▶ My Arturia Keystep 37 died yesterday… Thankfully bought it local, so I checked the purchase date and it was almost exactly 1 year ago I bought it… I thought, surely the fckng warranty did not run out a few days ago but Arturia has 2 year warranty…. As I bought it locally (via the Rock Shop) I got a warranty replacement today. No two week wait, cos I tried to save a few $$ via Amazon… Cheaper is definitely not always better!

▶ David Toop remembers Ryuichi Sakamoto

▶ Dave Rossum interview from NAMM

▶ The Doleful Minimalism of Max Richter

▶ wow! Now THATS a drum synth!!

▶ Spotify was ‘down’ aka offline for 4 hours.
Me: Oh dear. How sad. Nevermind. Tra la la la la…

I really do have to wonder about people who choose to access their music via wifi AND that sketchy platform.
How sketchy is it? Well, it seems there is an endless supply of new forms of sketchy behaviour
But it is good to see they have their own Twitter hashtag now: #SpotifyCorrupt

▶ robots screaming

▶ I have a weird bot issue on Twitter. Some UK company is stalking me!?! Like they followed me, and before I follow anyone back I always check their timeline, incase they are spammers, nazis or musicians with no other personality than ‘marketing my music’. If they don’t post I check their likes & replies. But this one company just seemed to be a marketing exercise for an audio service I have no interest in, so I blocked them. Next day, another follow from a generic audio name, with the same pinned tweet advertising that same bizo. Blocked. Every day for about two weeks now they follow me again, with a different account name. And every day I block them. It must be some kind of bot farm, because if there was a human behind the account who actually wanted to connect with me, they could use a personal twitter account. But they don’t, they continue using new variations of their bot. And I shall continue to block them. What a dumb waste of time…

▶ clever!