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humanmusique Update: Sunday, February 16, 2025

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In case you don’t recognize the photo above, it is the album cover for Likuid Eklektik’s first album… Never2Late and, it will finally be available for sale on humanmusique productions (hmp) bandcamp page as of Saturday, March 1, 2025 ( https://bandcamp.com/hmpbcfan ). This version/mix is a definite improvement. There are some slight changes in parts on some of the songs with some newly recorded or edited parts. I’m very satisfied with the results and this will definitely be the bar for all future mixes to come for hmp. Also, as I mentioned in a previous episode, everyone that purchased this album will receive a free copy of the improved version very soon. Keep an eye on your email. And now we move forward.

What does that mean? Now I move on and finish the second Likuid Elektik album,NO LIMITS:2020. There won’t be any information posted for a timeframe to finish this one. I will send out some updates while in the process and make the announcement once the album is complete.

So.. stay in touch and I will keep you posted. There will be another post here in about a week with information about what versions of singles will be available.. So far for the singles, there will only be two versions of each and I’ll let you know that looks like in a week or so.

Thank you for stopping by, stay posted and take good care everyone.. GET INVOLVED!!

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humanmusique Update: Friday, January 17, 2025

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I’m going to move in this direction. My choice id not to move at a pace or in a direction dictated by anyone else but me. I have plenty of music to get out there… music I have not touched for a while. On my Bandcamp page I’m going to start my own music library. It will operate under the same name as the record label and music publishing group… “humanmusique productions”. And some of what I offer now will include a music library that I can invite Music Supervisors and Sync types to. I’ve taken a look at quite a few music library’s and with any of them I will be one of the many waiting to be found amongst a sea of talented song writers and performers. With humanmusique productions?? Tis I.. for now, just me. But, I do have one project formulating that involves someone else that will eventually, once completed, will be added to the library. All of the particulars will be put out there along the way.

I mentioned a while back about VIP memberships for the BandCamp page.. that is still in the works. Through memberships one will have access to ongoing projects and previews to up coming releases.. and more, once I figure out what that more is. I’m going to pull that together in the not so distant future. Behind this idea to make the music visible, available and so on is the fact that, in no time in the near future will I be performing any of my work live. And with both the music industry in a sort of helter-skelter mode, I’m not willing to commit to someone else’s idea of what I should be doing and when.. this approach enables my free will for content and expression from beginning to end. When Music Supervisors and Synch Types visit my music library, they won’t have a problem finding me.. It allows full distinction and quite possibly some leverage right off the bat as to how I do what I do and when. That’s the theory at least. I love to perform live and I do miss it to a degree but, this is the direction I’ve been headed since the beginning… and now?? Well… One foot in front of the other.

What you can look forward to in the near future is the re-release of the first two Likuid Eklektik albums.. Never2Late and No Limits:2020 to be released in full electronic album format on BandCamp (https://ttarpleymusic.bandcamp.com). I will announce the date a few weeks prior to. As I mentioned earlier, for those who purchased an album will get a copy or the re-release free. Somewhere down the line there will be singles in released in a few different formats for each one. I won’t mention what those formats are until they are ready to be released… there will be three different formats for each single though. You’ve hung in there this long, stay tuned a bit longer because this is assured to get better as it goes. My genuine thanks for the support or.. just curious interest. Feel free to contact me.. feed back, etc., etc… Take a look at my earlier blogs and comment on the photo’s.. or content. Take good care all. The photo… I titled it “Not So Mystical”. It feeds me.

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humanmusique Update: Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Hello everyone.. tis I once again. The one with music. Soooo… What’s the word, you might ask. Let me tell you then. I have an extended agreement with a distribution company. However, nothing can be done with reference to me moving forward with the agreement right away. So many changes within the music industry. This is something I knew in loose terms but, being faced with an actual working relationship, I see some of the many changes in detail in the areas of distribution and promotion in particular.

Why am I not moving forward at the moment? Song protection and videos… in both cases, the lack of. My songs are currently protected by copyrights as what’s called a “collection”. Meaning.. that as long as my songs are in an album/cd package they are protected. Once I remove any one of the songs from the “collection”, I have to get a copy right for each one separately. The model for releasing music currently is in the form of singles.. one song at a time, which is the approach the distribution company takes. I get it.. follow suit in a trend that has a proven track record. The next thing is.. most internet content that’s absorbed online is in the form of audio/video.. meaning, I need to have some sort of video attached to my music to give me a better chance of gaining more friends. I get that too.. no argument with either of those approaches. And the thing that gets me is the distribution people genuinely like my work… everything they listened to they liked. I still haven’t fully absorbed that. I’ve not had anyone outside of family and friends comment in such a positive manner about my work. I’m very happy to be on the receiving end of the comments, it’s just new to me.

What does all this mean now? Well for starters, I cannot afford to do any of the things I need to do to make the songs distribution ready. We’re moving next year to western Washington and there’s no dollars to spare right now. I’m looking for a way to generate some extra income so I can get four or five songs out there but… we’ll see. As it stands right now I’m using my new found knowledge and shinning up all the songs with new and exciting mixes and getting them mastered as well. I have shifted some of my expenses so I can do my own mastering and when the time comes, use the distributor’s content service for regular advertising. They have proven strategy’s that will introduce me to real friends and not paid “like button” programs.

