Nick Lewis

Web Dev / Synth Nerd / Photographer - Based near Reading in the UK

Podcaster and creator of Modulations

https://nick-lewis.npub.pro

https://fountain.fm/show/GT5qIkp33spJGwEJJDkE

https://modulations.substack.com
https://peakd.com/@nicklewis

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2026-02-09 11:20:23 UTC

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So funny! Many years ago dad and i rescued a mouse from our loft that had survived traps. We drove him about five miles away and freed him in some woodland! I suspect later that night an owl might have had him!
https://fountain.fm/episode/yUx5Rkujx0nRPMYISpb1

2026-02-09 10:20:59 UTC

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I love this episode as my relatives are buried in the St Enedoc church. I know it so well, Brae hill, Padstow, Rock etc. my great aunt used to run the farm in Trebetherick just opposite the golf course. Fond memories of walking across the golf course, listening out for “fore!” to get to Daymer. Taking friends to the hill as an adult and challenging them to a climb. So steep but the view is fantastic. Spent many evenings as a kid in the hot summer of the 70s watching the sun set, taking a late swim in the sea.
https://fountain.fm/episode/etvSmU3A61m9pSDVeeUc

2026-01-17 07:33:33 UTC

I’m still alive. I know, haven’t posted a thing in Nostr for ages and wanted to share some of the musical stuff I’ve been playing with on the iPad recently.
https://blossom.primal.net/c221842c1717649c8e95a3b505cb97a0355ab04420444c72822cf4dfde106229.mov

2026-01-09 14:13:07 UTC

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It’s an amazing place too. Have been there a few times in the past.

2025-12-24 19:31:06 UTC

I’ve not been on here for ages, which I’ll sort out soon lol.
Merry Christmas. Hope you all have a great one and thanks for a great 2025. Thanks for the Sats, support and everything.

2025-12-09 22:45:36 UTC

Playing around in AUM this evening and came up with this track or sketch as I prefer to call these little performances.
https://samply.app/p/KscZM7vduZ2f2TYaxzAT?si=GtwKCcDO7XP6dAsIn4ZML4UhnPk1

2025-10-01 13:43:24 UTC

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So true

2025-10-01 13:42:57 UTC

Got out on my feet this morning, to film two very interesting locations for my YouTube channel, which is a separate project to Modulations and RP, the newsletters that to see from profile here on Substack.
The first was to find the confluence of two rivers, the Thames and the Kennet and Avon, a location just outside Reading. The walk took new through an area that was very gritty, edgy, rundown which is often the case where industry once stood tall, now long gone, echoes of the past.
The second was a totally different place, a beautiful church in the heart of Hampshire, that I’ve known for years but have never been inside; until today, it was one of the most fascinating I’d seen.
Now, it’s just a case of editing footage from three different sessions.

2025-10-01 05:51:35 UTC

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Aldi and Lidl are huge here in the UK. There’s a road into Reading, our nearest major town that has two Aldi. Yes two. Mad. Why? It might be because it’s close to a somewhat deprived part of town.
We’ve a Lidl between our two villages and we’re anything but deprived lol. We’re not posh, just middle class folks if you have to categorise us 😉
The other day the car park there was packed!
Everyone is feeling the pinch though

2025-09-30 19:11:12 UTC

https://youtu.be/16lagPz0jRY?si=Ni4fvilfMPLelfSn

2025-09-27 19:05:38 UTC

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Yup 😁

2025-09-21 10:45:06 UTC

GM folks. Discovered a lovely patch on my synth last night. Audio to be shared soon, I recorded it but need to edit it.
https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/f7185ad466021c476dc8835f82b8756c1a4742e9a68c408f41d7342060e2a38c.webp

2025-09-20 12:57:54 UTC

https://open.substack.com/pub/modulations/p/modulations-special-september-modcaf?r=2d5k7&utm_medium=ios

2025-09-18 06:51:53 UTC

GM. How are we all?

2025-09-18 06:51:20 UTC

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Places online that I thought were impervious to this kind of thing, have sadly turned out not to be. I for one don’t like the right or left as they are today, they seem to be the same thing almost. Angry. It makes it harder for people to find friendly political ground and they feel compelled to run to one or the other, there seems to be less of a “safe haven” in between now. Or is that what we are led to believe? Are we not using our own ears, eyes and minds? Have we all become conduits of the echo chamber and that seems to perpetuate across many of the social media platforms.

