Neil Cake

that's four

Ok, only 3. Youse can wait till I've recorded some with the case off my phone - which is what I assume is causing the phasing.

Just bad. Off-key, out of time with the existing vocals.

It doesn't matter, one was alright in the end, but I still might prefer what I had in the 1st place - which was a lead vocal and an unusual low harmony.

Just thought i could go higher in parts of the lead.

Exactly that

They all sound like different frequencies of white noise to me

I just tried the epicverb vst

Like, wtf; every preset is more reverb can could surely ever be useful

Two

One!

I thought it heard out sylvie tapping out a complicated rhythm

I thought, I'm so proud. She's getting into drumming.

Turns out she was just doing her bedtime tablet routine

#CrazyThursdayNight

I'm going to start #CrazyThursdayNight

Watch THAT take off

Devoed

Got some vibey* live performances for Instagram

But there's a mild, errant phase effect on the audio of every one

*might've googled a current word for "cool"

I'll post one if... 5 people interract (ooh, exciting)

Thursday night, going crazy again

Aw man, spent a bit of time recording a high backing vocal yesterday.

Today I'm listening to the takes and they're all absolute shite.

Well that was awesome.

11 yr old Sam came round, we recorded scratch gtr parts for 3 of his songs, then got all the kids jamming, Sam on gtr, Sylvie (10) on drums, Colette (7) on keyboard, and Rowan (5) on percussion.

And I joined in a little bit too.

My 10 year old daughter's mate Sam is coming over tomorrow because he wants to record some of his songs

So that should be fun.

Banjo for new song, "Easy Mode".

Got a new track coming out on 11 March. "Fine With Me" started out as the middle section of earlier release, "I Might Go Mad" but my wife was confused by all the ideas so I took some out and made them into a new song.

It's a.dizzying progressive psychedelic blues.

Criminalising drug use is more costly than treating it as a medical issue.

Parents are worried about their kids using drugs, but wouldn't they feel better knowing if they did that they could get help instead of ruining their lives?

Not to mention that you could remove dealers and tax the products.

Well, sometimes you want to watch something and it isn't streaming.

Cuddles A manic rock song featuring an improvised 32 bar guitar solo that is flawed, but I'm still particularly proud of.

You can also find my latest single, "Cuddles" on Soundcloud...

soundcloud.com/half-arsedmu...

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"Cuddles" (2026) by Neil Cake YouTube video by Half-Arsed Music

New video for my latest single, "Cuddles". Featuring one of my kids - honestly, I struggle to tell which one, but I'm going to go with Sylvie - experimenting on my (now her) ukulele.

youtu.be/O0cmYLbUk04

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I can enjoy listening to my own songs but there's an element that makes me feel uncomfortable.

And that element is me.

So I think that's a good thing.

You can follow me on Instagram. And you should. Because I've just uploaded a new live acoustic performance of my song, "Empty". Which is nice.

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brand new Neil Cake single out today. Find it on your streaming service (not Spotify). "Cuddles" is... a bit of a lurching groovefest. And it contains an improvised 32 bar guitar solo that is flawed but I'm proud of it nevertheless.

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it costs $65k a year to employ no humans? I guess AI won't be coming for our jobs after all.

is it me or is the music in Wicked just a dirge with singing over it?

I can't even hear any chord changes. It's just orchestral synth drones, bass and barely perceptible drums. No flourishes or anything.

I don't like it.

Netflix just emailed me to ask what I thought of the documentary, "Murder in Monaco".

I think they should stop making documentaries that can't give you any definite answers. What's the point in spending hours of your life to be as uncertain as you were before you started?

What a load of shit

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Gonna post it again...

Please give it some exposure. It might not result in anything even if it got 100K signatures, but if it doesn't get any it definitely won't and we're seeing more and more evidence rather than conjecture around these murky, opaque orgs.

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That cunt Ratcliffe at United:

'Last week, he warned that "current conditions for Europe's chemical industry are unsurvivable without immediate intervention".'

What a fucking hypocrite. Once again the public is asked to provide corporate welfare.

Have you seen these "unlocking videos"?

Do boxers see these and go, "UNboxing? Unboxing's stupid. How do I UNbox someone?"

I gots to admit. I don't really understand all this. If you want to understand music you can just listen very closely and learn to play what you can. Maybe not everyone can, but for me that's the beauty of art. It is felt.