Joé McKen ♪ Composer
@music.joemcken.net
Music account · Freelance composer in Québec, Canada · New releases & announcements · He/him · Personal account: @joemcken.net
» Commissions: https://bit.ly/JMComms
» Socials & music pages on my website: https://joemcken.net
» Commissions: https://bit.ly/JMComms
» Socials & music pages on my website: https://joemcken.net
OMG I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY ON PATREON
S’cuse me I suddenly need to clear out my evening schedule
S’cuse me I suddenly need to clear out my evening schedule
April 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
OMG I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY ON PATREON
S’cuse me I suddenly need to clear out my evening schedule
S’cuse me I suddenly need to clear out my evening schedule
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #305,610!
September 16, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #305,610!
Gee I sure love how Sibelius doesn’t bother remembering the values you set hairpins to so that every time you load a score they all get reset and you have to configure them all fucking over again
Goddamned pile of bugs, this app
Goddamned pile of bugs, this app
July 19, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Gee I sure love how Sibelius doesn’t bother remembering the values you set hairpins to so that every time you load a score they all get reset and you have to configure them all fucking over again
Goddamned pile of bugs, this app
Goddamned pile of bugs, this app
By golly, this mammoth freaking track I’ve been working on since <checks timestamps> *last August* is finally approaching completion.
Y’all better like it, or I swear I’ll cry. Like, ugly-cry. You’ve been warned.
Y’all better like it, or I swear I’ll cry. Like, ugly-cry. You’ve been warned.
May 9, 2024 at 10:55 AM
By golly, this mammoth freaking track I’ve been working on since <checks timestamps> *last August* is finally approaching completion.
Y’all better like it, or I swear I’ll cry. Like, ugly-cry. You’ve been warned.
Y’all better like it, or I swear I’ll cry. Like, ugly-cry. You’ve been warned.
8/ What about “Valid ID”?
It’s as you can guess: You take a photo of some gov’t photo ID – driver’s license, passport, etc. – and submit it to Google. Again, they totally promise to delete it after 2 months.
Folks, in this house we follow a simple rule: “Do not give your gov’t ID to Google.”
It’s as you can guess: You take a photo of some gov’t photo ID – driver’s license, passport, etc. – and submit it to Google. Again, they totally promise to delete it after 2 months.
Folks, in this house we follow a simple rule: “Do not give your gov’t ID to Google.”
April 23, 2024 at 4:36 AM
8/ What about “Valid ID”?
It’s as you can guess: You take a photo of some gov’t photo ID – driver’s license, passport, etc. – and submit it to Google. Again, they totally promise to delete it after 2 months.
Folks, in this house we follow a simple rule: “Do not give your gov’t ID to Google.”
It’s as you can guess: You take a photo of some gov’t photo ID – driver’s license, passport, etc. – and submit it to Google. Again, they totally promise to delete it after 2 months.
Folks, in this house we follow a simple rule: “Do not give your gov’t ID to Google.”
7/ What is “video verification”?
TL;DR: You record a 30-second video of yourself with your phone, which YT uses to generate a 3D model of your face. This model is then stored on your account, and Google pinky-promises to delete it after 2 months of channel activity.
Ha. Hahahaha. Haaaaaa.
No.
TL;DR: You record a 30-second video of yourself with your phone, which YT uses to generate a 3D model of your face. This model is then stored on your account, and Google pinky-promises to delete it after 2 months of channel activity.
Ha. Hahahaha. Haaaaaa.
No.
April 23, 2024 at 4:33 AM
7/ What is “video verification”?
TL;DR: You record a 30-second video of yourself with your phone, which YT uses to generate a 3D model of your face. This model is then stored on your account, and Google pinky-promises to delete it after 2 months of channel activity.
Ha. Hahahaha. Haaaaaa.
No.
TL;DR: You record a 30-second video of yourself with your phone, which YT uses to generate a 3D model of your face. This model is then stored on your account, and Google pinky-promises to delete it after 2 months of channel activity.
Ha. Hahahaha. Haaaaaa.
No.
6/ So. How can I get these advanced features (links! advanced!) back?
YouTube offers three options: Video verification, ID verification, and channel history.
YouTube offers three options: Video verification, ID verification, and channel history.
April 23, 2024 at 4:30 AM
6/ So. How can I get these advanced features (links! advanced!) back?
YouTube offers three options: Video verification, ID verification, and channel history.
YouTube offers three options: Video verification, ID verification, and channel history.
5/ Until or unless I get these “advanced features” back, this is what the links to my other pages look like now in my video descriptions – non-clickable, with anything but the shortest links cut off:
April 23, 2024 at 4:29 AM
5/ Until or unless I get these “advanced features” back, this is what the links to my other pages look like now in my video descriptions – non-clickable, with anything but the shortest links cut off:
4/ Also, it looks like I’m far from the only one affected. Apparently a lot of people are getting these stupid emails, with equally little justification or explanation.
April 23, 2024 at 4:25 AM
4/ Also, it looks like I’m far from the only one affected. Apparently a lot of people are getting these stupid emails, with equally little justification or explanation.
3/ The only thing the email says is that my channel needs more channel history, which basically means it needs a track record of being used over at least a few months without breaking the rules.
Again – already done this. Obviously. Not sure what’s suddenly changed.
Again – already done this. Obviously. Not sure what’s suddenly changed.
April 23, 2024 at 4:22 AM
3/ The only thing the email says is that my channel needs more channel history, which basically means it needs a track record of being used over at least a few months without breaking the rules.
Again – already done this. Obviously. Not sure what’s suddenly changed.
