Re: [LAU] New Music: Five of Cups

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(a)deus.net> 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(a)lists.linuxaudio.org > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >