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LinkedMusicians posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Say hello! Share what you’ve been up to, even if it’s nothing! 🙂
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HI Paul, You should share it with us in our Share Your Music forum and on your PROFILE PAGE! I’d love to check it out. What style of music is it?
Say hello! Share what you’ve been up to, even if it’s nothing! 🙂Read More
– LinkedMusicians (@linkedmusicians) February 25, 2026
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Thanks, I’ll pop a post over there. The second album ‘Night Call’ has a darker edge to it, taking some of its cues from ’80s/90s synth bands and brought right up to date. Soundwise, there’s elements of The Cure, Depeche Mode, Editors, Verve, Radiohead etc.
https://skypatterns.bandcamp.com/album/night-call
The first album is more of a blend of…Read More
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You caught me when I was here, listening now — very cool! I can’t lie, I made a joke (my daughter and wife are in the room, as everyone took the day off), when I heard the English accent, I said, “Ah, maybe he’s a Chicagoan!” That was a joke because Chicago has a long history of singers pretending to have an English accent. I suppose Al…Read More
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Hahaha I’m 100% British, I live close to Manchester, home of Joy Division, The Chameleons, The Smiths, Oasis, and an absolute ton of other bands.
I know Ministry and can see why you’ve mentioned the accent. I know RevCo better, I saw them many moons ago playing in Manchester. I remember that they wanted to bring live animals onto the stage…Read More
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I’m an American, from Chicago. The most popular band I played in — back in the 90s — had a singer originally from England, but he moved here when he was around 5 years old or something. He had no accent–but when he sang, bam, English accent! You know, there’s not a lot of demand for songs sung by guys with Chicago accents! Hahaha. Everyone in…Read More
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I rather suspect that if I tried to sing with a fake American accent, it would be laughable! I’d probably sound like the Sheriff in The Dukes Of Hazzard
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While I was never a singer — always a drummer professionally, even though my first instrument is piano. This was my attempt to jam a song I never played before (I had to stop playing after an injury causing tendinitis). So, this was me just looking up the lyrics and chords for the song and doing a bunch of first takes for Wurly, drums, etc. –…Read More
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That’s a faithful version of the song, really good!
I don’t know if you’ve seen Carpool Karaoke with Paul McCartney, but he visits his childhood home and is recalling a story of when he wrote ‘She Loves You’ in the front room. Excited by it, he then walks through to the back room and plays it for his Dad, who says something like, “I like it, but…Read More
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Yep, I saw it. I actually was a little too young for The Beatles as a kid and became a McCartney fan first. Huge, huge, huge Beatles fan. I didn’t play their music much as a working musician, but now, with pretty bad tendinitis limiting what I can play without pain to really simple stuff, it’s fun to just crank out a Beatles song. I know them…Read More
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The surprising thing about seeing McCartney performing live is just how many songs we do know. I grew up after they’d already split up, and have very few of their albums, yet I know the words to many of their songs, which says a great deal about the quality of their songwriting. Whatever your personal goals with music are, simply stick to those.…Read More
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I’ve been preparing for our very first Love Music Hate Racism gig tonight in York – the original one 🙂 – we sold out a couple of weeks ago so it is going to be busy on the door!
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Well the gig was great – lots of teenagers having a lovely time (all so polite and friendly). Unfortunately an alarm went off several times towards the end of the gig and was eventually tracked down to someone vaping. We had to pull the plug half way through the headliner’s encore 🙁 From what we have pieced together from comments it seems…Read More
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Why apologize? This place was intended to be our outlet to express our love of music — and you’re combining that love of others and doing good in the world, I think that’s great and love hearing about it, even if there are some jerks here in there. Overall, it seems like the jerks — or jerk — was the minority; their behavior isn’t greater than…Read More
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Thanks @peterPeter – we are a bit down after a sad end to what had been a great night but certainly not out. No Pasaran as my friend Joe Solo and many before him would have said 🙂
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Fascists always appeal to the stupidest, most hateful among us, to manipulate them by their weaknesses (their hate for their fellow man), even against their own self-interests. Sadly, there’s always hateful fools who hand over their souls to them. I applaud you and all who stand up against hate. Fight the good fight, my friend.
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We’ll never stop – and you, my friend, have done the same by creating this lovely space where we can be safe away from the evil rhetoric that sadly pollutes some other forums. Onwards and upwards!
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Following on from my gloomy post earlier, early signs for the next gig being saved seem positive as the venue manager seems to have understood that the situation leading to the fire alarms being triggered was out of our control so (fingers crossed) we are still on for the March gig at the same venue! What a relief!
