Re: [LAU] New Music: Five of Cups

Wow, this email has certainy improved my morning! Thank you.

I must admit there are times when I've wondered whether I should switch to
another platform for music to make interoperability with others easier, but
I'm sticking to my guns.

bjb

On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 06:54:48AM +0000, Jason Jones wrote:
> Holy smokes, Ben! This was truly a joy to listen to. Congratulations on
> completing such an awesome piece. It being done in Linux makes it even
> more worth what you're asking. I encourage anyone who appreciates good
> music to support this awesome musician. GREAT work.
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 5:11 AM Ben Bell <bjb-linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Just a quick note to say my new album (Patchwork Cacophony, Five of Cups)
> > was released today.
> >
> > Once again, almost everything was produced on Linux using Ardour and other
> > Open Source software (though there are very few soft synths -- it's mostly
> > olde fashioned drums, guitars, voices and physical keyboards).
> >
> > Same as last time, if anyone mentions Ardour when buying a copy I'll
> > collect up £1 per sale for a donation to Ardour development. In truth with
> > music sales being what they are these days it's unlikely to feed a proper
> > developer caffeine habit for even a week, but it should be able to eclipse
> > my
> > all-time revenue from Spotify ;)
> >
> > The music is prog rock, with a strong emphasis on keyboards and classic-era
> > sort of sounds rather than more metal-influenced which is seeing a bit of
> > a rennaissance these days.
> >
> > You can stream the whole thing for free on Bandcamp:
> > http://patchworkcacophony.bandcamp.com/
> >
> > Thanks again to everyone in the Linux Audio world, from the ALSA and FFADO
> > guys, obviously Ardour, but also things like Scribus and Gimp. It
> > constantly
> > amazes me how much support there is for producing a thing like this without
> > recourse to proprietry software. Long may it continue!
> >
> > Ben
> >
> >
> >
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