hi, iâm nuri. this is where iâll post things iâm working on (when i remember to) â whether its music, or musings, or fiction, or video, or live events, or whatever comes next. if you want to follow along, itâs free, or you can choose to pay. you donât get anything extra if you pay, but you help support me to keep doing the things, and i appreciate it. ð
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Recent posts
Spotify stealing from small artists to pay big ones
Spotify is hoping you won't notice, but they've just announced a new policy to steal from small artists to pay bigger ones. Buried in their recent Spotify for Artists newsletter was this notice that "Starting in early 2024, tracks must have reached at least 1,000 streams in the previous 12 months in order to generate recorded royalties."
Watch it...
So, as I may have alluded to in my last post. I have a new track that's done/almost done/ready to be mixed and mastered.
Ch-ch-ch-changes...
I've been thinking of making some changes here. Nothing drastic â but more of an addition, to reflect the full breadth of the work I've been doing.
#intheberkshires
Well, I've hit the button.
My new / old song is now "in review" and on its way to be published.
a new roughmix
like i said in my last post. i've been mostly focusing on project buttercup.
if you want to check it out, or even join, you're more than welcome. some people balk at the word "art," but the way i see it, all of life is art. humans make art. animals make art. the rocks and rivers make art. the stars in the sky make art.
To Tok or Not to Tok
Since I'm pretty sure every one of y'all came here from TikTok, it seems relevant to post this here ð
You may have noticed I've been taking an extended break from TikTok.
At first it was a mental health break. I had some unpleasant interactions on the app, and in general it was just stressing me out, so I stepped away for a bit.
Work... in progress!
Ok, so after all the false starts, diversions, etc. â i think i'm finally moving again.
I've just sent a very rough mix and stems to my producer to start assembling.
To cover or not to cover
Hey all,
I've not been great about posting here lately. Sorry ð
2023 has been rough so far. I can't, or don't want to, pinpoint anything particular, but let's just say the vibe's been off.
Shower thoughts/An unusual start
Happy birthday to me ðĨģðĪĢ
Not gonna lie, I always used to really like how I shared a birthday with some famous musicians like Johann Sebastian Bach and Modest Mussorgsky, as if that meant there was some kind of affinity shared just by having the same birthday. (A quick Wikipedia rabbithole led to me just now learning apparently also the birthday of Emperor Taizu of Song, the late great Solomon Burke, and coincidentally, my dad's old teacher and famed cellist, Paul Tortelier ð
Eat the Rich - Pre-save link
Good morning, all!
If you read my recent posts, you know 2023's been a heck of a year already. In the midst of it all, I did finally get the distributor to approve the art for my new release, "Eat the Rich" which will hit streaming services on March 2.
It's been a month ðģ
Hi all,
I haven't written here in about a month, it seems â and I've had this prompt "It's been a month ðģ" open in a tab on my computer for at least a week. I'm not really procrastinating â it's just that every time i start to write it all feels like too much to share. At the same time it all seems kind of trivial.
Literally just a snare drum lol
I said I would post this, so here it is. I guess there's this production trick that can be done where you use a live sound to trigger a MIDI track â somehow they make it sound real? Or they mix it with the actual live track? Maybe?
This would have been a perfect opportunity to capture video
...but I didn't lol.
Just getting back to work on "eat the rich" after the holidays. I recorded some a new snare track â I think the goal is for that to be used as a trigger for a better-sounding snare drum than the one I have at home, which I may have mentioned before, is part of a kids' drum kit.
Behind the scenes
I had promised to get into more behind the scenes type of material, and the thing there is I need to remember to capture it when i'm creating new things ð
Artwork issues ðģ
So the (admittedly rushed) release of The Anthem (prototype) appears to be delayed due to a miscommunication with my distributor.
Avoiding foreclosure letters ðĪŠ
I had hoped the next thing I posted here would be some behind-the-scenes footage from my latest release. I started trying to edit some of it together into something that might be at least marginally entertaining to watch, and then (of course) I got sick / sidetracked.
A Dead End
Hey all!
So â reporting here after the fact ðĪĢ
I think I mentioned in a post back in November that I had spent an entire weekend re-recording one of the songs I was working on. It occurred to me I hadn't actually shared either version of it, so here's a rough mix of the one I spent that weekend re-recording.
Seven Sheets to Meet Me
Well it's out in the world now, so here's a downloadable version for y'all to have all your own ðĨ°
Seven Sheets to Meet Me (pre-release)
Good morning, all!
My apologies for not posting more â I've been trying to get a lot of stuff done. In my day job, we've got a concert coming up that has been taking up a lot of my attention, plus every day laundry, cooking, parenting duties ð
little wins
I haven't posted much lately. I was sick a big chunk of this week. Still sick, but getting better. Nothing serious, just a cough/cold. I'll be fine ðĪĢ