Ben Dring Music

I'll check it out, thank you :)

YouTube video by Ben Dring - Topic Coming Home (feat. L.A. Trewick)

Three years today since the release of Coming Home!

(And not a scrap for you since) #synthpop #electropop #electronicmusic #indiemusic #indiemusicians

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I wonder how often I think to myself 'things have been a bit miserable lately' or 'I've been pretty anxious lately'.

Pretty sure it's actually just constant and I break it up in my head based on what has been going on at that point.

Sure feels like week to week all that's changing is what is making me feel overwhelmed and without any time to do anything. I mean a lot of people feel that way with work but I'm not even getting paid... since I'm even more interview-able but not hireable than ever apparently.

Do you ever walk into a toilet, immediately flush it and think 'how is that so difficult for some people?'

Oh man how'd I forget to post about going to see Drowning Pool on here?
A 15 year waited ended. I did get quite emotional. Signed poster from the merch table and the bassist's pick acquired... no idea who he was like, wasn't my mate Stevie, but two gigs in a row coming away with a pick

Well between no news on last week's interviews and finally giving up on my meta accounts, I'm certainly feeling a bit frustrated and unmotivated today

Didn't need to worry about that, not heard back from anyone.

Follow up, this account's re-appeal was rejected and so was the account I wanted to regain access to the most. As expected. I am officially done with meta, how liberating

Got an email from Instagram saying they had accepted my appeal on one of my accounts and restored it! Got an email from instagram saying they'd disabled the same account again

Fourth and final (one way or another) attempt at getting my Meta accounts back. God what a chore. And having to pay for the pleasure. At least this agent seemed like she knew what she was doing. Only really want old ideas I foolishly stored on an instagram. Outside of that, honestly fuck em 😂

Recently messaged an old college music buddy about some ideas he sent over to me that I forgot about

Pros:
- It wasn't 2.5 years ago he messaged me, it was only 2.
- I had messaged him Feb '24 about it which I also forgot I did..

Cons: Still very not good

And just after he says this, one calls back to offer a second interview on Thursday a few hours after another second interview on Thursday... I wonder how that's going to go 🫠 (phone call offering me the first job 5 minutes before the second one's interview?)

A nicer problem to have and certainly not something I'm used to but I'm actually getting so many job interviews it's making me a bit anxious 😅 I live in fear of having multiple job options

Decided to go as Wayne Static this halloween,you know?
#waynestatic #staticx

When the police post on Facebook looking for a criminal or even someone missing, it's always 'they have links to x location and x location'. I have links to nowhere man, I'd be easy to find. 'Has links to his own bed'

I made this video with a logical if a bit loose plan in mind. Since then, I've continued my usual spiral of flitting between unrelated ideas. I even started a vlog talking about this which I haven't finished because I haven't been interested enough to film the ideas I was torn between at that time

First job interview in over 2 years done. Maybe it was the phone call nature of it but I was more nervous than I expected to be when it came to it but all good. Here's hoping it's a good one.

Went to Andy's Man Club for the first time in a while as this week marked 3 years since I first went. None of the interactions that rubbed me the wrong way in my last few visits but I did have some of my irrational anxiety where I think people aren't interested... though less than I expected.

If it's not bad enough that he didn't care enough about her to be civil about something so shallow, me and her do similar work😬And it does inadvertently confirm the suspicion that he has no respect for her fulltime art business so... yep, you might have a point

Here was me thinking my partner's brother had just grown to dislike me over time, had no idea he didn't like me because of my career prospects of which he knew nothing 🤔

Thank you! I appreciate it :)

5 years ago today, I made this excellent promotional meme

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Absolutely overjoyed for my beloved having her work featured in an Etsy advert 🥹

Moreso need to do something for her to be proud of now 😬

Excitedly went out in my little car to pick my mam up from work after a productive day, planning to continue my good work when we got home.

2 hours in traffic.

Didn't even get her in the end, she got a taxi.

On Tidal, it's even more visible that distributors and music services need to better separate artists that have used the same name. Like if they're not from the same uploader, maybe don't put them on the same artist page. And you shouldn't even be able to pick the same name as big artists like Rush

At a gig tonight there was a young girl, clearly very anxious, possible LDs, determined to be there and have a good time. I was determined to get her something from the band. I did eventually get a pick but they'd left immediately, as you would. Feels worse that I actually managed to get something

It's gone terribly so far. You never know, maybe one day I will get an email saying they've fixed it but I've never doubted anything more. Might as well settle in for the long haul, this is the new main home for my music.

Thank you so much!

Finally caved and paid for meta verified to access support for my accounts that were disabled by automated systems. Funnily enough but to the surprise of no one, it's not gone well so far.