2025-09-15 18:18:53 UTC

Did you know I have a podcast? New episode out today.
https://wavlake.com/podcast/modulations-

2025-09-15 17:59:45 UTC

I’ve released a new album on Wavlake and a new single
https://wavlake.com/album/5bf3e986-690d-4c34-872e-6a276f546371
https://wavlake.com/album/b0e93fce-fc65-429e-8818-a797646d4e6e

2025-09-14 22:33:45 UTC

https://nickeblewis.bandcamp.com/album/hydrasynth-jams-volume-1

2025-09-04 06:35:28 UTC

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It’s superb

2025-09-04 06:31:43 UTC

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Welcome to primal and nylon strings are quite a beautiful thing. Have been thinking of getting back into guitar to complement my synth work.
Thanks for zapping my loopy pro post the other day, much appreciated.

2025-09-04 06:18:09 UTC

GM folks. Been away for a bit. Had enough of feeds lol

2025-08-17 17:20:24 UTC

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Not close to us, no. However Cornwall is great for surfing and we can get there in a day. I don’t surf though.

2025-08-17 05:40:05 UTC

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That’s hilarious! Totally unconnected, but last night we walked past a butchers that was next door to a vegan restaurant in Caversham! My wife burst out laughing.

2025-08-14 10:24:36 UTC

GM! Haven’t got that many new photographs to share with you at the moment, so I’ll dig into the archives for a few days until I’ve gathered some more. Harvested new photos as I like to say!
This one was captured in the Surrey hills and I fancied trying something different using the zoom burst technique. I mounted my Sony on a tripod, composed the shot and then quickly turned the focus ring whilst the shutter was open.
https://blossom.primal.net/ede6adc00db384c26162c218333e54dac28604d2bfbe416a30187e857ed47d70.jpg

2025-08-13 15:53:20 UTC

Just for the record. If sites such as Bluesky, Spotify etc prompt me to upload my license or do face scanning ,they can fuck off. I will not use them full stop. They track us enough as it is.

2025-08-13 11:51:39 UTC

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Those were the days

2025-08-13 11:48:00 UTC

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Absolutely brilliant, going to check out her other work.

2025-08-13 09:45:37 UTC

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Loved the video and the track. Brilliant stuff!

2025-08-13 09:38:31 UTC

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The online safety act is stupid. Any site that will request my ID will be “blacklisted” by myself for bowing to authoritarianism.

2025-08-13 07:57:27 UTC

If only I knew how maths defines everything around us when I was at school, I’d have taken it more seriously. School was a big let down tbh. Never did they mention the golden ratio, the Mandelbrot or how music is maths. Instead we had to work out, if I had ten quid, bought a sack of potatoes…how much change. FFS.

2025-08-13 07:54:20 UTC

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lol I’m not all that quarrelsome today

2025-08-13 07:50:43 UTC

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I’ve not yet had a row on here. That’s normally instantaneous on Meta sites.

2025-08-13 07:45:51 UTC

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Exactly!

2025-08-13 07:41:52 UTC

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I was pondering the same question @nprofile…6j05 as I had a similar response to my note.

2025-08-13 07:40:12 UTC

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I can’t even bear opening the X app. Feels like stepping onto an enormous smelly turd.

2025-08-13 06:24:10 UTC

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I’m a first class villain, I never delete emails hahahahahaha

2025-08-13 06:22:42 UTC

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On an old dot matrix printer

2025-08-13 06:19:46 UTC

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This is getting dark and wrong funny

2025-08-13 06:18:10 UTC

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What? Like the final level baddie in the old computer games we played in the eighties?
Whoops showing my age there…

2025-08-12 18:14:57 UTC

Playing with loopy pro 2 on the lounge carpet. Linked my Torso T1 to the iPad in order to drive melodies and jammed. Turned out pretty decent, I think.
https://blossom.primal.net/42a574aaf223aceef14b73027d8d51f8c3cd982772e6f58420267f1b94beb5ae.mov

2025-08-12 18:11:41 UTC

There be a mighty sunflower down at our daughter’s allotment. It’s a beauty!
https://blossom.primal.net/6b0cc6da30a26c6ad6c020c9431fe493e1cf6b651f9a5063a1b07011f42a33b2.jpg

2025-08-12 18:10:34 UTC

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🤪

2025-08-12 17:16:57 UTC

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Glad I’ve left X, maybe they called it X because you can behave like an ex-girlfriend/wife/etc over there and behave like immature clocks. Oh, typo, like it, leaving it there.

2025-08-12 09:24:12 UTC

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That’s the most hilarious thing I’ve seen on a Teddy bear ever!!