Again – already done this. Obviously. Not sure what’s suddenly changed.
Today’s adventure in Google fuckery:
Got an email saying my YouTube channel has “lost access to advanced features”.
Apparently these features include things like pinning comments, higher upload limits, and – the only one that matters to me – adding links to other sites in video descriptions.
1/
Got an email saying my YouTube channel has “lost access to advanced features”.
Apparently these features include things like pinning comments, higher upload limits, and – the only one that matters to me – adding links to other sites in video descriptions.
1/
![Screencap of email from YouTube announcing my channel has “lost access to advanced features” because it “doesn’t have sufficient channel history”, which “may have happened because [my] channel did not follow [YouTube’s] Community Guidelines”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4nfeqas4rkip5vlx7qqtxsbv/bafkreicbjbnlvsr4wf5bimhm5c4agkcppywt7znqmqvja36fnb3gb5sptq@jpeg)
April 23, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Today’s adventure in Google fuckery:
Got an email saying my YouTube channel has “lost access to advanced features”.
Apparently these features include things like pinning comments, higher upload limits, and – the only one that matters to me – adding links to other sites in video descriptions.
1/
Got an email saying my YouTube channel has “lost access to advanced features”.
Apparently these features include things like pinning comments, higher upload limits, and – the only one that matters to me – adding links to other sites in video descriptions.
1/
Semi-important update: The Empty Horizons OST – despite being completed years ago – has new cover/album art! This replaces the previous art. Unfortunately, I also had to blur out the old art in the YouTube videos. You can read more about this decision in this YT community post I just published.
April 8, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Semi-important update: The Empty Horizons OST – despite being completed years ago – has new cover/album art! This replaces the previous art. Unfortunately, I also had to blur out the old art in the YouTube videos. You can read more about this decision in this YT community post I just published.
This piece was originally composed in 2018 as a bit of homework for music lessons I was taking at the time. The assignment was to practice scales in a few different keys, with the challenge of using only a French horn, piano and double bass.
March 20, 2024 at 11:15 AM
This piece was originally composed in 2018 as a bit of homework for music lessons I was taking at the time. The assignment was to practice scales in a few different keys, with the challenge of using only a French horn, piano and double bass.
Must … resist … until … the right … time …
March 20, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Must … resist … until … the right … time …
Finally finished the sketch for my next track …
October 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
Finally finished the sketch for my next track …
. @heathensquirrel.bsky.social over on Xitter challenged people to create a 20-track list of their absolute favorite tunes, which each artist featuring only once:
twitter.com/heathensquir...
Here’s my 20 tunes I never, ever skip, presented in no particular order. Includes both songs and OST tracks.
twitter.com/heathensquir...
Here’s my 20 tunes I never, ever skip, presented in no particular order. Includes both songs and OST tracks.
August 28, 2023 at 3:38 AM
. @heathensquirrel.bsky.social over on Xitter challenged people to create a 20-track list of their absolute favorite tunes, which each artist featuring only once:
twitter.com/heathensquir...
Here’s my 20 tunes I never, ever skip, presented in no particular order. Includes both songs and OST tracks.
twitter.com/heathensquir...
Here’s my 20 tunes I never, ever skip, presented in no particular order. Includes both songs and OST tracks.
I created this music-only account just two weeks ago, published a small handful of posts (mostly plugging recent & existing projects), and it’s been mostly inactive since.
It’s been gradually accumulating new followers, and now has as many as my Twitter music-only account does after 1½ years.
It’s been gradually accumulating new followers, and now has as many as my Twitter music-only account does after 1½ years.
July 28, 2023 at 10:13 PM
I created this music-only account just two weeks ago, published a small handful of posts (mostly plugging recent & existing projects), and it’s been mostly inactive since.
It’s been gradually accumulating new followers, and now has as many as my Twitter music-only account does after 1½ years.
It’s been gradually accumulating new followers, and now has as many as my Twitter music-only account does after 1½ years.
🎵 NEW MUSIC (KINDA): ‘Sunken Horizons OST’ Unfinished Sketches 🎵
I planned to live-score the finale of the audiobook, but life got in the way and I didn’t get any further than the sketches. I still like those ideas, so I’m posting them here. Links below: ⬇️
#music #orchestral #sketch
I planned to live-score the finale of the audiobook, but life got in the way and I didn’t get any further than the sketches. I still like those ideas, so I’m posting them here. Links below: ⬇️
#music #orchestral #sketch
July 18, 2023 at 12:03 PM
🎵 NEW MUSIC (KINDA): ‘Sunken Horizons OST’ Unfinished Sketches 🎵
I planned to live-score the finale of the audiobook, but life got in the way and I didn’t get any further than the sketches. I still like those ideas, so I’m posting them here. Links below: ⬇️
#music #orchestral #sketch
I planned to live-score the finale of the audiobook, but life got in the way and I didn’t get any further than the sketches. I still like those ideas, so I’m posting them here. Links below: ⬇️
#music #orchestral #sketch
Please remind me never to prepare four songs for posting simultaneously ever again
(Oh, yeah, four new tracks are coming soon. Probably later today or tomorrow.)
#music #orchestral #sketch
(Oh, yeah, four new tracks are coming soon. Probably later today or tomorrow.)
#music #orchestral #sketch
July 17, 2023 at 6:13 PM
Please remind me never to prepare four songs for posting simultaneously ever again
(Oh, yeah, four new tracks are coming soon. Probably later today or tomorrow.)
#music #orchestral #sketch
(Oh, yeah, four new tracks are coming soon. Probably later today or tomorrow.)
#music #orchestral #sketch