Everyone looking after themselves? I started a new workout routine and I’ve quit smoking (mostly) and it’s really helped.

Hope everyone is okay wherever you are!!

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    Stressed. Money is tight and bills are piling up but I’m slowly getting through it all. Started writing as a side project and so far it’s been going really well. Hope to keep doing it both to contribute to leftist discussions and also as an outlet,

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      Awwwh that’s sounds great, is it music, software, literature?

      I need to start writing music again 😩

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            Bunch of different areas but my favorite are political fiction and stories that are allegories for socioeconomic issues. The last short story I wrote was about a small town that was facing a crisis, everyone was angry with what was going on, but when someone finally took action the town hesitated/realized what their anger could actually do.

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              Very awesome! If you ever want someone to read something DM me! It might take me a day a week or even months and months before I get to it as I procrastinate everything but I totally would!

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          Bit of everything, I can’t quite decide what I want and I need a co-writer to keep me focused (ADHD n’ all that) so I’m usually bound by my friends tastes as well.

          Recently I’m torn between atmospheric black metal/Punk and post rock but then completely different i’d love to do Breakcore but I lack the analogue synths 😭

          So like Svalbard, Russian Circles, God Speed You Black Emperor for the first and I’m still a little obsessed with Venetian Snares but I’m still new to the genre as a whole.

          Scraps and scraps of unfinished songs 😭

          I’ve been listening to some of your stuff as well actually, Cowboy Dan hahaha I liked it 😊

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            That sounds awesome! I’m not very familiar with the genres or the artists but I’d love to listen if you have any up anywhere! Definitely not as much breadth as analog but a pirated copy of a DAW often has pretty fun synths to play with 😉

            Unfinished songs are fun sometimes to revisit years later! A new perspective can help break the gridlock and provide something you didn’t have when you first started it! Plus snippets are just fun to splurge relisten to once a blue moon.

            And wow thank you so much!!! It’s a cover of a Modest Mouse song, old Modest Mouse is one of my favorites. I’m currently working on an animation for a trapmetal song I made called “American Idol,” I’ll definitely be posting it on Lemmygrad when it’s done as it’s my attempt at making communist radicalizing music that isn’t too on-the-nose without being watered down. Thank you so much for any and all listens, I really super appreciate it. Like I said hmu with any of your music, I’d love to listen!

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              Hahaha I might have to give that a look!

              Ermm examples, I’d love to do music of any of the following genres or something new inspired by one or two:

              Venetian Snares - Frictional Nevada https://youtu.be/kk2Cq1dgKHY

              Svalbard - Open Wound https://youtu.be/8CGhEr4iXFM

              Russian Circles - young blood https://youtu.be/4mF5TuWTro4

              Russian Circles - Carpe https://youtu.be/mzYW1pY3hFA

              Godspeedyoublackemperor - East Hastings (shared the live version cos it’s really good) https://youtu.be/5gmxBRkQd70

              Birdmask - Halcyon https://youtu.be/wvqD0xGMmpI

              Yeah I know what you mean, it’s finding a way to repurpose them I find is difficult because once an ides sets in I’m like “oh well this is that now” haha.

              Awhw no way! I enjoyed it, I had The Breakout album on as well, it’s got a hook/vibe I can’t articulate myself but I like it 🥰 it’s the eclectic vibe, I like alternative stuff more than traditional takes on music 9 times out of 10. Is it all you then so like vocals and the production etc?

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      Best of luck on the financial side, I know how that is. I’m trying desperately to chip away at my credit card debt, but I’m also a hair away from full 🤪🤪🤪 mode and saying eff it.