What I’ve been making, playing, and thinking about — straight from the studio and the stage.
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🎶December’s Monthly Notes🎶- It’s a Wrap
Read the note →: 🎶December’s Monthly Notes🎶- It’s a WrapWhat a weird year! And quite happy to see the back end of that. I started off the year in recovery mode after PC surgery, and I suppose, having reached the end of the year with 100% all clear on that front, that’s cause for some celebration. I also started the year as I was…
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🎶November’s Monthly Notes🎶- Grab a year’s worth of music for $12 AUD…
Read the note →: 🎶November’s Monthly Notes🎶- Grab a year’s worth of music for $12 AUD…So, my weekly Bandcamp release program for 2024 (R.A.W. 2024), is a good as finished and there are 50 tracks of original Pottz music waiting to be downloaded. This is every piece of music I have finished in 2024. https://stevepottz.bandcamp.com/album/r-a-w-2024-wip It’s from this collection of 50 tracks, (and the 50 from 2023) that I will…
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🎶October’s Monthly Notes🎶- Still (a)Live
Read the note →: 🎶October’s Monthly Notes🎶- Still (a)LiveYeah – I finally got to play live again in October with a little fundraiser that we put on at the Burdekin – The Night of the Gecko. Thanks to all those that came along, it always means a lot to have a crew of familiar faces (and a few new ones) in the crowd.…
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🎶August’s Monthly Notes🎶- Dusty Flashbacks
Read the note →: 🎶August’s Monthly Notes🎶- Dusty FlashbacksWell, its back to San Francisco and still discovering dust in curious places, before I head back to Sydney. A quieter Burning Man for me this year musically, with just 2 gigs played: Our camp’s big party – the ABCD Party and my (now a regular for me) Solo Playa Play. Here’s a little clip…
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🎶July’s Monthly Notes🎶- Why do I choose to play music at Burning Man
Read the note →: 🎶July’s Monthly Notes🎶- Why do I choose to play music at Burning ManSo, why do I play music at Burning Man? Because it’s a great opportunity to get my music out to a wider audience? (it is!)Because the audiences are great? (they are!)Because there are sometimes no people at all? (I’ve had that!)Because it’s HARD? (It seriously is!)Because it’s easy? (In some way, it is too)Because it…
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Slow Train – A musical evolution?
Read the note →: Slow Train – A musical evolution?Slow Train is a song I originally wrote back in 1991, that is very close to my heart. It is all about the struggle of following your passions (music in my case) versus being dragged into all the regular life pressures (…the Slow Train of death!). This playlist puts on display the evolution from writing…
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🎶June’s Monthly Notes🎶- The Year is Half Gone? Or Half the Year is Ahead?
Read the note →: 🎶June’s Monthly Notes🎶- The Year is Half Gone? Or Half the Year is Ahead?It’s all a matter of perspective really: Either it’s – Shit, where has the year gone…I feel like I’ve got nothing done, or Cool, I still have half a year to get my stuff together for 2024! I’m usually playing in the latter camp, but this year seems different. For me the lack of live…
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🎶May’s Monthly Notes🎶- AI will Destroy the Music Industry?
Read the note →: 🎶May’s Monthly Notes🎶- AI will Destroy the Music Industry?This last month I have been pondering the threat (or not) of AI to the music industry in general, and more specifically to my music. There is plenty of doom and gloom out there as to the risks AI pose to the music industry, and I think many of them are right in some respects,…
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🎶April’s Monthly Notes🎶- Way more work than play!
Read the note →: 🎶April’s Monthly Notes🎶- Way more work than play!Why does 2024 feel like it’s just hammering by with very little meaningful progress being made? For me at least. This is the first of my posts to go out under a new communication tool (direct from my page rather than via an email agent), so bear with me if it’s all a little chaotic.…
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🎶January’s Monthly Notes🎶
Read the note →: 🎶January’s Monthly Notes🎶Any just like that January is done. It’s amazing how quickly the feeling of ‘Oh shit, the year is getting away from me!’ starts creeping in… I kicked off the start of 2024 with a lovely little play at a private party on NYD – always a great way to start the year. Here’s video…
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