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mattproducesmusic.bsky.social
L.A.-based producer of live & recorded music & video. #punk #ska #reggae #hiphop #metal Former software engineer, continuing nerd.
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An Empty Los Angeles PSA: We Need All of our Empty Spaces to House Our People. "This is NOT the time to leave habitable spaces sitting empty when thousands of people have been displaced. So what are our elected officials going to do about it?" www.emptylosangeles.com/p/psa-we-nee...

How OpenAI o1 Went Full Maverick and Broke Chess As We Know It | YourStory yourstory.com/2025/01/open...

Real punk rockers are mediocre musicians because instead of listening to music for inspiration, we're listening to Noam Chomsky audiobooks. 🌈✨

Musicians, this is probably the most important message I have for you this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXnE...

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Is it just me, or is autocorrect decidedly worse since Android 14?

Hard truth: if you're performing original music professionally, then your JOB is to sell tickets. Your talent at your instrument or songwriting or whatever has basically zero *economic* value. The way you *get paid* is by hustling to get your fans to show up and buy tickets.

Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.

Los Angeles live music promoters check in!

There have only been 3 good major-label punk albums released after American Idiot. What are they?