David McFarlane

@dmcf.bsky.social

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PhD Research at Salford University Researching conflict/collaboration/difference in music making also musician / facilitator / teacher / fiddles around with tech a lot / really likes sounds all views someone else's he/him

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Wuthering Heights (2026)
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hollow Common People wet dream loosely wearing Wikipedia synopsis of Wuthering Heights as unconvincing disguise

Okay, but what about lowering technical barriers to creativity? The thing is, those barriers are one inch tall. If you can play the black keys on the piano, or play a single chord on the guitar or ukulele, or select loops from the GarageBand loop library, or pound out a steady rhythm on a table, that is all the instrumental backing you need to get going.
The obstacles to musical creativity have nothing to do with equipment or money or education or anything else, they are one hundred percent psychological. The challenge of music education is to help the kids give themselves emotional permission to be as musical as they were when they were toddlers.
Everything else is extra.

PhD offer letter from Salford University

BBC News announcement–'The feeling here is palpable shock - BBC reports from Vatican'

the Twin Peaks title card with the words TWINK PEAS instead of TWIN PEAKS

the Twin Peaks title card with the words WINK PASTE instead of TWIN PEAKS

the Twin Peaks title card with the words "PANT" I SPEW instead of TWIN PEAKS

the Twin Peaks title card with the words PINK SWEAT instead of TWIN PEAKS

the Twin Peaks title card with the words WANT SPIKE instead of TWIN PEAKS

the Twin Peaks title card with the words WEAK PINTS instead of TWIN PEAKS

the Twin Peaks title card with the words SPITE WANK instead of TWIN PEAKS

the Twin Peaks title card with the words APE TWINKS instead of TWIN PEAKS

Lionel Hutz 'WORKS ON CONTINGENCY? NO, MONEY DOWN!' business card

but instead it says

'ERNEST HEMINGWAY

FOR SALE, BABY!
SHOES, NEVER WORN!'