Laura Kidd πŸ’Œ Penfriend

Laura Kidd πŸ’Œ Penfriend

@penfriendrocks.bsky.social

Sad songs to make you feel better. πŸ–€ Get a FREE album + zine from http://penfriend.rocks/hello 🏠 Notts, UK Explore my world of music and stories: https://penfriend.rocks/links

2,665 Followers 708 Following 1,403 Posts Joined Oct 2023
3 days ago
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Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley

Off to the Trans Mission concert at Wembley tonight. In support of transgender charities. Can’t make it? You can still donate here:

www.transmissionlive.uk

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3 days ago

It's so weird to me too. Just very horrible ones recently as well. Ugh.

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3 days ago

Thank you. Unfortunately to see any comments I have to se the horrible ones too x

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3 days ago

That is so lovely to hear, thank you x

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3 days ago

Reading negative comments daily is part of my job, and if people are commenting on my posts I'm lucky, right?

Maybe.

They do seem particularly nasty at the moment though, perhaps unsurprisingly due to current events but hurtful all the same.

I keep trying to be kind, I wish others would too.

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1 week ago

writing a song writing a song writing a song WRITING A SONG πŸ₯³

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1 week ago
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β€œNow we know we were always enough” is a lyric I could only have written in my 40’s, and I’m proud. To have realised it, and to have folded it into the melody for my song β€œSeasons”.

​I’m sharing this FREE / pay what you can 6-song pack to celebrate Bandcamp Day: penfriend.rocks/seasons-surv...

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1 week ago
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β€œNow we know we were always enough” is a lyric I could only have written in my 40’s, and I’m proud. To have realised it, and to have folded it into the melody for my song β€œSeasons”.

​I’m sharing this FREE / pay what you can 6-song pack to celebrate Bandcamp Day: penfriend.rocks/seasons-surv...

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1 week ago

I’m a lucky, lucky lady. β€œThat’s not singing.”

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1 week ago
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New YouTube blurb ahoy!

"Heartfelt indie music and creative experiments for you.

Original songs and music videos plus honest conversations about art, life and the creative process."

-> youtube.com/penfriendrocks <-

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1 week ago

Someone the other asked me to send them razors and rope...not sure what experiment they're concocting there but I got the vague sense they weren't into the song they had watched which is called THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH

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1 week ago

It's a shame really

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1 week ago

He does seem muddled up about several issues all at once.

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1 week ago
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Here’s the reminder you need to see today that, on the very same thread, one person will hate what you do and one person will love it πŸ˜‚

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1 week ago
A very cute grey and black puppy wearing a green knitted jumper

What is your inner gremlin shouting RIGHT NOW?

penfriend.rocks/what-is-your...

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1 week ago
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Not a wage: what YouTube actually pays me for 5000 subs YouTube video by Penfriend

Are you nursing regrets over not starting your YouTube channel yet?

I talked through what I made in 5 years on the platform as a full-time music producer and solo artist, sharing all the numbers and talking about the creative side: youtu.be/CblLzEP7uCw?...

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1 week ago
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Not a wage: what YouTube actually pays me for 5000 subs YouTube video by Penfriend

Are you nursing regrets over not starting your YouTube channel yet?

I talked through what I made in 5 years on the platform as a full-time music producer and solo artist, sharing all the numbers and talking about the creative side: youtu.be/CblLzEP7uCw?...

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2 weeks ago

It didn't feel simple or normal at that time, hence the lyrics!

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2 weeks ago
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A week in my life as an independent artist / creator / record label owner VLOG YouTube video by Penfriend

Just re-watching this cute and hopefully still helpful video from three years ago about how I run my online music making business: youtu.be/AgcWb5KEGaQ?...

I live in a different city, I have a fringe and my black dog is now grey but most of this is how I operate to this day.

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2 weeks ago
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Obey Robots - Porcupine YouTube video by Penfriend

I'm a porcupine youtu.be/U_jgPXdXKOs?...

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2 weeks ago

It actually really was! I'm glad I pressed on and did it after it sat on my To Do Next list for about 3 years

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2 weeks ago

I'm so glad you like it too! I filmed everything as well (to be edited later) and really dazzled myself with the beauty of that one!

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2 weeks ago
Photo of fire vinyl Photo of a KiTalbum Photo of an album cover featuring a robot army Photo of a vinyl effect CD

I finished something big just now!

I recently photographed all my vinyl, CDs and other merch to pretty up my online shop, and I just finished uploading everything and reorganising it.

It feels very nice to have this all looking sharp: shop.penfriend.rocks

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2 weeks ago

I'm sorry for your loss, Robin x

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2 weeks ago

Exporting a brand new song to share with my subscribers this weekend feels VERY GOOD!

I've been mostly offline since Christmas working on much-needed infrastructure stuff for my cottage industry music-making biz, but am still sharing a secret song on the first of every month.

Love to you x

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3 weeks ago

I got the UGreen DXP4800. It's taking forever to transfer everything but that's because there's a lot of stuff!

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3 weeks ago

Mine is backing up the aforementioned stack of hard drives, and is set to RAID 5 so everything feels a lot more secure now!

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3 weeks ago

Eek! I'm hoping to reduce the amount of TB used over the next few months of working out how many duplicate files I've stashed away and deleting absolutely useless video files 🀣

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3 weeks ago

22 years of creating videos, music and photos = approximately 30 TB of data dumped onto my new NAS from a pile of external drives.

The next phase of reorganising and paring down will take a while, but it feels SO MUCH better to have it in a safe(r) place.

Backup your important files today, friend!

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