.BlowUpRadio.com #music #nj #spondylitis

Been doing a few run-throughs of my @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy Banding Together live set & realized the backing tracks I recorded are at faster tempos than the original versions...so I'm way under my time limit. Do I quickly throw in a cover?

I'm on this...

Tomorrow: First #bandingtogether 2025 Announcement #music #spondylitis

Hey there...been a bit quiet recently, but that should change soon. Hoping to wrap up a video for one of the songs from Off You Pop! since I haven't really pushed that EP since releasing it in May. Anyway, I have a story to tell about "Eventually (Love Is the Answer)" from that same EP... (1/5)

At the start of June, I entered a 24-hour songwriting challenge based on the prompt “belong.” “A Brand New Day” was the result. I have written & recorded 4 songs in a span of 24 hours since June 2024, so I put together a collection of those songs — for just $1 — for #BandcampFriday

Four years ago today, I released a collection of poorly mixed songs as my debut EP, A Matter of Time. My mixing hasn't improved much, if at all, but here's a new mix of the EP's lead track, "What a Time to Be Alive" because we're still living in a nightmare. Stream/download: wp.me/PcZlvI-h2

Stuff like this is why I wrote this song for my 'Off You Pop!' EP... music.youtube.com/watch?v=dhyy...

Thanks to @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy and @newjerseystage.com for the mention of "How Dare You Call Yourself Justice" — my techno-industrial rant against the Christofascist SCOTUS majority from last year that still holds true today. And the town where I live still honors Alito! 🤬

Welp...looks like I need to write/record an even angrier follow-up to this song, because...holy shit, this SCOTUS is fucking fascist as hell... youtu.be/lZ0uuV5R8Xk?...

Hearing Jill Sobule's live version of "I Kissed a Girl" on @wxpnfm.bsky.social reminds me that shortly before she passed, Jill contributed this live version of "America Back" to this compilation benefiting @trevorproject.bsky.social on which I (as @ferociousdesigns.com) also appear ➡️ bit.ly/44f8utb

Excited for tonight’s Todd Rundgren concert in Pennsauken, NJ. Haven’t seen Todd since 2011, but he is my 2nd-favorite music artist of all time (behind Peter Gabriel). Earliest songs I remember hearing as a kid were “Hello It’s Me” & “I Saw the Light,” so his music is ingrained into my existence.

Yeah, it looks like I’m opting out of Spotify distribution again… www.thefader.com/2025/06/20/s...

While the Supreme Court makes it harder for trans people to get the care they need, #nomoredypshoria's goal is helping trans + non-binary individuals financially through major aspects of their transitions. You can help them by downloading Rock Against Hate Volume 8 […]

Two years ago today, I released “Life's in the Balance" as a single. Wrote most of it a month earlier in an emergency room when I wasn’t 100% certain I would survive a freak malignant hyperthermia crisis. All proceeds continue to go to MHAUS.org. youtu.be/66B2sdGVW10?... 🔗: wp.me/PcZlvI-96

Tune in TONIGHT at 7 pm EDT to hear "Peace of Mind (Serenity Mix)" from Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, benefiting @thetrevorproject.bsky.social kick off BlowUpRadio.com Presents New NJ Music...

2 new comps, each w/ over 20 previously unreleased songs 100% of proceeds go to wonderful #lgbtq causes Rock Against Hate Volume 7 benefiting #trevorproject - https://rockagainsthatetp.bandcamp.com/album/rock-against-hate-volume-7 Rock Against Hate Volume 8 benefiting #nomoredysphoria - […]

One year ago today, I released my EP, Open Your Eyes, featuring "Beyond Forever," a song I wrote in 24 hours as a warmup about 2 weeks before the 2024 #xpnsongchallenge (for which I wrote "Summer's Not My Thing," which is also on the EP). youtu.be/vDewLIPNrAM?... 🔗: wp.me/PcZlvI-c4

#NowPlaying And here's the second of the two compilations released today by @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy, it's proceeds go to No More Dysphoria. Going in! rockagainsthatenmd.bandcamp.com/album/rock-a...

The Rock Against Hate Radio Special is on the air! Tune in All weekend to https://BlowUpRadio.com to hear songs from Volume 7 & 8 as well 30 minute live sets from Anthony Walker, Greg McGarvey, Happy Joe, @jasondidner , Mick Chorba, and The Winter Sounds. & please purchase Volume 7 benefiting […]

And even if you do not care about the music, please have a look at www.thetrevorproject.org and consider donating to them!