2025-08-12 09:22:04 UTC

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Ludicrous

2025-08-12 09:15:56 UTC

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Madeira, it’s gorgeous and the people are amazing.

2025-08-12 08:07:42 UTC

I put this together last night on the iPad, kind of a melodic drone with the potential that I can build upon this to create something bigger. Sometimes though, it’s worth leaving music as it is.
#music #synth #drone #experimental
https://blossom.primal.net/1b97b2196348636a53d8d3ab2078b32c93131b1595a4c2264fd5e42ccce49b05.mp4

2025-08-12 08:04:47 UTC

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Brilliant web page and the videos are nice and clear for people to follow. You’ve done a great job with this.

2025-08-12 07:58:03 UTC

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I’ll check them out. Exciting year!

2025-08-12 07:57:30 UTC

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Yes that’s exactly it!

2025-08-12 07:22:01 UTC

Testing out longer video uploads. This one was from our trip to Slovenia not that long ago. We had parked up at the top of the hills and walked down along the forested path to the River Sǒca in the valley below. We had to cross this bridge and it’s one of those wobbly jobs. I’m not great with heights and especially not bridges like this one!
It was well worth it though because the views were fantastic and had a great look at the river, that we kayaked the following day.
https://blossom.primal.net/a4d82ebcc451e824c4e1864849ef1109e4d3c70aa5494fe108c4c80c32d0074f.mov

2025-08-12 06:57:15 UTC

Have mentioned I’m on Wavlake a few times recently but forgot to share my profile link. So here it is.
https://wavlake.com/nick-eb-lewis
I might be renaming this as Modulations soon, as that vibes better with what I do. My electronic synth based music, blended with sound design.

2025-08-12 06:52:26 UTC

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Wow! This is great news!

2025-08-12 06:51:03 UTC

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Envious!

2025-08-12 06:49:57 UTC

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It took a few days because the diagnosis came about quickly, I wasted no time getting an appointment, they prescribed me what I needed and that was that. Pain gone.

2025-08-12 06:45:12 UTC

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Agonising, I couldn’t walk on it and nothing could touch it painkiller wise. In my case, it’s caused by medication I’m already on but can be caused by a penchant for red wine and steak, which I used to be very bad for!

2025-08-12 06:43:17 UTC

This is why perhaps I never made the cut as a wildlife filmmaker. Hey look there’s a Wallaby, reach for the camera. Oh the subject has vanished.
There is a brief glimpse though.
Whipsnade Zoo is great though, very much want to go back for another visit.
https://blossom.primal.net/daa7e04822f5de94e36039663037a5cea0453e1b1a77fff16b3df21ae737592e.mov

2025-08-12 06:38:21 UTC

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lol! Hopefully not Gout because I’ve had that and I thought I’d broken my foot one morning. Went to the GP and that’s what it was.

2025-08-12 05:47:51 UTC

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Do you sleep walk? Maybe you took a walk into town in the middle of the night? Stumbled on something?

2025-08-12 05:46:09 UTC

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I love this man!

2025-08-11 22:13:40 UTC

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I can only imagine, sadly haven’t been there, not yet at least

2025-08-11 22:01:53 UTC

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lol! No.
According to my AI agent, this is the story behind it….
Linus decided to create his own version control system. According to Linus, he chose to call it Git, which is British slang for “unpleasant person,” because “I'm an egotistical bastard, and I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now Git.”
Must be true!

2025-08-11 21:53:10 UTC

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Went there in 1999, they back the boat up as close as they can get to the beach and you dive off, swim ashore and have a walk around. It was very busy from what I can remember. It was quite an experience! Our friend Joanne fell and broke her arm on the deck. The captain took us to the closest harbour he was able to dock at, offloaded us into an “ambulance”. It was a regular taxi and the driver drove like a bat out of hell around mountain roads. We were so green in the face by the time we reached Zakynthos hospital. What a crazy trip.
Every time I see a picture of this beach it reminds me of poor old Jo!

2025-08-11 21:46:47 UTC

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Wow!

2025-08-11 21:45:33 UTC

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I can always remember the view I had of the bridge from my flight into Edinburgh. It was a real treat.

2025-08-11 21:43:03 UTC

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Same here!

2025-08-11 21:28:56 UTC

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That looks glorious. Never been to Sardinia, planning to go back to Malta next year, catch up with old friends there.

2025-08-11 21:24:49 UTC

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I heard this the other day. It’s great, really enjoyed it.

2025-08-11 21:23:36 UTC

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Love “Little monster” and thanks for the chat earlier, hope I was able to offer something of value. That’s the beauty of Nostr, value is appreciated.

