…People like Damian Keyes made an argument that, although there are great benefits to Spotify (not least that they are currently levelling the playing field for musicians' and artists' distribution choices), they should be investing their huge revenue (up 20% to $1 bn dollars in the first quarter of 2024) into nurturing the grassroots. Keyes suggested that Spotify-supported venues in every major city would allow Spotify to spend a fraction of their profits to improve their brand and create opportunities for the next generation of indie artists who upload their music to Spotify et al.

Spotify would, at least, argue that Apple Music, Tidal etc are not doing it, so why should *they*.

Call me a conspiracist, but I think there's something much darker down the rabbit hole….

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I’ve always loved this song, and set to work to create a cover version at some point in the early 2020s (haha, okay, it was in 2023).

I recorded the parts at home, and some demo vocals. Then we went into Park Studios with Kostas engineering and we recorded bass guitar (by me)…

We mixed the song, and got it ready for release…

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I am so in love with my Ed O’Brien Strat right now… time to talk shop for a minute or two about guitars, both Stratocasters and non-Strats. And I’d love to hear what you think in the comments - which of yours is your favourite guitar? How do you get on with Strats? Let me know!

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In 2005-ish I was with a friend looking in the pile of CDs for sale at our local library - they used to sell off old stock every once in a while….

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