Done! That's one solid compilation! @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy assembled some fantastic artists for this one. 👍 For more where this came from, check out wherenjrocklives.com/rah.html

#NowPlaying The first of two compilations released today by @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy, this one to the benefit of Trevor Project. I see a few familiar names, but I didn't realize that @jillsobule.bsky.social had a track on this! rockagainsthatetp.bandcamp.com/album/rock-a...

Reminder: I have a song on each of these compilations...$20 gets you both and all proceeds go to the Trevor Project and No More Dysphoria...

Even though I just released Off You Pop! & hoping to have a new music video for another track from that soon, I may have another EP on the way. I'm working on a collection of my "24-hour songs." I've written two such songs for the #xpnsongchallenge the past 2 years, plus 2 warm-up songs. Stay tuned.

I'm on one the two compilations. Make sure y'all check it out!!

Tune in this Friday to @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy's #Pride Month special featuring live sets and selections from these new compilations benefiting LGBTQ+ causes. 🔗: rockagainsthate.org

I have a song on each of these compilations. Please donate so you can do some good while adding some great tunes to your music library...

Ferocious Designs releases “A Brand New Day (48-Hour Version)” via Bandcamp Ferocious Designs, the music project of Central New Jersey-based songwriter Brian Kelley, has released "A Brand New Day (48-Hour Version)" as a single on Bandcamp. The song was written for WXPN's 24-Hour Song Challenge,…

Here is my entry for this year's WXPN 24-Hour Song Challenge, "A Brand New Day," written & recorded between noon EDT May 31 & noon EDT June 1 based on the prompt "belong." Wrecked my voice rehearsing the song before recording the video. 🤦‍♂️ #xpnsongchallenge songchallenge.xpn.org/2025/06/01/a...

The 24 Hour Song Challenge starts today at Noon today when Bruce Warren @somevelvetblog.bsky.social reveals the song prompt. Challenge registrants have 24 hours to submit an original song they write, record, and make a video of. Best of luck to all! songchallenge.xpn.org #XPNsongchallenge

This year's @wxpnfm.bsky.social 24-Hour Song Challenge begins today at noon EDT with a prompt reveal. This is the 2nd year of the contest. Last year, the prompt was "summertime" & this is the song I wrote & recorded in 24 hours... #xpnsongchallenge youtu.be/oehAe3dLz-0...

First thing I saw on Instagram today was this post from someone I sold a Roland Jupiter-6 synth to back in the mid-90s—it's a pic of the Jupiter-6! It was so nice to see it again, especially in action. He said he brought it out for the first time in 12 years for a new project. Still going strong!

Just noticed the latest issue of our monthly community newspaper in a stack of papers in our kitchen...and it features a profile on fellow @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy artist, The Successful Failures, on the front page. Cool.

Hi. I'm helping to connect the artists I could find on Bluesky who will be on the upcoming @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy Rock Against Hate compilations, and to connect us to BlowUpRadio's bridged-to-Bluesky Mastodon acct by following the instructions below. Handles to follow. (1/4)

On this date in 1991, @marillion.com released "Cover My Eyes (Pain and Heaven)" as the first single from Holidays in Eden...30 years later, I would borrow a lyric from the song to use as the name of my little DIY music project. youtu.be/WIf4lxFdmuE?...

Hmm...since the tags didn't carry over to Bluesky, let me assist @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy here... @blisstique.bsky.social @hellowhirled.bsky.social @jeffschroeck.bsky.social ⬇️

Thanks to Lazlo from @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy for mentioning my Off You Pop! EP in his latest @newjerseystage.com column...

Tune in to hear "Eventually (Love Is the Answer)" from my new EP, Off You Pop!, on @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy Presents New #NewJersey #Music TONIGHT at 7pm ET! player.live365.com/a42405?l

Central New Jersey-based Ferocious Designs appears on new 'Rock Against Hate' compilations benefiting LGBTQ+ causes

I have a song on each of these upcoming compilations...

Just discovered Mirlo.space as an alternative to Bandcamp so I've uploaded a couple of my EPs there to give it a try. mirlo.space/ferociousdes...

Off You Pop! — my new EP featuring "Precious Jewel" — is now available on most streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music, via @distrokid.com. Check out streaming options (with more links on the way): distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... #pop #rock #newmusic #indie #music #nj

It's only been online for nearly 48 hours and "Precious Jewel" is already the most-viewed music video I've ever posted to YouTube. Thank you for checking it out...