Out of Range Exception
And Previews of New Music by Mark Rushton
On May 1st, I released a new album of ambient music, Memory Tunnel, on the streamers and Bandcamp.
And I also add a few tracks to my Ambient Rushton’s New Music Playlist on Spotify, which documents some of the music and sounds I’ve released in the past year.
For the new album, I added “Out of Range Exception”, “Thread Yield”, and “Memory Tunnel”:
I’ve been busy this past week with work and personal commitments, but I was able to cook up a brief ambient music livestream on Saturday night, May 4th. Only 5 minutes long, but this is quite the gem:
I think this sounds excellent. While these kinds of recordings are made completely live, I do record everything along the way. The recording I make doesn’t have any “live-stream compression” or “YouTube compression”, so it sounds even better by the time I get around to releasing it. For this track, “Raindrops in the Clouds”, it’ll likely be edited and released on July 1st.
In follow-up to last week’s posting about Songtrust, nothing has changed. Nobody from Songtrust, or parent company Downtown Music Holdings, has contacted me. They don’t respond to their tickets. They don’t answer the phone. They don’t respond on social media. People I know who know people at Songtrust haven’t been able to move the needle. I sent snail mail to some people at Downtown Music Holdings in the past week, and other things. If nobody responds, then I’ll have to hire somebody.
I don’t get why people, and companies, can’t do their job. I’m not asking for anything special here. This is a routine request.
I mean, I do know why these things occur. Just read the reviews for Songtrust on Trust Pilot. Something happened around 2021. I suspect that thing was co-founder Joe Conyers III leaving the company, but I could be wrong. When somebody important leaves the company and the reviews all turn negative then that’s probably a major factor. I did reach out to Joe via his form, but haven’t heard anything.
Despite the occasional setback, I’m excited about the future. I like the challenge of managing my catalog. I can do it today. Back in 2019, things were a little different with the music industry.
Next week, I’ll talk about the museum I went to yesterday where paintings like this were on display.