Robin Armstrong

The Orphan Epoch - Behind The Album YouTube video by Cosmograf

Here's a small insight into the some of the inspiration behind my new album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ics1...

Test pressings have arrived and they sound fabulous.. Ozzy says 'Yes' or maybe it was a yawn?.. 🎧 🐶

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Do you believe what you see?

Sorry, meant 'getting' the attention. 😀

It's a great album... Sadly not going the attention it deserves.

When was the last time you listened to an album from start to finish with no interruptions? (other than to flip the vinyl).

Dear outside World: please accurately document our history for the next 4 years, because it will not be accurately documented from within

A plea from the U.S.A.

Sadly not much point sharing this as you have to be an MU member to read the guidance. Blinkered thinking from @wearethemu.bsky.social in my view. If you want to encourage new membership, gatekeeping evidence that you are in touch with musician rights probably isn't a great strategy.

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There's still more profit in CDs amazingly. Both Bandcamp and Paypal take a large chunk and the selling price is lower. But CDs are a niche format now.

Hi Pete, yes Bandcamp works best especially on Bandcamp Friday. CDs even better (assuming you still buy them) but we don't have all the titles in press, and Bandcamp has all the titles. Thanks for the support.

It's been huge fun to do and not that expensive. Hardest part was fabricating a new manifold for the turbo. Need to do a better one once my TIG welding skills improve.

Looks amazing, brilliant work. Always fancied a Caterham or similar, but only room and time for one sports car project.

Yes kind of a continuous improvement and modifying project on the TVR over quite a few years now. I've put in a new power steering conversion, new ECU, brake upgrades and last year did a new camshaft and turbo conversion and front end respray. Will have to do a chassis refurb at some point...

Thanks Paul. Nice Stag in your cover photo. My dad had a white 1974 one.

Just found this at the bottom of a drawer... I forgot how tiny phones used to be... This one had a dedicated camera button too, a very long time before Apple decided to invent it again.

Amazing new EP mixed and mastered by myself and I even get to play some guitar and bass in it. Please check it out. They are a great band and need your support.

Popped over to the other place for 5mins to see the latest on a few friend's accounts. What a sewer... it's got worse. Hope my friends will see the light and come here too.

Also worth pondering even if the successful guys like Steven Wilson have other jobs in audio not just making their own music.

I thought I really did want to be a full time professional but I'm really not so sure now. Virtually anything else I do will pay better and I still get to do music my way without any commercial pressures or deadlines.

One of the reasons new artists can't break through is they have to get through the 'religious' barrier. Older fans are stuck worshipping the bands they loved when they were 16. Trying to convince them a new band has a valid text in the scriptures is a massive challenge.

Why can't I stop a blocked number on my phone leaving voicemails.? Utterly ridiculous. Absolutely no way to stop it without some dodgy third party app.

Just costing up the price of new Apple tech and realise I need the best part of £3K to replace my current phone and laptop... That won't be happening... 😳

Certainly the wettest promo photoshoot I've done yet but worth it...

This is how you gently evolve a car icon.. Take note Jaguar.

Can't believe it's 3 years since the world lost David. I took this photo before we hit the stage at Lorelei NOTP in 2018 He wasn't remotely phased at the prospect.

It can be any of those things. We won't know what works best until we try it.

I think the point is we've been here for a long time but no solutions where to go forward... We can't expect music fans who have no CD players, Record players or even Blu Ray players just to hand over money and get nothing for it. Artists need to be developing their own streaming platforms..

There's a big problem going forward for artists if the only way to make money from recorded music is still through legacy formats like CDs and vinyl.