Wow, this email has certainy improved my morning! Thank you. I must admit there are times when I've wondered whether I should switch to another platform for music to make interoperability with others easier, but I'm sticking to my guns. bjb On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 06:54:48AM +0000, Jason Jones wrote: > Holy smokes, Ben! This was truly a joy to listen to. Congratulations on > completing such an awesome piece. It being done in Linux makes it even > more worth what you're asking. I encourage anyone who appreciates good > music to support this awesome musician. GREAT work. > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 5:11 AM Ben Bell <bjb-linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Just a quick note to say my new album (Patchwork Cacophony, Five of Cups) > > was released today. > > > > Once again, almost everything was produced on Linux using Ardour and other > > Open Source software (though there are very few soft synths -- it's mostly > > olde fashioned drums, guitars, voices and physical keyboards). > > > > Same as last time, if anyone mentions Ardour when buying a copy I'll > > collect up £1 per sale for a donation to Ardour development. In truth with > > music sales being what they are these days it's unlikely to feed a proper > > developer caffeine habit for even a week, but it should be able to eclipse > > my > > all-time revenue from Spotify ;) > > > > The music is prog rock, with a strong emphasis on keyboards and classic-era > > sort of sounds rather than more metal-influenced which is seeing a bit of > > a rennaissance these days. > > > > You can stream the whole thing for free on Bandcamp: > > http://patchworkcacophony.bandcamp.com/ > > > > Thanks again to everyone in the Linux Audio world, from the ALSA and FFADO > > guys, obviously Ardour, but also things like Scribus and Gimp. It > > constantly > > amazes me how much support there is for producing a thing like this without > > recourse to proprietry software. Long may it continue! > > > > Ben > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
