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19th August 2018 by Ben Barden

Our online, filtered lives

This post was originally titled, “What is blogging in 2018?”, but my train of thought turned it into a different topic. To draw from that original title, blogging in 2018 is not really that different from what I wrote in a previous post on blogging in 2017. Blogging, and by extension our online lives, are still […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: mental health, social media

19th August 2018 by Ben Barden

Starting again

My personal site was looking a bit old and tired, and my blog wasn’t particularly prominent. I’ve decided to merge the two. All of the old content has been imported – I’m not fully starting afresh. I’m not all that sold on the theme. Will see if I can find something I like more…

Filed Under: General

11th August 2018 by Ben Barden

Software quality: why you shouldn’t ignore the small things

When your product to-do list (aka the product backlog) is very long, with “urgent” items or requests from your biggest or most demanding users, the natural path is to focus on the high value work. New features that could bring in new users or retain existing ones. Major bugs. Quick wins. Everywhere I’ve worked, and […]

Filed Under: Product management Tagged With: product strategy, software, software development, tech, technology improvement

9th July 2018 by Ben Barden

Music Monday: How I got into Trance

I love trance. I’ve loved it since I first heard it back in 1998. Twenty years later, here’s a quick look back at how it started for me. A lot of the music I listened to while growing up came from my parents. My parents split before I was a year old; I lived with […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: cafe del mar 98, camden palace, da hool, energy 52, essential selection 98, greece 2000, jean-michel jarre, meet her at the love parade, odyssey through o2, oxygene, oxygene 7-13, paul oakenfold, reactivate, three drives, trance

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This was good! Nothing clever but 😁👍 This was good! Nothing clever but 😁👍
Watching Sophie Ellis Bextor on Graham Norton with Watching Sophie Ellis Bextor on Graham Norton with a band wearing animal masks/heads. A very 2020 way to round out a very surreal year. Great music, too! #HappyNewYear2021
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Oh hey, my latest music is now up on Spotify! Link in my profile!
New music coming soon to #spotify and most other o New music coming soon to #spotify and most other online stores. Release date tbc.

This is my 3rd release, containing 2 tracks: November Dawn, and Legacy Layers.

The tracks originally featured as part of my self-produced albums, Symmetry 1 and 2. Each track on Symmetry 1 has a companion track on Symmetry 2. These two are cut from the same cloth and are a kind of "trance guitar" style.

Newly-mastered for 2020, I think the music sounds nice and fresh. Maybe you'll like them!

Slowly building up my discography... you can find me under the name "GFD".
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Just arrive: Thirty years of #thedivinecomedy boxs Just arrive: Thirty years of #thedivinecomedy boxset 😁 this should be good. I've been a fan since 1996, and know the albums well. But I've missed loads of B-sides - and I know there are plenty. This set is a huge collection of music and will take some time to get through fully!!
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My next music release is coming soon! My next music release is coming soon!
A 25 year epic journey: Way, way back in Septemb A 25 year epic journey:
 
Way, way back in September 1995… I wrote my first proper song, called “Waiting for the Sun”. It’s a bit basic.

Fast-forward to 2005. I had a pile of about 100 unfinished tracks. Tired of never finishing anything, I wanted enough tracks for an album. Over the next few years, I put together five albums, before taking a break in 2009.

In 2016, I decided to start music again under a new artist name – “GFD”. I did three more albums, a remix album, before writing two more albums under my own name. Eleven in total. (Album 10 was called “Ten”, in case anyone lost count.)

So, what now? Well, I’ve had a go at mastering one of my tracks, added some basic artwork, and uploaded it to stores.
The track has been approved, and will hit streaming services in a couple of weeks. It only took 25 years!

A truly epic journey… and the track is quite aptly titled Epic Journey.

Epic Journey by GFD hits Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Google Play, Tidal, Shazam, and Deezer on September 18th, 2020.

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