Andy Flinn, Musician

Kurt Bislin

Influence, Wing Man, Connector and Friend

(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!

AI: a Convo with “Bard” from Google

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..

Troubadour

My 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.

Playing with AI Visual “Art”

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.