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Hi readers

I hope you don’t mind the peripatetic nature of this newsletter. Every month I put ‘newsletter’ on my to-do list, and it sits there like a smiling face reassuring me that I don’t really need to do any of the things on my to-do list.

what am i doing

The other day I met up with Alex for a chat and a cup of tea (liquorice and cinnamon!). I haven’t seen him really for ages and certainly not to sit down and talk shop about live coding. I think we were both in kindof a reflective mood and thinking about our relative positions and what the hell are we trying to do anyway and what have we been doing in and with live coding for the last however many years (7 in my case!).

Hello folks

It’s been a quiet start to 2022, I decided to take a few months off from organising ‘cause I was feeling burnt out after a hectic end to last year. TBH I still feel a bit burnt out but slowly getting back to normal. As usual it’s been a long time since I’ve written a newsletter - it feels like a weird thing to do when there isn’t much news. But there is a bit of news now! This is gonna be a less personal letter than the last few - soz for those of you who like the perzine vibes.

Recent times:

Done a couple of nice events this year including the online Cybersalon celebration for Art’s Birthday and a super show at IKLECTIK in London. It was really cool meeting and chatting to the other artists on the Art’s Birthday stream - shout out to Eva and Simon for organising everything and creating a really fun online event. I think I’ve written before about how I find online events really hit and miss, but this one was a definite hit and felt really cosy, like a house party where everyone is fun and interesting and the music is weird stuff you’ve never heard before. You can watch the stream (along with a nice write-up) on the Cybersalon website

Hello

I haven’t really got any news, I’ve been teaching a lot and I’ve been enjoying making music that way, rather than performing or recording. But I haven’t written in so long and my last email was so sad that I wanted to send something. I feel this email is more like a perzine than a newsletter.

–If you don’t want to read four-to-five sad paragraphs just skip to the bottom for the links–

FOUR-TO-FIVE SAD PARAGRAPHS

I can’t believe this year is nearly over, it feels deeply dysfunctional. Maybe everyone feels the same, but I have procrastinated and achieved so little. My inbox is a mess even though I’ve probably received 80% less email than usual. I’ve been trying to write this newsletter for probs over a month.

Hi all - this newsletter is brought to you by my recent week off work & a visit from my dad and stepmum.

I’ve spent the last week away from the internet almost entirely (sorry if I haven’t replied to your email… I’ll get to it soon I promise!). I’ve been riding my bike a lot, tending my garden, and generally enjoying the sunshine.

I kinda just need an email to send out for my first subscribers, so I guess I’ll talk a little bit about why I’m doing this....

I’m trying to step away from Social Media ((I’m just proofreading this and I’ve no idea why I capitalised that but it kinda adds it’s own emphasis so I’m leaving it)) which has been really unproductive and negative for me over the last couple of months. BUT I know some people follow me online for updates about my various musical projects. And I also like to share stuff that other people have made that I think is good.

I wanted to start a newsletter so I can send these updates in an easy to digest format for people who want them. I’ll probably include gig listings, what I’m working on, maybe some behind the scenes recordings, stuff I’m listening to etc etc. I guess it’ll be like a condensed version of the shows and (neglected) pages on my . I’ll probably replace the blog on there with an archive of these emails. (Actually the whole site needs an update and I’ve been super inspired by sites made by friends I’ve met over on - , , and )