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jvw

@jvw@musician.social

profile pic: woman w/ long hair & glasses, wearing a pfd & sunhat (and other ordinary clothes) smiling, sailing.

I'm a singer-songwriter, who writes ballads, and earnest, multipart circle songs -- occasionally reaching into other vernaculars as the song requires. Lifting voices and spirits with music and good company, in the richest of folk tradition.

#TransMusician #FolkMusic #Folk #SingerSongwriter #MusicCommunity #FuckCancer

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jvw, to random
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#3GoodThings

  1. Had a fantastic music collaboration meeting today where I listened more than I talked.

  2. I picked out a new tune during a v long work meeting

  3. I'm getting to bed before 10pm

jvw, to random
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I've been hard misgendered more in the past week than I have in a long time. I think it's because my hair is long enough and unruly enough that it's gone from "hip dyke" to "eccentric man".

That, and bc I've basically given up on all that voice work I did, bc fuck gendered voice expectations.

And yeah,

jvw, to random
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This is your friendly reminder that rockers and folkies over 50 are still awesome, but KISS is mostly bigots and transphobes.

madargon, to drawing
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Saw photos of them here, described as fox sparrow. So there is

jvw,
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@madargon have you heard their song? it's one of my favorite sounds...

tjdungeonmaster, to random

Doomsday prepping, except instead of doing it by yourself you do it with your neighbors, and instead of building a bunker you build a just, compassionate, and sustainable community.

jvw,
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@tjdungeonmaster Nomi Kritzer wrote a beautiful short story centered around community during infrastructure crisis.

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-year-without-sunshine/

7sleepersmusic, to music
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Good guy studio maestro #RonanChrisMurphy gives us the answer to life, the universe, and everything ;-) ๐ŸŽถ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ˜ #Music #Musicians #Audio #Recording #DAW #DAWLife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZguDHrrIM

jvw,
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@7sleepersmusic @elsemusic @mxtthxw @frigginglorious

I'm on Linux full time, and absolutely new to DAWs so I trialed Reaper, LMMS, and Bitwig this weekend.

Going with Reaper, even though it looks a little clunky, bc it's dead simple to set up on Linux. Not least because it supports Alsa, which seems to be the only way to eliminate latency. You'll have to find your own midi fonts (or whatever they're called) though.

LMMS would be my fav if it supported live instrument / vocal recording.

jvw,
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@7sleepersmusic @elsemusic @mxtthxw @frigginglorious it does come with a whole bunch of things that you can route through jack, which seems promising! But jack isn't worth the overhead on my particular laptop (it's pretty old), so I haven't dug into it much.

jack does configure the low-latency kernel though, which seems useful.

jvw,
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@frigginglorious @7sleepersmusic @elsemusic @mxtthxw maybe? I stopped paying attention to kernel stuff many years ago :-)

jvw, to random
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Here's a re-issue I found while looking for another song:

"Upwards"
Jennifer Vena Wood

https://soundcloud.com/jennifer-w-912398896/upwards-the-ice-is-falling

jvw, to random
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Sadly it looks like most of my favorite authors of liberation SFF have moved to bsky.

#LiberationSFF may or may not be the right label, but generally marginalized voices -- queer, feminist, fiction from BIPOC, translations or people writing in a second language

jvw, to random
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Maybe this helps you this year?

https://www.transanta.com/

jvw, to music
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I wrote a (imho) great song a couple of months ago. I can hear the bass, drums, and keys parts, but it's taking forever to find the musicians to play them.

At this point I may just release the "unplugged" version and call it a day.

#music #songwriting #folk

jvw, to random
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I hear it's #TransVisibilityWeek which means #TDOR is looking at us from just a week or two in the future...

So here's a new rough recording of "Four In May."

CC Attr 4.0 etc etc Jennifer Vena Wood.

jvw,
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I wrote this in May of 2017. It's not an easy song, but it somehow digs deep and builds resilience. Provides a safe container within which I can glance at the emotions.

jvw,
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For the first time in many years, I have no plans for #TDOR.

No gatherings to attend or to sing for. I'll likely light a candle, think about resilience, and find some calm in the center.

So here's a new recording of "Four In May."

Sing it wide, sing it with love.

CC Attr 4.0 Jennifer Vena Wood.

jvw,
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Band Camp link

https://jennifervenawood.bandcamp.com/track/four-in-may

jvw, to random
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Every year around this time I start to wonder, how many of those giant 5 foot decorative spiders could actually survive in a given neighborhood.

Like, how big would their range have to be? Can they overlap? How many squirrels, cats, and kids would they require to eat, and how often?

I did the math last year I think, but it's lost now. Something like 1 per 5 blocks? Maybe more?

Any #arachnologist or #WildlifeBiologist or #SpookyNerd want to take a stab?

jvw,
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@schizanon right? Like, if they lived near a school or a playground, their numbers might be higher.

Then again, imagine a nest of them outside the vet, or at the humane society!

charliejane, to random
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Just a heads up: it's very likely that KOSA will pass and trans people will get silenced on social media sites like this one. Please take time NOW to subscribe to newsletters and Patreons of trans creators, because we won't be able to each you otherwise.

jvw,
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@CStamp @charliejane
https://www.stopkosa.com/

jvw, to random
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Any recs for a Peer tube instance for musicians?

I mean, I know, you can upload to any of them more or less. But nevertheless...

jvw, to random
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Sometimes when I'm feeling empty I think of the time back in 2016 when my bus got hung up in traffic because of a march going through the Seward neighborhood, so I hopped off to check it out.

And within minutes I was surrounded by a hundred people yelling TRANS LIVES MATTER and I just sobbed and sobbed for how absolutely much I needed to hear that in that exact moment.

This is me yelling it back to you -- TRANS LIVES MATTER! YOU MATTER

Don't let the fuckers get us down

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Star Trek: Enterprise is 22 years old today.
NX class, early design by John Eaves
"My boss Herman Zimmerman had found a shape he liked in one of Syd Mead's many books, and thus had me translate the shape into a starship... I was so glad that after he saw it on paper, he changed his mind and we started to pursue a more traditional starship look."

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jvw,
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@TheSpaceshipper 22 years ago Floxx casually tossed out that a species might be a-gender.

For all its flaws, it's still pretty solid in some pretty good ways.

cloudguy, to random

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    jvw,
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    @cloudguy epic bad take

    dgar, to random
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    #Dgar Now listening to:
    Every Rose Has Itโ€™s Thorn
    ~ Poison

    https://youtu.be/j2r2nDhTzO4

    jvw,
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    @dgar whoa hadn't thought about that song in a while.

    jvw, to random
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    It's been a while since I mentioned it, so it's probably time to say it again:

    If I โญ'd your post with a photo, picture, video, or audio, but I didn't ๐Ÿ”„, it's probably because I liked it but it didn't have any alt-text.

    Mastodon isn't really about "going viral" afaict, so take it for what it's worth, but lots of folks (myself included) only repost media with alt-text.

    I think this here bot below ๐Ÿ‘‡ does follow-backs and will send you reminders if that helps.
    @AltTextHealthCheck

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