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Toby James Music

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Composer & Musician based in Norfolk, UK linkr.ee/tobyjamesmusic

466 Followers  |  171 Following  |  59 Posts  |  Joined: 12.11.2024  |  1.7317

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What Brings You Warmth, by Toby James Music 5 track album

Happy Bandcamp Friday, everyone!
tobyjamesmusic.bandcamp.com

02.05.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remote sax recording.
Get in touch to book sax for your project.

#recordingartist #sessionmusician #recordingsession #studiosession #studio #recordingstudio #remoterecording #recordingstudios #recordingartists #recordingsessions

27.04.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Filth.

27.04.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some thoughts about β€˜No Waemth, No Life’ - track two from my EP β€˜What Brings You Warmth’, available via bandcamp or the [link] in my bio.

#dronemusic #ambientmusic #experimentalmusic

26.04.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thoughts and choices behind β€˜Sometimes, When I’m Cold’ - the first track from my new EP β€œWhat Brings You Warmth”, available now via bandcamp, or the [link] in my bio.

(re-uploaded with captions πŸ™„)

#ambient #drone #experimentalmusic

25.04.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sneak peek.

#utterfilth #funkfordays #youvegotnoideabutyouwill

22.04.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My new EP is out today:
tobyjamesmusic.bandcamp.com

20.04.2025 06:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New EP out 20th April 2025.
Sneak preview of track 01 - β€œSometimes, When I’m Cold”

#ambient #cinematic #drone #meditation #soundbath

07.04.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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26.03.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When the stank’s so good you can’t even look at it…

25.03.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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25.03.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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24.03.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Faith, Music, and the Spaces In Between An exploration of sacred sound, personal reflection, and the uneasy balance between beauty and belief.

What are your thoughts about β€˜sacred’ music?
tobyjamesmusic.substack.com/p/faith-musi...

23.03.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Adrian Hanft III is My New Favourite Artist ...and he should become yours too (slowly).

Adrian Hanft has a lot to teach us.
Why I love more than just his art - a new Substack post:

open.substack.com/pub/tobyjame...

17.03.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Behind the scenes of today’s remote saxophone recording session for the delectable @danjwatts. Sadly, it’s a secret project so you can’t hear the audio - but I’ve replaced it with something equally as satisfying.
Enjoy. xx

15.03.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Behind the scenes of my recent remote sax session for the mighty @lpm_theband
β€œPower horns with fiddly bits” - mission accomplished!

Need sax? HMU!

#recordingartist #sessionmusician #recordingsession #studiosession #studio #recordingstudio #remoterecording #recordingstudios #recordingartists

13.03.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why I’m Turning Notifications Back On. We’ve said it before, and we’ll doubtless say it againβ€”social media is bad.

New Substack post.
Please take a look.
I’ll knowing you have… πŸ˜‰
open.substack.com/pub/tobyjame...

12.03.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Myth of Being Average Perhaps average isn’t the insult we think it is.

Average. Mediocre. Boring.
Or dependable, resolute, trustworthy?

open.substack.com/pub/tobyjame...

04.03.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I did hover over the β€˜Publish’ button for a while with that very thought in mind.
To be fair, I’m not sure me, Jacob and Herbie Hancock will all fit in his bedsit anyway. πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

23.02.2025 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We need to talk about Jacob Collier. Jacob Collier gets a bad rap.

We need to talk about Jacob Collier - a new Substack post.
open.substack.com/pub/tobyjame...

23.02.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so good. For me, it’s one of those films that has made me not want to watch anything else, simply because it won’t be as good.

22.02.2025 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just finished Conclave. What an absolute triumph of a film - quite literally immaculate in every way. Astonishing acting from the cast, Mr. Fiennes in particular. Beautiful cinematography, and wonderful score from @volkerbertelmann_official .
Un vero capolavoro.
Have you guys seen it? Thoughts?

21.02.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re an artist, everything is a canvas.
If you’re a writer, everything is a story.
If you’re a musician, everything is a song.
If you’re an actor, everything is a stage.

Worry less about the tools, and pay more attention to how you experience the world.

21.02.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bach Chorales: A Metaphor for Life Bach can teach us a lot about music - and, as it turns out, life.

I like to think of Bach chorales as 'Sudoku for Musicians'. They're fascinating not just for their beauty, but for what they can teach us about life.
Take a read here:
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21.02.2025 05:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So good πŸ”₯

26.01.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are there any art, urban art, sticker, zine, film, composer, creative meet-ups in Norfolk, UK? I feel like I’m all alone out here…

26.01.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sick of this - just hand them over already! 😫

24.01.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d much rather talk to artists and tattooists, vandals and writers about what inspires them - that’s what fires me up, that’s where progress is made.
2/2

23.01.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At the risk of ostracising myself from the musician/composer community, but I’m not that interested in talking about music. I mean, we can - but I don’t care about your EQ, or what compressor you’re using… 1/2

23.01.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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