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LinkedMusicians started the topic Serato HexFX multi-FX plugin $49 reg. $99 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
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LinkedMusicians started the topic Get $25 Off Any Purchase of Steven Slate Digital Plugins in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
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Peter Woods replied to the topic RazorClip by Analog Obsession FREE Analog Based Clipper Plugin in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
On February 25, 2026 at 9:54 am jude77 said
I know I say this a lot, but it’s amazing what we are able to get for free. For someone who is on a tight budget these are great days to be making music!Exactly. I’ve spent a ton of time compiling the curated lists of the best free Kontakt and non-Kontakt sample libraries and sampled instruments, be…Read More
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jude77 replied to the topic RazorClip by Analog Obsession FREE Analog Based Clipper Plugin in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
I know I say this a lot, but it’s amazing what we are able to get for free. For someone who is on a tight budget these are great days to be making music!
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LinkedMusicians started the topic Sonora Cinematic Flash Sale Emma Legator Prices start at £23 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
PETER’S HOT TAKE: I’m not going to lie, but “Outstanding Cinematic Vocals Made Easily” looks like some really cliche ad copy from the 70s. That aside, this is a really talented developer whose work I enjoy. I don’t have this library and I don’t think it fits what I do, but the libraries I have of his (all paid, no NFRs) are really well…Read More
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LinkedMusicians posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
As LinkedMusicians has taken off, I’m increasingly receiving codes for NFRs (Not For Resale — basically free licenses) from developers for plugins and sample libraries. I always make clear that I’m not an influencer and I have no interest in becoming one. If I really like a plugin or sample library, I’ll mention it. If I think something is meh,…Read More
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LinkedMusicians started the topic Introducing Evolve Air from Excite Audio $39 (reg. $59) / $29 Crossgrade in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
NOTE: As LinkedMusicians has taken off, I’m increasing getting developers — including major brands we all love like Rhodes — sending me over NFRs. Yep, even the guy who used to post deals here has been getting free NFRs from developers for posting their deals for years, he just doesn’t disclose it. The folks at PIB sent over a code for an NFR of…Read More
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LinkedMusicians posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Any other Rush fans here? Yes, I have very wide musical tastes, but Rush is one of the many rock bands that I grew up listening to, so they hold a special place in my heart. While I didn’t get tickets for their upcoming tour, I am very interested in what they’re doing and excited about their playing again and the addition of their new drummer.…Read More
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I’ve bought tickets to see them. I’ve seen them twice previously, though not for many years. Ironically, I listen to hardly any other hard rock bands, but got into Rush around the time of ‘Time Stand Still’, bought ‘Hold Your Fire’ and the rest is history.
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I was into Rush for a while and went to see them in Southampton (UK) when I was around 20 (a very long time ago!!). To be honest I was a bit disappointed – I know they prided themselves on sounding exactly like the albumn but that is what I found deeply dull – there was no live feel to the music – you know those moments when things take an…Read More
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I really enjoyed Rush live. But a disclosure. Back in the day, musicians and drummers constantly compared me, as a drummer, to Neil Peart and it really annoyed me, because while I thought Peart was an excellent drummer, I didn’t think our styles had much in common beyond that we would do fast, precise drum fills and used high-pitched toms, I…Read More
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LinkedMusicians started the topic APD: Space Age Expansion Bundle by Authentic Soundware was $218 NOW $89 in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
PETER’S TAKE: I don’t know really personally have a need for the 60s vocals of Space Age voices, but based on demos, the vibraphone sounds great!
Requires the full version of Kontakt.
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LinkedMusicians posted in the group Open Mic (Open Discussion)
Hello (hello, hello), is there anybody in here?
We just introduced two new tools for researching the tools we use and companies we buy from that I think are very useful. It doesn’t produce a penny in revenue, but I think these tools are really valuable resources for all music producers. I wrote a blog post about it. Please try them out and…Read More
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LinkedMusicians wrote a new post
Read MoreTL; DR Version Let's be clear: influencer “reviews” are compensated ads. Journalists and real users provide better insight without that bias. LinkedMusicians built two PowerSEARCH tools — one for journalist‑only reviews, one for forums + subreddits — to help producers...
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With its granular, formant and r…
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LinkedMusicians replied to the topic 🆓 Abbey Road Studios Releases FREE (Kontakt Player) Instrument The Big Nessie in the forum Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals
I just tried it. It is definitely interesting. It’s a lot of heavily distorted sounds, including drum sounds. I tend to primarily work with the sounds I’ve always used in the read world, piano, electric piano, organ, drums, guitar, mandolin, bass, glockenspiel, and synths. This is very experimental. It’s different.
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I’ve recently released my second album after spending much of the past 12 months writing & recording it. I tend to play a lot of open-mic events, as they’re a good barometer for which songs go down well and which sit on the shelf. I played a launch gig last weekend, have received some radio play, and also an online review. The album is ‘Night…Read More