2025-08-11 20:46:36 UTC

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lol I’m the polar opposite to many bitcoiners! What’s a gym, funny way of spelling Jim.

2025-08-11 20:44:51 UTC

Over the years I’ve got involved with a lot of creative pursuits and photography is by far one of my biggest passions. I’m not overly interested in large vistas and that’s probably because we live nowhere near any mountains, so becoming a landscape photographer as an amateur or a professional, has never been an option.
I tend to look for closeup details, like this kind of thing, the ephemeral things in our world. You just can’t beat fishing nets, buoys, boats, rope because the textures, faded colours versus vibrant colours, all make for interesting images.
In some cases tell a story.
https://blossom.primal.net/45a4d4ea79195461e2d458e1fc081392d9f3f978300bdec6d6a05076600a5b3c.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/d3a6ef551ffb5a5d12b6d73d4948298e2f24a20cdb9ed12ad54f4494dfb8f7c9.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/9804ef1726932ade63fae605f0383bc000ecb69d8376ba81a7c6a04d5ca7e3fb.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/6efb00e0e02c47b72c2b2f2d941a3c2cddf6b86957f8ccbd74d36748be2cbdf1.jpg

2025-08-11 20:28:46 UTC

A hedgerow with a door? No just an entry for #curiousdoors my 600th project, I’ll never complete or plainly forget about.
Feel free to join in though. Seen any curious doors?
Create notes, use the above tag and I’ll curate them.
https://blossom.primal.net/0787b4441d447ed8b6f7d478cd1d870f4a57180ff327e8b2427490aa9fd13be2.jpg

2025-08-11 20:21:23 UTC

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Phew. Sorry had to carry out that check. lol. Proper bitcoiners, carnivore, ten steaks a day, followed by the rest of the day in the gym.

2025-08-11 20:16:16 UTC

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Uh oh, apologies if you’re vegan by the way. I can’t recall.

2025-08-11 20:15:18 UTC

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Media running like a dream now @nprofile…vk0q - just to let you know. Thanks again.

2025-08-11 20:14:29 UTC

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Now that sounds very interesting, always enjoy a hybrid approach to music like that. I’ve also got a Mac running Ableton, that I use from time to time. The iPad has taken over somewhat of late; could combine them, build TouchOsc interfaces for Ableton and use as a performance device. Worth a look.
As for Wavlake, both really, informal works well. I publish my jams there but have put up one or two mastered tracks. That said they’re mastered by me and nobody else.
There are some top flight people on there like @nprofile…56sn and @nprofile…0s7r - both on Tunestr, which I’ve not checked out.
There are many more out there.

2025-08-11 20:07:18 UTC

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Mind you that steak I had the other day was lovely

2025-08-11 20:06:47 UTC

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No, they’re grazers and still very much alive!

2025-08-11 15:28:03 UTC

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Our local bovine neighbours have departed for another field somewhere.
https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/dfc7c7853f6b71b6b3c6b527767a0b98dece231ba4a5aabbeecb2e034c3c6174/e94df83df54758cec872f7632c5d693d169704edb932bb80400ccce9322010e6.webp

2025-08-11 15:25:02 UTC

A view from my boat on another trip, a different river. In this case the great River Wye, near Symonds Yat, close to the Welsh border. To get there you crisscross the border, from England to Wales and back into England again!
We had just run the rapids, eddied out at the bottom and taking a breather at the bottom when I took this photo.
This was a practice run, taster session some weeks before we headed out to Slovenia.
I’m looking forward to the next adventure right now 😀
https://blossom.primal.net/91cb7b0282dccfc5b59ae81078e59ef1d6501db2f6b14a038efc033d4be98ecc.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/5414aeaf7fbac7228674f02b996f0b861a0507dd1a3c17022e28436b9c6dea9f.jpg

2025-08-11 15:17:57 UTC

It’s been a few weeks since we returned from Slovenia and I miss this place. It was stunning and i have fond memories of the trip, the experiences we had on the river Sǒca. The company was great too. My wife and I want to go back and visit Lake Bled properly.
https://blossom.primal.net/a3c36e0cf9100acdd160c04e6b914723d9bf916f063c4ea7ce80e332d0679e7b.jpg

2025-08-11 15:09:40 UTC

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A little piece of Holland in the Caribbean. What a place!!

2025-08-11 09:18:24 UTC

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I need coffee

2025-08-11 08:17:56 UTC

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I hate them! I’m forever looking for traffic lights. There are four squares with traffic lights. Submit. No? What do you mean no? You want me to do another one? Five attempts later and I’ve lost the will!

