Leon Frear
@leonfrear.bsky.social
A second life. The new album, Wild Rice, documents my journey through a life altering love affair and a decade of reflection. Songs of love, lust, anger and regret.
https://www.youtube.com/@LeonFrearOfficial
https://www.youtube.com/@LeonFrearOfficial
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Leon Frear
@leonfrear.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Leon Frear
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Linky-poos. Just pick your favorite.
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Seeing Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the @saltshedchicago.bsky.social this week was almost a spiritual experience. He made me cry. But @nickcavefeeds.bsky.social why’d you have to go and steal my album art concept? I’m just a poor starving artist. I ain’t got much.
May 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Seeing Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the @saltshedchicago.bsky.social this week was almost a spiritual experience. He made me cry. But @nickcavefeeds.bsky.social why’d you have to go and steal my album art concept? I’m just a poor starving artist. I ain’t got much.
Say “hi” to my new alter ego.
April 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Say “hi” to my new alter ego.
He's credentialed but has no credibility. Not a populist, but he's popular.
He's more than popular... He's pure lowest common denominator.
He's more than popular... He's pure lowest common denominator.
February 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
He's credentialed but has no credibility. Not a populist, but he's popular.
He's more than popular... He's pure lowest common denominator.
He's more than popular... He's pure lowest common denominator.
Sometimes you just want to write a song that rises to meet the moment. But then I remembered I already had. When the bridge over the river is on fire, you have no choice but to take your chances with the crocodiles. Let’s go swimming.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymyr...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymyr...
Let's Go Swimming
YouTube video by Heros Severum - Topic
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February 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Sometimes you just want to write a song that rises to meet the moment. But then I remembered I already had. When the bridge over the river is on fire, you have no choice but to take your chances with the crocodiles. Let’s go swimming.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymyr...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ymyr...
#musiciansky I've removed the profile link to my linktree and have replaced it with youtube. Looking at the stats and it seems like that site is doing more harm. I get thousands of clicks, but no one ever clicks through. What has been everyone else's experience with this?
January 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#musiciansky I've removed the profile link to my linktree and have replaced it with youtube. Looking at the stats and it seems like that site is doing more harm. I get thousands of clicks, but no one ever clicks through. What has been everyone else's experience with this?
Linky-poos. Just pick your favorite.
www.youtube.com/@LeonFrearOf...
leonfrear.bandcamp.com/album/wild-r...
open.spotify.com/artist/7jFhJ...
music.apple.com/us/artist/le...
www.youtube.com/@LeonFrearOf...
leonfrear.bandcamp.com/album/wild-r...
open.spotify.com/artist/7jFhJ...
music.apple.com/us/artist/le...
Leon Frear
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Linky-poos. Just pick your favorite.
www.youtube.com/@LeonFrearOf...
leonfrear.bandcamp.com/album/wild-r...
open.spotify.com/artist/7jFhJ...
music.apple.com/us/artist/le...
www.youtube.com/@LeonFrearOf...
leonfrear.bandcamp.com/album/wild-r...
open.spotify.com/artist/7jFhJ...
music.apple.com/us/artist/le...
Posted this comment elsewhere, but I think when people tell you that the goal is to make enough content to "show the real person" behind the music what they really mean to say is, "you should be forming parasocial relationships with your audience so that you can bleed them dry". It's all grift.
January 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Posted this comment elsewhere, but I think when people tell you that the goal is to make enough content to "show the real person" behind the music what they really mean to say is, "you should be forming parasocial relationships with your audience so that you can bleed them dry". It's all grift.
I would love to ditch all of the meta apps and just post on bluesky but I get 0% engagement over here. I don’t even think my IRL friends ever even see any of these posts.
January 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I would love to ditch all of the meta apps and just post on bluesky but I get 0% engagement over here. I don’t even think my IRL friends ever even see any of these posts.
Why do you think the overseas press is giving Elon’s little nazi salute plenty of coverage but when I click around on US news sites it’s total radio silence? Hmmm…
January 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Why do you think the overseas press is giving Elon’s little nazi salute plenty of coverage but when I click around on US news sites it’s total radio silence? Hmmm…
Some days I just want to quit promoting music, quit being an audio designer and just go and rescue dogs who need my help. Anyone else ever feel this way?
January 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Some days I just want to quit promoting music, quit being an audio designer and just go and rescue dogs who need my help. Anyone else ever feel this way?
Picked up Maniacs by @comboverbeethoven.bsky.social and I will be giving it a deep dive today. It's getting rave reviews from some of our peers and the track I already heard was pretty freaking brilliant! Really looking forward to this one.
combover-beethoven-transnova.bandcamp.com/album/maniacs
combover-beethoven-transnova.bandcamp.com/album/maniacs
Maniacs, by Combover Beethoven
10 track album
combover-beethoven-transnova.bandcamp.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Picked up Maniacs by @comboverbeethoven.bsky.social and I will be giving it a deep dive today. It's getting rave reviews from some of our peers and the track I already heard was pretty freaking brilliant! Really looking forward to this one.
combover-beethoven-transnova.bandcamp.com/album/maniacs
combover-beethoven-transnova.bandcamp.com/album/maniacs
Here’s an interesting thought experiment. If society collapses and the electrical grid is destroyed, which genres of music would go away?
