A while ago i made electro/metal Billy Idol - Rebel Yell remake.

I sampled the original vocals but besides that it’s a complete remake.

https://youtu.be/kRaJVyl7oJ4

It’s on every platform (yt, spotify, …) except soundcloud, because soundcloud insisted on me having a master licence id.

I purchased a mechanical license for like 20$ so that i was allowed to cover the song legally.

But i would have needed to purchase a master license because i used samples from the original. Master licenses are difficult to get, very expensive and they decide on a case to case basis.

Impossible for tiny artists. 99% just risk it.

So i’m not really legal here. If the rights holder ever finds out i will probably at least have to split or give them all the revenue. Maybe even pay a fine.

But they rarely bother with tiny artists. My remake is years old and i still only have around 300 views on yt. So i’m basically invisible.

Also i found out that Billy Idol likes that their music gets covered, so they won’t actively hunt for tiny bands/artists.

If one somehow gets huge this might change of course.

Other rights holders might actively hunt for you though.

I’m in germany too. I used Bitwig & Reaper for this one. Blender for the video/visualizer.

oh man, you got my hopes up there for a sec.

sadly it didn’t work.

what if mustard?!

which part of that makes you think of having a stroke?

why the fuck am i awake?!

Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy.

Because i wanted to know what Megadeth and Rothfuss based their stuff on.

they make apple slices taste weird though 🍏🥴

reaper.fm

it happens all over the place. in the official google calendar app, but also in the system settings, etc. so it’s not just in external apps.

it’s weird 😅

i’m on android 15 (2025-05-05)

that’s another issue, lol.

i have my phone set to english but occasionally some apps use the 2nd system language for no reason.

it’s a known bug. the recommended fix?: reboot 🫩

I think it’s the polite thing to do.

If you can only hear half of a conversation your brain uses more energy to fill in the rest.

That’s why i have all my teams-calls etc. on speaker so the people i’m sharing an office with don’t need to guess.

Pretty sure, yes.

I’m over 40 and i’ve had this and many other symptoms my entire life.

No official diagnose though; but this 160 questions-test for example says i’m pretty high up there: https://www.adxs.org/en

I’m also the daydream and fall asleep type ☺️

i have approximate knowledge of many things; accessing it without the right trigger may take a while though.

i know i know something but i have accepted that my brain will often only grant me access days later in a completely unrelated situation 🤷🏼‍♂️

[ ] Yes

[ ] No

[x] Maybe