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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 23h

“build songs,” “building songs” the fuck outta here

Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 1d

Took my Martin D1 (purchased 1999) to the luthier for neck reset and refret, he said the frets are “worn down to nothing,” said it’s a “guitar that tells a story” 😔

Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 2d

[blushes]

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 2d

I continue to, maybe naively, believe in the newness of what I’m doing, but it probably has to do with how I compare it with my own previous songs rather than to anything external

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 2d

It is pretty sobering when you see hard evidence of how much more excited people can get about cover bands than ones writing new songs.

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Paul Buchholz @pailbuckets.bsky.social · 5d

Happy to see music I’ve made get played here and there on internet & FM radio this past month, so here it all is again:

lnk.to/underthehammer

paulbuchholz.bandcamp.com

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 7d

Full respect for a songwriter who posts *60 seconds* of an unreleased song and the government feels the need to put out a statement on it.

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I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bsky.social · 10d

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Yersinia pestis. 美帝必败 GrⒶcchus @sansculottestoo.bsky.social · 19d

The story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the biggest musician ever. Here is why:

Musicians today: “ I will have no taste, and make emo crap! I am a little baby, and I am trash, and I suck! One Coffee Frappuccino Please. Here is a poem I wrote about Politics.”

Mozart: “I am not going to be like that.”

Now you can begin to see Mozart’s power.

On top of that, Mozart could make music out of anything. He once made a master piece just by squeezing a chicken. He did symphonies just by squeaking his shoes on the floor. He could drive Demons out of wicked man just by whistling sweetly with his big lips.

Further more, Mozart did all of this without a computer. People today cannot even tie their shoes without a computer , and that is why everything is such a dump.

If you come to someone’s house, and they do not own at least 3 of Mozart’s albums, you are legally allowed to commit any crime you want.

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you @amazingradio.com

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 12d

The number of people who have independently compared my voice to Bob Mould’s has passed into “statistically significant”

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 12d

I really like Amazing Radio (it isn’t extractive or scammy like so many platforms for independent artists are, and you can actually get broadcast) and now we’re apparently #2 on their UK website, with “In There Somewhere.”

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ALkwqp/

Check out who's been trending on the Amazing Radio site this week! Featuring: @bekahbossard @flashlightfaces @pelowska_a #newmusic #newmusicalert

TikTok video by Amazing Radio UK

www.tiktok.com

Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 13d

Policy for the new batch of songs I’m working on is, if it doesn’t make me cry, it isn’t good enough

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 13d

Oh wow, if someone literally *buys* our EP on iTunes, we actually see that money

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BESSEMER SAINTS @clebsaints.bsky.social · 13d

Unhappily felt.
There's almost 0.00% difference between us and the Cleveland/ Midwestern bands we grew up watching, in the 70's and 80's and 90's; + yet they're appreciated, even revered (some more than they ever were then), + we're ignored or scorned, by the same people.
Ngl, it wears on you.

Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 13d

Just speculation but I feel like the heavily diminished role of live music in bars and cafes has generally eroded the idea of a “local band” in many people’s minds (even though there are still tons of local bands). So bands that exist without any claim to fame or all-out virtuosity look weird.

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 13d

Just speculation but I feel like the heavily diminished role of live music in bars and cafes has generally eroded the idea of a “local band” in many people’s minds (even though there are still tons of local bands). So bands that exist without any claim to fame or all-out virtuosity look weird.

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 14d

Well the world has seven wonders
That the travelers always tell
Some gardens and some towers
I guess you know them well

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 16d

Driving music for people who hate cars youtu.be/BMqjGqTIhrA?...

I Tried to Be a Rider

YouTube video by Flashlight Faces - Topic

youtu.be

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Flashlight Faces @flashlightfaces.bsky.social · 21d

Coming to terms with the fact that I’m not really interested in the sorts of rock music that have completely and totally disavowed any roots in the blues

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