Picard management tip: Keep group meetings short. Take your time with one-on-ones.
Wiz Ball
@wizball50.bsky.social
Well versed in both the politics of dancing and the art of parties. Songwriter and vinyl bore. Wild #LFC fanatic and chant-crafter. Proud nephew to two beautiful uncles.
#NationalDaySounds 5—Underwear day #MusicChallenge I am the Walrus— #Beatles 'You've been a naughty girl You let your knickers down.' #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/Ws5klxbI87I
I Am The Walrus (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax GbV #MusicChallenge Track 5: As we go up we go down. Not the first song from Alien Lanes you think of. But it's quietly a real gem. The bouncy rhythm complements the lyric perfectly, and a searing twist on the last line seals its classic status. #musicsky #vinyl #nowplaying
#1992AlbumsTop20 1️⃣9️⃣ Generation Terrorists—Manic Street Preachers My second album in a row with a track called 'Tennessee' on it. How long can I keep this run going?! An absolutely rocking debut but with depth. This single remains one of the best that they ever recorded. #musicsky #nowplaying
Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers - From the 1992 Album - 'Generation Terrorists'
YouTube video by Rock Of London - Classic Rock to Mod to Indie
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An extract from the closing section of "The Bright and Morning Star", an organ piece I composed for the Irish Composers' Collective Advent Concert "Pipeworks" in Sandford Church, Dublin. Performed by David Bremner. #OrganMusic #NewMusic #IrishComposers youtu.be/mRNDV5wSvUE
"THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR" [2026] • ORGAN/DAVID BREMNER
YouTube video by Brian Ledwidge Flynn
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One of the most beautiful songs ever written, I think
Chalkhills and Children
YouTube video by Alison Eales
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#NationalDaySounds 4—Coast Guard Day #MusicChallenge Coast—Kim Deal Sure, it owes a debt to Blondie's Sunday Girl, but what a great slice of slacker rock this is, complete with lazy horns and Kim delivering her vocal in full drawl mode. youtu.be/MBu_Ec33byA #musicsky #vinyl #nowplaying
#1992AlbumsTop20 2️⃣0️⃣—3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of... Arrested Development Packed 3 fairly successful singles, the best of which was the stunning, Prince-sampling debut. It was all a dream about Tennessee. #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/6VCdJyOAQYM
Arrested Development - Tennessee
YouTube video by ArrestedDevelopmVEVO
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#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax GbV #MusicChallenge Track 4: Christian Animation Torch Carriers An underrated track from an underrated album, it’s built out of sections, skittishly at first, before coming together in one of Bob’s most anthemic moments. And it is glorious. #musicsky #vinyl #nowplaying
#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax GbV #MusicChallenge Track 3: Cut out Witch My research has revealed that GbV albums tend to have a killer track 3. With its frenetic guitars and jittery rhythm, this brilliant, one off track is no exception. #musicsky #vinyl #nowplaying
Don't Say Nuthin youtu.be/7kHtWmyV4R4
Don't Say Nuthin'
YouTube video by Ken Datzkiw
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Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · 4d agoA good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky
i did a rocked-up version of what was originally a campaign song for Abraham Lincoln #HomeMadeMusic levinskyleo.bandcamp.com/track/old-ab...
Old Abe Lincoln Came out the Wilderness - Single, by Leo Levinsky and the Embarrassments
track by Leo Levinsky and the Embarrassments
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Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · 4d agoA good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky
#HomeMadeMusic My current Parlando Project makes we a co-writer with literary poets. But after hearing @keithpille.bsky.social home demo I thought I’d share this one where I did the words, music, & all the tracks (well drum software for the drums, but…) parlando.libsyn.com/garden-elegy...
Parlando - Where Music and Words Meet: Garden Elegy (for Grant Hart)
Sometimes the things we present here come together quickly. For example, the LYL Band pieces are often first takes where the musicians are reacting to the words spontaneously the best we can. Other pi...
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I'm always late to these. 😂 My friend Mike Flinn and I collaborated on this tune for a compilation that my then-roommate put together of local East Bay artists in 1999(?) A tight two & a half to keep with the theme, direct to 4-track. I sang & played guitar while Mike no-no-no'd & played drums.
