allofthebanjo

allofthebanjo

@allofthebanjo.bsky.social

Multi-instrumentalist, maker of music, fan of dogs, strong opinions about the music business. He/Him Member of Onion Honey | onionhoney.com Session musician | https://bit.ly/3VujqiW

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Aw jeez guys, it's good they're only doing this in Brazil and definitely not Canada, or England, or France, or....

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Finding that the evidence supports Lula's claims that Mark Zuckerberg is consciously attempting to rig the Brazilian elections in favor of Bolsonaro, a Brazilian court urgently requires Meta to undo its offending logarithms and insure equal access to Lula. www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

A couple of months ago I canceled all but a few of my subscription services, and I can tell you I really don't miss any of it. But I sure do have a bunch more expendable income at the end of the month. That stuff adds up quick!

I love the train of thought that gets you to "We weren't getting enough sales, so we made the product worse and, gosh darnit, that didn't work either!"

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social

New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...

Gonna see Kennedy Center gigs on fuckin Sonicbids soon

NPR@npr.org

The center's executive director has named an agent who has worked with ZZ Top and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as the head of programming for the arts institution. n.pr/4hHwIV6

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If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.

And here it is! If you're into mostly instrumental old-time music featuring banjo and guitar, then this is the album for you! Also look how cool this album art is. Painted by Esther Wheaton herself! estherwheaton.hearnow.com/old-time-chill

estherwheaton.hearnow.comOld Time & Chill
allofthebanjo@allofthebanjo.bsky.social

I've got a new album coming out on Monday eh? I'll probably make a single post about it, I hope some folks see the post, listen to the album, and like it! You could be one of those folks!

I've got a new album coming out on Monday eh? I'll probably make a single post about it, I hope some folks see the post, listen to the album, and like it! You could be one of those folks!

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Cambridge council is asking city staff to identify potential locations for future data centres as the city prepares for growing interest in the industry. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...

Excellent show tonight. The room was full, the crowd had great time and sang along when they could, and some old friends of ours showed up! Truly magical. We had no idea anybody was going to come out. What an awesome journey we've had on this little tour. Would do again!

It's our last show of the tour tonight, on St Joseph Island, and for some reason it sold out. That's fun for a Tuesday night! I honestly thought it was going to be pretty empty, so it's a very nice surprise. I have no idea how many tickets "sold out" is though, to be fair.

Travel day today after the festival (the festival was amazing), then one more (sold out!) show tomorrow night. Then home to our own beds and our pups! We stopped at Old Woman Bay and looked for amethysts on the way.

We had a tech issue with our wireless stuff during sound check, and I swear, I bounced like a damn jackrabbit to grab our spare patch cables from backstage. And we still started on tme! Our gig bag is heavy, but it pays to come over-prepared. 🤷‍♂️

Really great show at Rock Island Lodge in Wawa tonight. A house show vibe but in a cabin right on Lake Superior. We took a break to all watch the sunset together. Friggin magical. Those moments make it all worth it.

I think a lot of people think that art and media are *for* them, that it should be created to meet their preferences. But it can't be. I think art is made to the preference of the artist and the beauty for the viewer is in finding the shared connection with the artist & everyone else that likes it.

Heading out on a 1 week tour with the quartet on Wednesday! Playing a few shows to and from the Live from the Rock Festival up near Thunder Bay. It's the longest trip the band has taken together, but I think it's going to be a lot of fun. I'm sure I'll take 0 pictures, as usual.

I played a lot of stand up bass for the first time in years last night, and for the first time at an old time jam of ~15 people. I had forgotten the power that you have as a bass player in a big group like that. It's really like steering a boat. lt was so fun! Highly recommended.

It's probably awful somehow but it would be really great to have content filters for pics of children. I'm sorry, but I don't want to see happy, adorable babies in diapers just as much as I don't want to see children suffering with measles or casualties of war. Is that weird? I don't think so. 🤷‍♂️

It's not about ignoring the realities of the world, it's that I don't want half-naked children all over my timeline no matter what their situation is. It's fuckin weird, man. Gimme the option to block it.

Keep turning the other cheek and you run out of cheeks real quick. We have to stop capitulating to the bad faith bullshit from the south. For our own good, we absolutely must.

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the sky is a horrifying shade of yellow-orange because of devastating fires linked to climate change and the Prime Minister of Canada is posting "here's how we're funnelling more taxpayer money to the Fossil Fuel Industry" can't make this shit up

I do feel kinda bad, cuz boomers gonna boom, but man, I had to break my "buy festival shirts with my band name on them" streak cuz the shirt looked like it used an AI image. Really bummed because the festival needs the funds, but I won't be caught dead knowingly wearing a shirt with AI art.

And I truly hate the AI companies for changing the way I look at art because of their bullshit. I can't experience art of any kind without first trying to determine if it's AI and that fucking sucks.