I’m retired and enjoy travelling around Scotland and beyond. Have previously run my own Scottish podcast and also do post production for podcasters.

I’m developing an online radio station - Scottish Island Radio focussing mainly on celtic music but showcasing the islands where possible. Get in touch or suggest others in this field.

Interests include:
#Photography
#Travel
#Astronomy
#BreadMaking
#Campervan
#WebDesign
#FolkMusic
#CelticMusic
#ScottishIndependence
#Solitude

If you are a small music maker, check out https://sonstream.com/ It’s an ethical streaming platform that’s in its early stages & trying to showcase a fairer streaming future. Pay per play at approx 2.5p/3p per song. Free to join, no subscription.

For users: Rough calculation of 3 hours music per day = £3.50 per week. 85%+ goes to the artist.
#musodon #fixstreaming #musicmakers #sonstream

Takeaways from my first week here:

1. I am still very new here and have much to learn

2. Hashtags are your friend. Follow them. Use them. Capitalize each word in them

3. You will miss things, and that is the point.

4. For people you don't want to miss, click the bell in the profile or make some lists

5. Boost. Boost. Boost.

6. It is nice to make connections and not chase an algorithm

7. People seem to be happier here

8. Always add descriptions to your images

#Mastodon #NewHere #Twitter

Infinity

Alone at sea the waves they weave so endlessly by pirate ships that sink and plunder
All our silted gold
A distant shadow spreads like a widow
Grieving for her brother’s meadow where he perished like a winter flower
The thoughts of a land where the ancients used to roam
The stars are lighting a path that leads me home
All the lost souls in a galaxy
Pickled in a green blue sea
My heart stretches to infinity
Hope to meet you there

#lyrics #bandcamp #infinity #songwriter #folk #indie

HEY HEY FRENZ on mastodon.social! You may want to MOVE to a new instance, very soon.

Why?  

Mastodon is a bunch of islands that can talk to each other. The smaller and more spread out we are, the easier things are to moderate. Horizontal scaling FTW!

All of you who fled that one site 🐤 ended up at mastodon.social for likely a few reasons. It was obvious, it was big, and it's where you saw a bunch of folks going.

But it has a long history of being poorly moderated, which means a LOT of instances are silencing or blocking it. Which means you're on the big island that SEEMS like it's "where everyone is", but in fact, it's a giant island unto itself (momentarily trending toward turning into a post-bird-site echo chamber), and huge swaths of the Fediverse don't talk to it, or even see it.

If you want the quality of interaction (and moderation!) Mastodon is known for, move thy funky buns to a smaller instance of cool folks you enjoy. 

#feditips #fediverse