Do you think there's a big difference from a set of 7 Tibetan singing bowls for like $150 on eBay or Etsy vs a set of 7 from a more new agey spiritual store like (Himalayanbowls dot com, the Ohm store, etc) that sells for $800? Is it just marketing? Thank you

I’ve been listening a lot to deep forest lately and waterbone, both of which seem to heavily rely on samples from, I wanna say, indigenous cultures. The songs are good, or at least I like them, and I can’t deny that. But, it feels weird to know that these are songs from two white western men that have gone to nepal or wherever, to record folk songs and then come back to the western world to put an electronic track over it and release it, probably without giving any royalties to the OG singers.

Just thinking out loud here. I know not all new age is like this but I was wondering if anyone else had thought about this.

n Her Eyes represents for me a turning point in the way I would compose.

Originally I started with computer based sample libaries because I wanted a band and never got one. Life has been more than unfair to me, especially life in Matt Walsh (neo cypto fascist) approval of my country's authoritarian ethos. Being outcast and poor in 'wealthy Singapore' gets me no sympathy.

After 40 years of being a competent musician and excellent composer but with no income the advent of internet musicianship was a carrot dangled in front of this donkey's face. Not being white, not being in the West, not even being Japanese (a concession given by way of atomic bomb guilt) meant obvious failure

Spouses work they fingers to the bone, literally. Our spouses take the worst hit, those of us who have little ability to get day jobs and only have our music. People dont realise when they reject your life work with cavalier cruelty, they harm more than just you.

The nature of this current piece suggests a kind of glimpse into all that and a wish for a better life a better world. Perhaps this post will be removed. I wish mods wont do that. I find people online can be cold. Let us be kind to one another.

If you did go and listen, perhaps $0.004 cents may come to me via youtube content ID

I really have no idea how much. Or how little. I hope you can tolerate my greed. Like you, I just want to live.

Hello, I'm looking for super chill music to use for YouTube videos, I need music that allows for commercial use/"derivatives" (for instance, using in a video), preferably long tracks. I've been using Free Music Archive, but I'm running out of songs and could use some variety. I'm not monetized yet so paying for music isn't an option (at the moment) unfortunately

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3y8iKFac5ggvrSN5NRKz4g

Playlist is here - feel free to DM me or reach out on my IG: pianoman_alex or via my website - thanks!