Duncan Parsons

Duncan Parsons Multi-instrumentalist, drummer with the John Hackett Band, former bassist with Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band It's as if the 80s never quite arrived, music from Nineteen Seventy Twelve or Thirt...

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Oh yes - I'm also a musician with quite varied music available via Bandcamp and digital distributors/streaming services, should that be of any interest!

duncanparsons.bandcamp.com
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I've also done graphic design, voice over work, programmer for 30yrs (mainly C++ recently)..

If any of this makes a connection in your mind to folk/businesses you know, do let me (and them!) know :-)
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Event organising/co-ordination - 15 events this year (including with drum legend Bill Bruford, folk legend Boo Hewerdine, and international artist Angel Snow), and events with 20+ artists booked for 2026
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Administrating and organising CD production/distribution of music for others
Session work, audio production work (recording, mix, mastering)
Live sound engineering (weddings, council projects, gigs)
Music writing and arranging/sound design for theatre and various clients
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Video editing and consultancy (mainly corporate, some theatre, music)
Transcription services
Proof reading

Teaching theatre tech with an SEN school
Music mentoring with an SEN pupil
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I find myself in need of bits of work, if anyone knows of or hears of things. Full time permanent positions, alas, are not for me, more contract/project/etc are the things that work better with all the streams of things I do

The last year has seen me doing..
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This Saturday (25th Oct) I'll be opening for the fabulous @boohewerdine.bsky.social at @thelanternsheff.bsky.social <3

Tix - www.ticketsource.co.uk/thelanternsh...

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Catherine Warr, Mark Beltane, and Duncan Parsons At Knutsford Little Theatre The Eighth of November – the Bodleian Library is opened to the public in 1602, and Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel, makes his first appearance in print in 1920. ..and in 2025, we're delighte...

Catherine sings "Horrible Histories meets Weird Al" tunes

Mark's songs are inspired by nature (cf John Martyn, Vashti Bunyan, Sandy Denny..)

Mine are songs of nostalgia, nervous love, and robots.. (#Prog said of me "like a more assertive Nick Drake")

Tix - wegottickets.com/event/669239/
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Catherine Warr, Mark Beltane, and Duncan Parsons At Knutsford Little Theatre The Eighth of November – the Bodleian Library is opened to the public in 1602, and Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel, makes his first appearance in print in 1920. ..and in 2025, we're delighte...

On Sat 8th Nov I'll be playing with @cathwarr.bsky.social & Mark Beltane at @knutsfordtheatre.bsky.social

Tix - wegottickets.com/event/669239/

If you're within reach, do come!

Those near #Brighton #Hove, #JohnHackettBand are playing The Brunswick tonight (Sat 18th)!

I would note that new Rush drummer #AnikaNilles was on our guitarist #NickFletcher's last couple of albums
Steve Hackett calls Nick "the best jazz-rock guitarist in the country"

Do come!

#prog #livemusic

Gnome UnGnomes and UnGnome UnGnomes by jefph | Redbubble While Donald Rumsfeld echoed philosophical ideas from down through the ages, the guardians of garden developed their own version..

We had a silly conversation last band practice..

www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1748...

There are Gnome Gnomes,
Gnomes UnGnomes,
and UnGnome UnGnomes..

Our governments should be focusing on better vaccine solutions, reusable plastic free masks which are already in existence and clean air. They are doing none of this because facial surveillance seems to be the priority.

YouTube video by angel snow official Angel Snow “Midnight Sun” (FULL VIDEO)

The gorgeous Midnight Sun will undoubtedly be on the set list..
youtube.com/watch?v=bo00...

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Sat 4th Oct sees Angel Snow return to #Sheffield, this time to @thelanternsheff.bsky.social

Expect an evening of bluesy #Americana infused immersive songs <3

The evening will be opened with a set from Sheffield artist Teah Lewis

tix - ticketsource.co.uk/thelanternsh...
#livemusic
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I've just had to do one for this platform..

