BandCamp Newsletter!
Every month I get a newsletter from BandCamp that tells me I don’t advertise. Usually.
This month is the first month in FOREVER that newsletter displays a growth in the amount of followers. I just wanted to thank you all.
Thank you!
Folks who read my site and listen to my suggestions also wind up telling their friends if they like it. The growth not only means someone new. It means someone old liked me enough to share me. All of that feels fabulous. Thanks.
I like being liked. I know I can be cantankerous since I decided I’d be honest. It’s hard, “do I lie here or not?” I don’t even stop there, anymore. I just pick truth as I understand it. Keep going.
Been a rough few years.
Many people exited my life when that happened even though many had talked about honesty to me before. I didn’t anticipate it. But it left me with time alone to find some different kinds of work and new genres to dabble in. I even got recording gigs for rap artists on fretless bass. Got to help with collaborations. I got to meet new folks from all over. The beat goes on.
A general concern,
I’m concerned that folks ditch you if you can’t suck up to their stupid opinions. That’s like our president. I do not wish to be part of that. I hope folks feel comfortable being honest with me. I intend no harm, I know that seems weird given the prevailing air of hostility everywhere. I wish we still admired tough honesty instead of lying and saying we do. But that’s just not the time we live in. It can still be the rest of my time, though. Folks are trained by machines and celebrities to suck up to richer people, and get sucked up to from poorer ones. It’s sick. I won’t be a part. I’m a poor folks fan, honestly.
I don’t converse with robots.
I don’t talk to machines. In fact, one reason I’m horrible with computers is I find myself resistant to learning their language. My TV insists I talk to my remote. Not doing it. I don’t talk to my phone unless there’s a person on there. Machines are not my pals. Everyone is nuts. I guess my version of nuts includes not wanting to craft for a machine to craft for me. That trains me on the machine, not the craft. That’s not what I’m after.
You made me feel good.
So, to have 20 new followers in a month, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I don’t need a huge crowd at all. But when more sign up, it feels good.
After I made this tune, I wanted to make more like this. Still do. But I changed the name to Djembe Funk for these jams.
2 albums coming this year.
Working on 2 albums. Have had some computer issues, haha. Djembe Funk is coming June 4, and The Kintners is looking before end of year. Hope folks get a kick out of the tunes.
(Album art ideas..)
Don’t forget the interview!
Djembe Funk also scored an interview with Chuck at GetMusic.fm and it will be out on June 4 with the album! You’ll get codes!
Djembe Funk & The Kintners; an introspective!
Djembe Funk and The Kintners are two sides of me. The Kintners takes time. There’s messages, lyrics we work hard on.. climaxes, structure. Djembe Funk is more hit record and see what happens. Plenty of folks like one or the other, not both. I get it, and don’t feel bad. It helps me to make both. I don’t even know what folks listen to. I only look at who signs up, not the listens. Don’t want to talk to those folks in my head, either. I want to face life without making shit up in my brain to talk to and thinking that is real. It’s very hard these days. Talking to yourself without making shit up is underrated.
We really are all crazy, somehow.
I’ve had conversations recently with folks who seem to magically know the nature of a celebrity personality, even in contradiction to hard evidence that they’re a terd. At least I don’t have that issue yet. But I’m probably super close, somewhere.
Realistically good vibes.
I like reality. The reality is we got 20 followers last month. That’s good news, really! Didn’t have to learn extra jargon, didn’t have to talk to a program like Star Trek. Didn’t have to buy anything. Just made a song. Way it should be!
Return home. Home.🏠
Neither record being made involves collaborations. I still think that’s fun and all.. But very few folks from this record still speak to me. Keeping myself company is an inside job. Beats talking to computers.
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