My feelings here? I’m on the way.. I’ve gone beyond the door steps and have had the conversations with a positive outcome. The next thing will be humanmusique productions in full swing with Likuid Ekleltik, Papa T and TTom chanting out loud. Thank you all for taking the time to stop by and visit.. take good care and I will be back soon. Oooohhh.. the photo. This is a spot on the beach Cheri and I visited in Mukilteo, WA

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“humanmusique”… a Friday Progress Report:February 2, 2024

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AAANND we’re back. First, the photo. This shot is located at a rest stop about 70 miles east of Seattle on I90. It is the northern Cascade Mountains. Just about any place in or around the northern Cascades is picturesque. I believe the time frame for this shot is April 2023.

Now.. the album. The album, NO LIMITS:2020-Likuid Eklektik is complete with the exception of one minor adjustment. And I do mean minor. The space in between songs can be as long or as short as you choose. Usually there’s only two or three seconds as a general rule. The space I need to adjust is currently about eight or nine seconds after the fourth song going into the fifth song. It’s long enough to make you think the album is finished. So.. like I said, it’s minor and will be taken care of as soon as I finish this message.

So.. you say.. “That means that the album is finished and ready for release then”. That is correct. It was in one of my earlier notes that I mentioned that I would not release new material on the streaming networks but.. I’ve had second thoughts on that. Maybe some of you have seen a statement floating around the ether-world by the one and only Snoop Dog when he mentioned he only made $40-something thousand dollars on spotify for hundreds of thousands of spins. Well that tells you right there that for an artist like me… there’s definitely no money in the streaming networks. There are a lot of subscribers for the networks and some of them such as pandora and youtube, to name a couple, are free.. along with commercials. For me there’s more people to share the music with and a larger internet presence.. Not to mention that the subscription I have to master my music.. distribution on all the major streaming networks is included. So.. there’s that.

Now you’re probably asking, when will this new Likuid Eklektik album be released?  That’s a very good question too.. it will be released on this page (https://likuideklektik.bandcamp.com/track/what-have-we-done-now-2) on February 14, 2024.. and shortly after that on spotify, apple music, pandora, tidal, deezer as well as a few others that I can’t recall right now. I will get the word out for the streaming network release as soon as I have it. Somewhere in the neighborhood of February 14 is the target time though. All the music is scanned by the company for plagiarism prior to release and sometimes that takes more time than you expect. Keep in mind, it’s not just me getting music mastered and released. Now for those interested in making good use of their spotify streaming subscription, here’s where you can find Likuid Eklektik’s first album on spotify… (https://open.spotify.com/album/3iblRkC6LgyCYn391oQJ2E). This Remix of Never2Late will be Remixed in the not too distant future also.. I’ll let you know about this as well.

Well..onward and forward with the last minor adjustment and a final master and the rest is paper work. You know..copy rights, UPC code assignments, meta data, ISRC numbers and then cataloging this information. Humph!! Take good care all.. drop by on the 14th and support your favorite band on BandCamp by buying their work. Thank you.

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“humanmusique”… a Friday Progress Report:December 29, 2023

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And.. Hello all. Once again I have some things to share.. album cover, the next two songs and a bit about where I’m at in the process and when and where can you get this new album by Likuid Eklektik. I will share a bit of it all here.

THE PHOTO: First, the photo… I’ll take full credit for it. This is somewhere in southwestern Idaho and I took it on our way from Texas coming home to Washington. It was our last leg before we pulled into Spokane Valley. In a big way this represents new chapters for us. If one did not know better, that picture could be somewhere in central Texas. Similar terrain, colors and not a mountain in sight. Shortly after that the transition of the terrain and the colors were augmented with trees and mountains. How surreal. 

SONG LIST: Once again.. the list:                                            

>1. move me

>2. what have we done now

>3. Tomy

>4. my kind of day

>5. from this point forward

>6. you and me

>7. groove instinct

>8. the beauty

>9. sahara frolic

>10. tree tops  

                                                             WHO WHO ARE THESE SONGS ANYWAY: We’re picking up with 7 and 8.                                                            >7. groove instinct… It is what it states. Groove.. dig a ditch kind of groove. The instrumentation signifies that Grooving is definitely an international affair. The rhythm section.. bass guitar, marimba… a melodic percussion instrument with wooden bars struck with yarn covered mallets, an oud.. a pear shaped stringed instrument of the Middle East, and synthisizers and drums to round things out. What else can I say about this one other than.. you have to hear it for yourself.                                                      >8. the beauty… This one is inspired by Chic Coreas’ Spain.. Spain is one of my favorite songs. The flavors are magic and the piece just beckons for you to join in. I feel that I extend the invitation in like kind in a bob and weave rhythmic way. I feel good with this one.

ALBUM UPDATE: At this point I’m making some final adjustments on the last song… >10. Tree Tops. I was having some issues in the higher frequencies with the cymbals. That’s been worked on some but, still a little more to do. After that I run another master on them and check it out in the Genesis and see. When I do finish with everything, you can find this, the second album and the first one on my BandCamp page:    https://likuideklektik.bandcamp.com/track/what-have-we-done-now-2  

UNTIL NEXT TIME: Well.. I’m going to leave it here. As I’ve mentioned before, leave comments, ideas, check out the music, tell all your family and friends and stop by again and visit as often as you like. Take good care