Strange Love

We have been on #nostr and the #valueverse for just over a month now. I want to talk about the experience so far. Been blown away by the community as a whole. Nostr, like bitcoin, seems to attract a certain type of person. The curious people, the do-ers, the builders, and lovers of truth and freedom. That in itself has made the protocol very welcoming. Add to that the community of #v4vmusic which we had no idea about at all! The fact that there is some growing global "underground" of independent music with artists, listeners and podcasters/V4VJs blew our minds! We feel like it would have been nice to get here earlier, as it sounds like there was a lot of enthusiasm around the space and it's potential. I believe it was Salty Crayon on his last episode of nostr:nprofile1qqsfemtk0gvy23rpj4agywtzrfj4guka2n6wxnalwcl7p36sx6lmk0qpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9enx7atww3skjm3wvekj7el4fdv that said there was once around a dozen V4V music shows and now you can count on one hand how many there are. I think a lot of time may have been dedicated with little reward, and add to the fact that it seems a lot of people hate how AI has penetrated music and taken the focus away from the humaness and connections to others it can make. So we truly thank all the V4VJs out there. nostr:nprofile1qqs9r2dwkhd7jx3vt5an200drpvgg6m3qz27grw8m4s2676qlrlsreqx0sfrx also has a great show called Mutton, Mead & Music. We hope to keep listening to these great shows and keep discovering others out there. I think, just like in bitcoin, we all are super early...and sometimes that's a lonely place to be in. But perhaps also like in bitcoin, we will start to see some pumps from more people joining in and perhaps some scaling solutions as well. Ways of making nostr easier to access for the sub average dim wit 😂. However I love how smart everyone is on here! So maybe that shouldn't change lol. Anyways, just want to let Nostr know you add value to our lives and we hope we add value to yours✌

In 2021 we made a decision as a band: to become completely independent and record, engineer, produce, mix and master our own songs in a home studio. Since then, we have mainly dedicated our musical time to improving our skills in the studio. It has been a huge learning curve and continues to be, but we feel we are better musicians for doing it. When we released our first homemade project (our self titled album in 2023), it was the culmination of all our trial-and-error learning, musical experimentation and progress we had made as self recording musicians and mixing engineers. We continued to learn after this experience and have started to get back to the recording and mixing studio to record new material, but also edit and master some older material, both unreleased and released (on traditional centralized platforms). We are so thankful for discovering #nostr and #v4vmusic as an alternative to Fiatbook, and PooTube, and Spitify because this gave us a growing online community that contains genuinely interested people in v4v music. We are thankful for engagement on these older, centralized platforms but really want to build our presence in the valueverse. So far we have released our EP into the #valueverse, and will continue to release material including some singles, and our full length album. First we have been preparing a live album for release. It is essentially a recorded set from a gig that includes 3 songs from our EP and some others. Stay tuned for it's release in early December!

Band autumn shot! We only only have a few weeks until months of snow in our part of #Canada #v4v #v4vmusic #demu #strangeloveofmusic

Heard this great song on Mutton, Mead & Music's latest episode! So many great songs on this episode and we are honoured to be included! 🤘 https://fountain.fm/track/LjF8Azni5zX9kKmRr5hj nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzprtus07khn02eswt5wrq3gxp5mrjayjlsajwuzyh9fqq7ehwy6ylcnv29c

Here in #Canada we are encouraged every November 11th to wear a poppy to remember those who fought and died in war for our country and our right to vote. This was the hill Don Cherry died on in his last Coach’s Corner broadcast. However, after getting into #bitcoin and realizing all wars are bankers wars, it is getting exponentially harder to take these ceremonies seriously. Going a layer even deeper, you realize that democracy is a method to gain your consent to government enslavement and false flags were created to drag us into many wars (9/11, weapons of mass destruction, Pearl Harbour). It begs the question: what is patriotism? Is it love of the land mass you live in? Love of your politicians who run the country? Love of the culture and constitution you grew up with? If so, I can no longer endorse “patriotism” for all of these have been destroyed or corrupted. Perhaps this disillusionment is extreme, but if you think voting within the system of illusion can change it, you are in for a rude awakening. As nostr:nprofile1qqs8cajagp7n48275ytuhzuxn93g2crc0lqgfgx8dta2gjdlh5fpmpqpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedyhs3s7e4x has said in his show many times, “voting is the adult equivalent to writing a letter to Santa Claus.” But it might be worse than that. At least the post office answered my letter pretending to be Santa when I was a kid. The government doesn’t even pretend to address voters concerns anymore…only dictate to you what your concerns should be, and if you do not align you are a bad person. Do you feel the same in your country? #asknostr #GreatWhiteNostr

Setting up the studio🎤🎸🎧 #v4v #v4vmusic #demu #strangeloveofmusic

Thanks for the production credit guys! We are proud to contribute to such a great space and show run by such dedicated people! https://fountain.fm/episode/wxyf2Ad3KtrwjBAinwhT nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpgygyd96m3fv4s77f2alklcsvx6ntlc5l7d5yvzzwer9vh5am2ht8z5eaw