Which could be played using acoustic instruments and which are entirely dependent on electricity?
Dubstep is out. What others would we lose? #societalcollapse
Which could be played using acoustic instruments and which are entirely dependent on electricity?
Dubstep is out. What others would we lose? #societalcollapse
January 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here’s an interesting thought experiment. If society collapses and the electrical grid is destroyed, which genres of music would go away?
Which could be played using acoustic instruments and which are entirely dependent on electricity?
Dubstep is out. What others would we lose? #societalcollapse
Which could be played using acoustic instruments and which are entirely dependent on electricity?
Dubstep is out. What others would we lose? #societalcollapse
One of the things I like about Faith No More is that they understand that metal is an inherently silly genre.
January 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
One of the things I like about Faith No More is that they understand that metal is an inherently silly genre.
One of the things I like about Faith No More is that they understand that metal is an inherently silly genre of music.
January 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
One of the things I like about Faith No More is that they understand that metal is an inherently silly genre of music.
Another thought after a long visit home. How much we like our parents is probably directly correlated to how much we like ourselves.
December 31, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Another thought after a long visit home. How much we like our parents is probably directly correlated to how much we like ourselves.
Driving back to Chicago.
Having some thoughts along the way. Visiting Athens again was a little bit like going back to school and seeing just how small the water fountains really were.
December 31, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Driving back to Chicago.
Having some thoughts along the way. Visiting Athens again was a little bit like going back to school and seeing just how small the water fountains really were.
I visited @sharksandminnows.bsky.social headquarters during my recent visit to Atlanta. I was very honored to be asked to record some guest vocals for their upcoming album. The songs they played for me are so good. I hope I did them justice and gave them something they can use.
December 30, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I visited @sharksandminnows.bsky.social headquarters during my recent visit to Atlanta. I was very honored to be asked to record some guest vocals for their upcoming album. The songs they played for me are so good. I hope I did them justice and gave them something they can use.
My song A Town Called Chapel was selected to be on Dancing About Architecture’s year end best of list, the Festive 48. My track comes in at number 14 but I’m not sure it’s that type of list… Still pretty sweet to be included.
dancing-about-architecture.com/the-festive-...
dancing-about-architecture.com/the-festive-...
The Festive 48 - An End of Year Playlist - Dancing About Architecture
I thought that I might spend some time choosing four songs from each month this year that represent the sort of bands I work with and that define the range of sounds and styles that come under the pen...
dancing-about-architecture.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:13 PM
My song A Town Called Chapel was selected to be on Dancing About Architecture’s year end best of list, the Festive 48. My track comes in at number 14 but I’m not sure it’s that type of list… Still pretty sweet to be included.
dancing-about-architecture.com/the-festive-...
dancing-about-architecture.com/the-festive-...
Is it any coincidence that the rise of fascisim has coincided with a rise in the popularity of technical shred guitarists and people telling you that you can’t make good music unless you know music theory?
I didn’t think so.
I didn’t think so.
December 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Is it any coincidence that the rise of fascisim has coincided with a rise in the popularity of technical shred guitarists and people telling you that you can’t make good music unless you know music theory?
I didn’t think so.
I didn’t think so.
Arnold saw the Dr. today and his heart murmur was not detectable. Good boy!
December 18, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Arnold saw the Dr. today and his heart murmur was not detectable. Good boy!
“Perfectionism is really just a fear of being judged.”
What do we think?
What do we think?
December 18, 2024 at 12:57 AM
“Perfectionism is really just a fear of being judged.”
What do we think?
What do we think?
To all my new bsky friends, thanks to everyone who's taken some time to listen... This is the lyric video for A Murder of Crows, about becoming entangled in love with more than one partner, the transactional nature of those relationships and the harm we do to each other.
youtu.be/DNmigPFQslE?...
youtu.be/DNmigPFQslE?...
Leon Frear - A MURDER OF CROWS - Deluxe Lyric Video
YouTube video by Leon Frear
youtu.be
December 11, 2024 at 5:22 PM
To all my new bsky friends, thanks to everyone who's taken some time to listen... This is the lyric video for A Murder of Crows, about becoming entangled in love with more than one partner, the transactional nature of those relationships and the harm we do to each other.
youtu.be/DNmigPFQslE?...
youtu.be/DNmigPFQslE?...
To celebrate bandcamp Friday I’ve put the double vinyl pressing of my debut album Wild Rice, on sale for 25$. 55 minutes of music spread over two discs for audiophile quality in a deluxe matte gatefold sleeve.
Digital copies are always available for only 7$.
leonfrear.bandcamp.com
Digital copies are always available for only 7$.
leonfrear.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
To celebrate bandcamp Friday I’ve put the double vinyl pressing of my debut album Wild Rice, on sale for 25$. 55 minutes of music spread over two discs for audiophile quality in a deluxe matte gatefold sleeve.
Digital copies are always available for only 7$.
leonfrear.bandcamp.com
Digital copies are always available for only 7$.
leonfrear.bandcamp.com