Tye Newton Music

After releasing each of its 10 songs over 5 weeks, my full debut album "The future isn't what it used to be." is publicly available 🎉 I feel most alive making songs from my human experience and it’s good to be back in touch with that part of myself. #MusicSky #indiemusic #newmusic #portlandmaine

Another milestone! Subvert is owned by its 30k-member community. (I’m still proud to be founding member 432.) I especially love to see that supporter pie slice grow. If you support your favorite music artists, then you should own your part of our collective music marketplace. Find me on Subvert:

Portland, ME: 2 (as far as I know 😄) @halfvivid.bsky.social, do you know if anyone else is here with us yet?

Oh that’s right: No platform fees cutting into music artists’ earnings on Subvert today. Just like every Friday. Just like every day, in fact. store.tyenewton.com Thanks for supporting independent music today and every day! #everydayisSubvertFriday #MusicSky #indiemusic

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(Thanks for this unexpected shoutout from @unstream.bsky.social!) Question: Would it be nice to see your favorite human music makers earn a fair income? Unstream shows where to look for ways, as a listener. (And it doesn’t track you across the internet 🎉)

Thanks so much to synterra via @nsigned.com for this thoughtful review. Learning how songs and production are reflected through another's senses & mind is among the best parts of creating and sharing; and by never expecting it, I manage to be surprised and delighted anew each time. #MusicSky

Just rediscovered an old video of me playing with an early prototype of my custom found-percussion sample library, back in Jan 2022. These are some of the same percussion sounds used raw, processed, and composited, throughout my recent debut album. #MusicSky #indiemusic #newmusic #portlandmaine

Great to see more accomplished fellow @subvert.fm members making ripples, with authentic, relatable conversations about the state of things and what these ripples could become.

By chance stumbled on fellow Subvert.fm member @bgreen.lol's album "INFINITE NORMAL" in this "Other People's Music" post by @etherdiver.bsky.social. Delightfully weird/surprising expressive art rock. Quite relatable. (Small world having recently chatted about his excellent project unstream.stream)

I'm quite looking forward to this new Fink record. 3 songs to hear so far and quite nice. Feels classic and not. I've been sensing more of Fink's influence on some of my own seldom-yet-heard songs. When ready, I'll love if they move someone like this does me. Any other Fink fans in my midst?

Today, @subvert.fm opens to non-members! Subvert.fm is our cooperatively owned music marketplace, where: - Artists earn more, directly - Fans keep music, forever - Rich opportunists can't acquire and disenfranchise our community I'm proud to be member 432 of (now) almost 23,000 members. Join us!

Welcome news, indeed. Seems to me unlikely that Portland wouldn’t be better served by whatever supports existing, locally owned venues, with vested interest in our own community. And why is endless growth always the default? I thought Portland was the perfect size when I arrived in 2016.

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@halfvivid.bsky.social (my fellow local in the @subvert.fm community) is making experimental folk music that feels to me like the whimsical score to an immersive-experience art installation. This one in collaboration with other inventive music artists, I look forward to hearing the full work in May!

Pleased to announce: "Reverie Mourning," the last of 10 songs, has arrived 🎉 (completing the release of my debut album!) Ocean waves, microbeats, moody ebow… About a recurring dream, reliving happy memories but unable to alter the nightmare ending. #MusicSky #indiemusic #newmusic #portlandmaine

With "Coal in Hand," 9 of 10 songs on my debut album are here. Described to me as having good "f-you" energy. Title based on a Buddhist saying about harming oneself w/ anger. Dense lyrics. Different energy/edge/groove. Vocal chants, stomps/claps, ebow. #MusicSky #indiemusic #newmusic #portlandmaine

Statement from UMAW in @pitchfork.com as Ticketmaster-Live Nation is found to be an illegal monopoly

This was a fun way to find out that my local friend David Rogers is playing with another group! He's not on Bluesky for a mention, but his release as Tremolo Fields is really nice—very cool blended analog/digital grooves and moods—time for another re-listen: www.tremolofields.com

"The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be"—title track (8 of 10) of my debut album—is here! It carries the theme/story of the record—cross-referential lyrics weaving the songs into a larger plot. It stays closest to my fundamental acoustic guitar and voice. #MusicSky #indiemusic #newmusic #portlandmaine

So happy with our robust V1 policy. Gratitude again to Iz and Hannah for researching and drafting with such attention and care based on our dense and lengthy forum discussion, and to everyone who participated so far in our Subvert community. Worth crediting @austinrobey.xyz for earliest drafts, too.

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Late sharing: "Lovelorn Lullaby," my debut album’s 7th song, released yesterday. An extended, crescendoing story of first battling sleep, heartbroken, alone in a bed long shared, then dreaming of haunting one’s own home, reenacting cherished memories. #MusicSky #indiemusic #newmusic #portlandmaine

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My coming debut album’s 6th song, "Rally, Love (A Kind of Friendship)," went live today—in part about rescuing friendship from the collapse of a relationship. 5/4 time, wide dynamic energy, with alternative percussion, semi-dissonant string sirens, and a more delicate extended exit. #MusicSky

Round 3 of my album Q&A for "The future isn’t what it used to be." comes quicker than the last! These have been fun. Full video doesn't fit on Bluesky, so you can find it over here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3Y... Send your questions, too! I'm planning on 10 rounds, so plenty of time.

5 songs in! "Lioness" is available today. Half-way through my 5wk debut album release! I think this song has a unique mood, and one of my favorite implementations of my found-percussion sample library. tyenewton.com/music/news/fifth-single-lioness-available-today Updates: musicnews.tyenewton.com

Also, Round 2 of my album Q&A for "The future isn’t what it used to be." went live late last night! Full video doesn't fit on Bluesky, so you can find it over here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gad5... Send me more questions if they come to you; these are work, but they’re fun!

Song 4, "Forever and Anon," from my coming debut album, is alive. I couldn’t have anticipated how much this song would transform in production. It has the spirit of the original scrap that seeded it, but developed way more personality. tyenewton.com/music/news Updates: musicnews.tyenewton.com

Third song, "Happier Words" is here, joining "Simple," and "Home (Source and Target)" Announcements: tyenewton.com/music/news Release details: tyenewton.com/music/releases Updates: musicnews.tyenewton.com Editing round 2 of my album Q&A series. Watch Round 1 here: youtube.com/watch?v=-4yZbD6yw7s

And just like that, 2 of 10 songs from the album are away: www.tyenewton.com/music/releases Subvert members can still get the whole album early: alpha.subvert.fm/tyenewton

Artist pages are now unlocked on Subvert for all Artist-Members. If you are an Artist-Member and have been waiting for access - you can sign in today, set up your profile, upload your tracks, and get your presence live on the platform - right now, ahead of our public launch in the coming weeks.

Posted 2 big announcements to music.tyenewton.com (1) My debut album has an official release schedule. (2) The first song, "Home (Source and Target)," is available today. Plus a secret revealed for those who aren’t yet familiar with subvert.fm! Wild to have this finally becoming real.

I haven’t shared new music with the world in a decade and it’s time to fix that. "The future isn't what it used to be."—my own debut album—is coming soon. Here it is in 3 minutes. Share it with someone special. Hit me with Qs. You can learn more and subscribe for updates at music.tyenewton.com