At the top, a green button reads: “Take Action.” Below it: Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard for universal respirator use in healthcare. Subtext: For the first time, N95s would be expected for all healthcare workers, patients, and visitors — unless equally protective substitute measures are in place. Final paragraph: To our knowledge, this is the first national standard of its kind — anywhere in the world. In the background is a faint image of a CAN95 respirator. The WHN logo and a row of six colored dots appear at the top.

Headline in bold: If this CSA standard is finalized, it sets a critical precedent for other countries to follow. Followed by: It can shape global policy for decades on: • Clean air in healthcare • Pandemic preparedness • Protection of the most vulnerable Final sentence: This is about making healthcare safer — for everyone. Background includes a faded image of an N95-style respirator. The WHN logo and six colorful dots are at the top.

Bold headline: Every single person can help. Subtext: The CSA is accepting public comments until August 19. You can help make this a reality — by submitting your comment. A dark green button reads: “See caption for details.” Faint background shows a close-up of a CAN95 mask. Top shows the WHN logo and colored dots.

Canada is on the verge of adopting a national standard requiring N95s in healthcare—and your voice can help make it happen.

Having just watched a report on the increasing number of people turning to AI agents for relationship advice, we can't be far away (if not already there) from a significant slice of voters asking ChatGPT/Grok/Siri/Whatever to tell them for whom they should vote. Take a moment to think about that.

The older you get, the more you realize it's not who has known you the longest, but who sees you, hears you, understands you, supports you, brings out your inner child, makes you laugh, brings you more peace, soothes your nervous system, relaxes you and gives you more energy.

Indeed.. Once Vance is POTUS, he should be impeached on evidence of just breathing.

Then over the course of the next few years just impeach the entire Republican party one by one as they step up..

paging @ericwistrand.bsky.social..

Two pictures of Suzanne Vega from the 80s are side by side. The picture on the left is blurry with a title "Suzanne Vague" On the right the picture is very blurry with a title "Suzanne Vega"

..her mocking smile says it all..

#SuzanneVega

It just smiled enigmatically at me

YouTube video by Supertanskiii What Trump Is Doing and WHY. Heads Up, It’s Disaster Capitalism…

It’s obvious what Trump’s doing, the huge short, disaster capitalism on a big scale.

Why? Also obvious, huge profits for him and his billionaire associates.

How do I know? It’s happened here twice.

Meanwhile, CEOs build compounds because civil war is guaranteed.

youtu.be/BTSnojxvnEM

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Neil Stone (@DrNeilStone ). The tweet reads: "RFK Jr has cut Alzheimers research. ALZHEIMERS. One of the most devastating, urgent and increasing health problems we face today. He’s not interested. He’s a nasty piece of work."

Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.

Do you know of the history of riots in the USA?

What's hampering them and why they are not happening now? The more I try to understand the what and the why, the more confused I am.
They are attacking civil rights from all sides, yet people only think of peaceful demonstrations.

A pleasing review of the new John Hackett Band out next Friday :-)

Heather Findlay will be at @thelanternsheff.bsky.social #Sheffield on Fri 28th Mar for the launch of her new album, "Wildflower"

@robyngair.bsky.social will open the evening

An intimate show in the gorgeous setting of Sheffield's oldest working theatre!

See www.ticketsource.co.uk/thelanternsh...

Del Scott Miller will be at Sheffield's Lantern Theatre on Fri 4th April 2025 launching his new EP, "How The Night Gets In"
Songs of love, loss & the underdog, filtered through the gentle cynicism of his native Yorkshire

The night will be opened by Lofter

see www.ticketsource.co.uk/.../del-scot...

Please will the opposition point out to Labour that there are over 3.1 million people suffering #Longcovid due to lack of airborne mitigations and UKHSA not following the WHO guidance. I feel this is morally wrong, failing to prevent and failing to even mention it. This has greatly increased the 🧵