I'm really getting into using AI. It's an amazingly useful tool that absolutely isn't terrifying, or a creative drain. I'm going to use it to write my next album, perform my next album, and create the art for my next album. Hell, I'll even get it to stream my next album! Yay for AI!

Okay, it might have been a while since I played this guitar. It was...out of tune! 😱 Must be the temperature shift as this guitar NEVER goes out of tune. It's just one of the many wonderful things I love about it. Oh well, back in tune now and sounding as lovely as ever.

Matt Kik - Eponymous

I'm more of a rocker at heart so this album is twelve tracks, all written and recorded by me, and the cast majority of them are guitar-laden rockers! Still, there are two or three gentler acoustic tracks. And it comes with freebies!

mattkik.bandcamp.com/album/Eponym...

Storm of Crows - Twenty-Five Years

We each wrote four tracks, so it's a varied album. Some up-tempo raucus rockers with blistering guitars and vocals, and some much more gentle and thoughful tracks.

stormofcrows.bandcamp.com/album/Twenty...

This Friday is #BandcampFriday and I have a problem. I'm running out of shelf space because no-one has bought all these CDs yet, both by myself and my band @StormCrowsBand.

If you're a fan of rock, keep reading! If you aren't a fan of rock, it might be time to seek help...🤔

Do you want to hear my two cents? Well...now you can! I have officially made $0.02 from streaming thanks to Apple, who apparently pay an average of a penny per stream (can that be right!?)

Well, if you want to help me earn more, here's my album on Apple: music.apple.com/us/album/epo...

Taking and editing this photo took me four hours today. I have no regrets.

I realised last week that my two Lego Transformers matched the colour of my two Nothing pedals. Of course, they just released Lego Soundwave. I might have to build a blue Nothing!

I just made my first donation to @cancerresearchuk.org using all the money from my album sales. A third to a half of all people will get cancer at some point. Beating this disease is essential.

You can contribute AND get awesome music at the same time!

mattkik.bandcamp.com/album/eponym...

It's #BandcampFriday! (In five minutes)

I ordered this many CDs and still have most of them left. I don't want them but I suspect that you do!

I have a special offer today too: Buy one, get it for whatever you paid for it. How can you resist that?

mattkik.bandcamp.com/album/eponym...

Quite a nice photo from this last full week of the summer holidays. Thought you might like to see it!

@chuckytrading.bsky.social is the sole fortunate American who ordered my album before the UK stopped carrying parcels to the US. Due to tariffs, I can no longer send CDs. For the time being it's digital downloads only to my American friends. Sorry, folks. 🙁

It's #BandcampFriday so I bought songs by @theapplauseband.bsky.social (Road Sign and Listen Up), @drpantsmusic.bsky.social (Space Rocks), @richallenmusic.bsky.social (Funny? No, Not Really), and @dorstenmusic.bsky.social (Porcelain Heart).

Have you bought anything yet? There's always...🤔👇

The last piece of the puzzle arrived so I can finally take a photo of everything you'll receive when you order the CD of my Eponymous album. Three (kind of) guitar picks, a badge, a sticker, and plenty of shit to read. It's like a damn essay, with the lyrics too. Get stuck in! 😁

Well it had to happen didn't it? I crapped up with the CD case for the Storm of Crows album and I've just had it pointed out to me that I've done it again with Eponymous. I changed the order of two tracks and remembered to change the order everywhere except the lyrics. Oh well!😂

Anyone wanna see me playing with my big purple tool?

I've been secretly recording an album for the last two years and it will be released on the 15th August. I'm holding a listening party on Wednesday 2nd July at 8pm. Please come along to have a listen and a chat! See the link in the comment below for all the details!

My acoustic guitar, a Fylde Falstaff, bought by my Dad in the mid-seventies for around £275. When he died I flipped it upside-down as I'm a lefty, and this is the only acoustic I play today. I still refer to it as my Dad's guitar, and it is the most beautiful instrument in the world (to me).