2025-08-11 08:14:35 UTC

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So far I’ve only tried the Hostr PWA but I’m planning to setup the bridge because if Actifit posts get shared to Nostr automatically, that will be great.

2025-08-11 07:55:41 UTC

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The weekend was gorgeous in our part of the world despite being slightly unwell with heavy colds, sore throats etc. we decided to go down to the coast! The air there helped quite a bit and it was sunny. It was really windy but a nice warm almost Mediterranean feel. Except we’re based in southern England!!

2025-08-11 07:47:30 UTC

Sharing a few more photos from my camera roll. We’ve been exploring lots of churches recently for a photographic project and discover lots of great architectural details. Doors are always a great topic! I adored this one especially.
https://blossom.primal.net/807bbca39d6471dd86a8c91cc5cdd05fc984cafbba9ff07faa652d090a2dc43d.jpg

2025-08-11 07:44:45 UTC

Went blackberry picking yesterday and they still need a little more time to grow. Lots of small berries but they tasted ok. Will gather some more later.
https://blossom.primal.net/21969beb396f9d4771fb5c6d5557b916e31eef306934bf1260fa4fb675b1ff65.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/badfd64aa554e3892b3b24b4017f51ed5b0dc5fdd7e15a3562dd847281c06e6a.jpg

2025-08-11 07:41:57 UTC

A performance from last week using my iPad running loopy pro version 2. I’ve hooked up my Torso Instruments T1 as the main MIDI controller sending notes etc to the iPad on different channels. One synth and a drum machine. Nice and simple.
Was great to try out Camo Studio for the recording and the ability to add a Picture in Picture video of myself, streaming style.
https://blossom.primal.net/4edd0df3f599ce11cf96c48ee355fbcd95026cef3882d6a8efc5d13be8d38cf3.mov

2025-08-11 07:37:48 UTC

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There’s quite a few musicians on here. I for one am an electronic music producer, ambient, granular and synth stuff. I mainly use an iPad and my aim is to promote mobile music.
Do you know of Wavlake.com?? Well worth checking out. You can earn sats there and it really does work.

2025-08-11 07:34:22 UTC

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Welcome to Nostr, fantastic stuff! Looking forward to more!

2025-08-10 11:39:04 UTC

Boat textures - wandering along the seafront yesterday at Hayling Island, spotting old boats and their textures. Great for photography. So kind of them to leave these old boats for us to take pictures of!
https://blossom.primal.net/9d0ba9084d7db7277c2f0397a1731889ef264c816afcdc4c02642773810d7e18.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/6276140745261a2aad52865f3b544ddbd98369058608a1d8b9b60b7836045968.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/368d9df6438e7f07671e2d4f956c5d6666a16d3bbd569690603600634a22b5e7.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/a82933cb55348e46111fb0d6646798e5d76d6a8bb332492416386d97126267b8.jpg

2025-08-08 19:00:19 UTC

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Not mine.

2025-07-30 09:14:45 UTC

Our kids have a new kitten. Thankfully they have their own house and their own furniture. The granddaughters have called him Rhino and he’s definitely cute. Shy at the moment but I think he’s just taking it all in…. Then chaos!!!!!!!
https://blossom.primal.net/808820418ba0ac3718678b7859f6f032d8730b04d2ccd89aeaad37fb03650fdf.jpg

2025-07-30 09:08:50 UTC

The sunset the other night was incredible. Took this on my iPhone as we went for a walk and it did actually rain. A rare thing at the moment but I know damn well, autumn and winter will be a washout!
https://blossom.primal.net/9c8c03b031c94992f0d195405c6955b29e71d9db145d70b09ff1e7fde09e462c.jpg

2025-07-30 09:06:51 UTC

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It’s the year for great home grown veg! We’ve got plenty left in the fridge to cook up another bolognaise

2025-07-27 12:14:25 UTC

My wife and I recently looked after an allotment and the payment was in food. We harvested courgettes that became “courgetti” once we’d “spiralised” them into a vegetable based spaghetti, served up with bolognaise mince. The tomatoes here were added into this dish. I had seconds. It was so flavoursome.
Later on we gathered some strawberries which combined with yogurt made for a lovely breakfast.
https://blossom.primal.net/c1660b7f187c63e80f3e3c32b92446fa504317f0be7be7c5580a07ff36b9cd92.jpg

2025-07-26 22:04:03 UTC

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Hey thanks!

2025-07-26 17:20:42 UTC

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Can I? I’ll try it.

2025-07-26 17:20:12 UTC

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It worked so well!