Fence
A track recorded in the living room of my old house in California. Music by me, words by Mike Flinn. Guitars by me, drums by Mike. Lead vox - me "No no no"s - Mike
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Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · 4d agoA good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky
#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax GbV #MusicChallenge Track 2—Weed King Guided by Voices have given us a lot of iconic lines over the years. But none moreso than the opening line here. Long Live Rockathon ✊ #musicsky #vinyl #nowplaying
Ok! Voytek the Soldier Bear is a short song I wrote about an actual bear who fought Nazis with the Polish exile army. He retired to Scotland after the war, but that’s not part of the song #HomeMadeMusic thecreeksideruffians.bandcamp.com/track/voytek...
Voytek the Soldier Bear, by The Creekside Ruffians
track by The Creekside Ruffians
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Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · 4d agoA good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky
Thanks as always to all the cool people who posted songs for #HomeMadeMusic this week. If you have an unhealthy urge to follow these fine people, well then it's just as well I put together this Starter Pack (remember them?) with everyone who contributed over the last few weeks. go.bsky.app/7mvjmUY
Half-French Kiss, by Alison Eales
track by Alison Eales
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Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · 4d agoA good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky
Short and sweet. Was written by mate for a male vocal but my OH sang on it. I did music and mix. on.soundcloud.com/PphsAaNrmioR...
Tonight you will do
Listen to Tonight you will do by Knox Grave Music #np on #SoundCloud
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#HomeMadeMusic #Bandcamp A short song: I only had a few to choose from on this one. I decided to go with a gloomy little interlude that appears on my first ever recording. Not much of a song, but it has a vibe to it. Clocks in at 1:23. negativesleep.bandcamp.com/track/the-mi...
The Midnight Sun, by Negative Sleep
from the album Poverty Hill Lane (EP)
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Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · 4d agoA good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky
Jules forgot the #HomeMadeMusic so I'm slipping it in here for him. Lovely lilting country vibes off this one and all packed into just two and a half minutes!
Jules Gray@julesgray.bsky.social · 4d ago#HomeMadeMusic Here's a pretty nippy one at just 1:27. I found out about a year after we recorded this that Neil Diamond had a song with the same title. Thankfully, this is nothing like it. #musicsky #musiciansky five-0.bandcamp.com/track/clownt...
Clowntown, by Five-0
from the album Adventures In Clowntown
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Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · 4d agoA good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky
A good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky
Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · last mo.#HomeMadeMusic 🏡🪚🎸 I'm lucky enough to follow some great songwriters here, but none of you post your own stuff nearly enough, or else I keep missing them. So how's this—post something of yours now and mark it #HomeMadeMusic. Quote this post if you want to spread the word! #musicsky #musiciansky
#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax GbV #MusicChallenge Track 1: Everybody Thinks I'm a Raincloud (When I'm Not Looking) That slow, dramatic fade up on what is one of their very best intro riffs is the perfect way to start any mixed tape. Especially a Guided by Voices one. #musicsky #vinyl #nowplaying
This is, in fairness, very cool. I'm 1979 and the words clearly designed just for me were: Keytar Compact Disc Laser Disc (even better) Power-up Ollie ('T&A' was also coined in 79, but I ain't touching that one...)
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d agoFind the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
1995 was a really good year! My top ten as follows: 1 Tilt 2 Alien Lanes 3 Gideon Gaye 4 Washing Machine 5 I Care Because You Do 6 Maximquay 7 Leftism 8 Elliot Smith 9 Grand Prix 10 The Gold Experience Anyone else have a top ten to help BIRCH out? #musicsky #vinyl
BIRCH@bitsbitsbirch.bsky.social · 5d agoreposting this for the daytime people... I want to hear about your favorite music from 1995..... trying to maximize my effectiveness with my song selections, before I go ahead and start this series for real...
Farewell to the finest central defender to ever grace a football pitch. I'd always assumed he was immortal and that one day, long after we were gone, he'd be duking it out with Maldini somewhere in the Scottish Highlands. Rest in peace Franco Baresi.
Le Monde@lemonde.fr · 6d agoFranco Baresi, légendaire défenseur italien, est mort
#ArtistFaveAlbumTrax Usually, it's hard to do this with just one artist. Unless that artist is Guided by Voices. In which case, it's almost too easy. To bring some jeopardy I'll only choose from their classic run of 15 studio albums. So none of these, (even though I ❤️ them all!) #musicsky #vinyl
Yuri@olgalovesyuri.bsky.social · 4w agoHello Music Challengers! We have news on the next #ArtistFaveAlbumTrax Challenge begins Aug. 1 and runs until Aug. 10 Please review the guidelines below & let us know what questions you have! @geodrew.bsky.social & I are looking forward to some amazing mixtapes!
