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New #blog #post: Paper Books vs. e-books vs "librebooks?"

https://rldane.space/paper-books-vs-e-books-vs-librebooks.html

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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #media #books #ebooks #amazon #kindle #kobo #rakuten #DRM #deDRM

“ #Summer #sails with #chorus” #AI #Music #song on #youtube using my #lyrics and my #voice / #Indie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbrAeQFIRPc

My choir @cogchorus is doing a wee internal lyrics competition: we were asked to come up with lyrics for an old round/canon.

The next morning I was inspired enough to come up with something I am quite happy with—won‘t know until next week if I’m delusional and it’s actually absolute crap compared what others will have done 🤣

#music #singing #lyrics #chorus #choir #round #canon

New #blog #post: Examining The Ethics of Media Consumption and Sharing

https://rldane.space/examining-the-ethics-of-media-consumption-and-sharing.html

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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Media #Movies #Piracy #Sharing #Streaming #Disney #Netflix #Amazon #Bezos #Melania

Acustica Audio launches Maple FX multi-effects plugin https://rekkerd.org/acustica-audio-launches-maple-fx-multi-effects-plugin/

#AAX #AcusticaAudio #AU #chorus #CompressorAndLimiter #delay #Reverb #Sale #VST

New #blog #post: Some Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard

https://rldane.space/some-thoughts-on-star-trek-picard.html

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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #StarTrek #Picard #Enterprise #EnterpriseD #Riker #Geordie #LaForge #series #analysis

I finished another choir arrangement today

This one is called Show Me The Way
originally performed by Styx

I used no AI at all to write any of this
The recording here is generated by transcription program I used to digitize the sheet music

Sharing it here bc im proud of it and frustrated that there is no other way to share/hear it yet but this (holding off launching the choir itself until i have at least one concert's worth of pieces done)

Theres a sizeable piano solo in the middle, when peforming this live there will be a spoken word monologue given over it, its the only part that differs from the original lyrics. The words for that will be:

I know that in this time of incredible darkness, its easy to feel hopeless, like theres nothing left worth putting our faith in -- hear me when i say: that is not true! The human race evolved by us putting our faith in each other! The thing we all share is not race, sex, religion, or nationality, but our humanity itself! We all have differences that make us unique but the things that bring us together are the things that make us the same! I know it seems bleak right now, but let us remind ourselves, and especially those who would oppress us that no human is disposable, that every one of us has intrinsic value, and that we will not be free until we are ALL free!

#choir #chorus #composer #originalmusic #fedimusic #noAI

What If We Had No Internet?

Song by Simon Oak about how the internet has changed us. Lyrics What if we had no internet? How would I send you a message? I'd look for a piece of paper, A pen, a stamp and an envelope And few days later you would know What if we had no internet? No one would be reading along My letter would be one and only No copy on a Big Tech server and you Would be the only one who knew You would be the only one (x3) You would be the only one who knew What if we had no internet? How would […]

https://simonoak.nl/2026/01/what-if-we-had-no-internet/

Another peaceful song I heard in that concert hearkens to warm nights and days by the lake.

"The Lake Isle" by Ola Gjeilo, words from "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by William B. Yeats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkVj1IIcZQ

#music #chorus #wbyeats

While you heed the official winter storm warnings this weekend, remember to accept and enjoy the change in scenery.

I heard this song for the first time recently, performed live... It's one of those pieces where the ending is so beautifully quiet that the audience momentarily revels in the emerging silence before applauding.

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Eric Whitacre, words by Robert Frost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMLT9RVib4A

#music #chorus #RobertFrost #snow

"Is that what you're doing in there, Dave? Tracking the 'polar vortex'...?"
h/t: redsad @ ohai.social
#locked in the #bathroom with #PeytonPlace a #chorus #line