Faex Optim

@faexoptim.bsky.social

Post-electronic music. Beats and melodies. Solar Drift out now - https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/solar-drift bookings - faexoptim@gmail.com

I'm not even going to hassle you for BC Friday. You know where my latest album is if you want to buy it. Thanks especially to those of you who have continually supported my music.

Dear music folk - just be reliable. And if you can't do something, just tell the person relying on you as soon as you know. Nobody will kill you because you can't fulfil a commitment you previously thought you could. It seriously is such an unneccessary pain handling bullshit and false commitments.

For me, the soundcloud era was the pinnacle of DiY music. I discovered some people I'm still acquainted with today. The stress of "break-even" and faux commercial success wasn't remotely a thing. It was just putting out music for enjoyment. Took me years to want to re-capture that model again.

Everyday Dust@everydaydust.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Music artists, are you still using Soundcloud? Does Soundcloud still have a purpose? I have barely used it in the last 5 years but wondering who does and if so what do you find useful about it? Thanks 🩶 #soundcloud #musicsky

One of the greatest joys of not making music, I imagine, must be the ability to just enjoy listening to really good music without wanting to go to your studio and make something like it.

In honor of the whole US comedians cos-playing as political journalists thing, I quite like thinking of other big political interviews I'd like to have seen. Starter for 10: Bob Monkhouse v Mikhail Gorbachev