(from BluesNews.ch): Kurt Bislin was born on May 20, 1958, in Wangs, SG, Switzerland and passed away on the 16th of July 2024. At the age of 14, Kurt invested his last 5-Franc-coin to by a 33 of Lightnin’ Hopkings, without knowing what he was getting into. This experience accompanied his entire life. He started playing the guitar at the age of 17, learned the blues harp as well as the drums. He’s also known as singer, producer and songwriter…
This’ one of my favourite Bislin & Forlin numbers!
Continue reading Kurt Bislin“It’s a folk singer’s job to comfort disturbed people, and disturb comfortable people.” (Woody Guthrie)
I love this newly opened art exhibition, #BadRagartz2024! I like being triggered by the works, the associations, the artists and the discussion. I keep coming back to visit a variety of works, and I enjoy getting associative flashes and ideas… Here’s one of the works I was shown by Andy.
It is very clear to me that i “suffer” from all kinds of prejudice. I hold them based on gender, race, appearance, nationality, religion and many other things. I am very ok with that.
Continue reading Prejudice (how I got this Job)Every three years the town of Ragaz, Switzerland hosts the largest skulpture exhibit in Europe. I spent a lot of time during April 2024 watching the exhibits being installed. Here’s a video collage with my impressions.
In the leadup to my Album release, i used Google Bard to help me compose a letter in German, in which i ask the owners of a Venue for a room to do my album release in..
Continue reading AI: a Convo with “Bard” from GoogleMy new Album, “Troubadour” is about to come out in October. Here’s a YouTube prerelease of it. Since the songs are in Swiss German, it is possible to turn on Closed Captions (CC Button at bottom of Video) to get an English translation of the lyrics.
I am by nature a bit of a fundamentalist. When musical performers (DJs) create music by the push of a button on their smartphone, I think of it as cheating. The musical knowledge and skill comes from a software or hardware lab. Human craftsmanship and passion can not compete with the speed and accuracy of machines. It’s difficult to charge money for human musical services when computers provide better sensory overload, faster, louder and more precise.
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