Music News – Merry Synthnmas Vol. 1

December 6, 2023

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26/11/2023 - New Album; Merry Synthmas Vol.. 1

Something a little Christmasy and Vol 1 of my Synthmas Christmas IE synthesizer music with a Christmas twist. It’s an old album I made years ago and decided to release as a main album for Christmas. This year I did Vol 2, which is also up on all major platforms and is more synth stuff than this one as this one is a mixed-genre album but I’ll be posting that in the next week or two a little bit about the album so stay tuned for that. The twelve-track album is of Christmas carols and hymns which I picked as my favourite for this album. I enjoy Christmas carols in the church but I haven’t been for a while it gets me in the Christmas mood. I found the MIDI files online from various websites so shout out for the recordings.  The first track Three Kings is a synthy track which has a choir on the track and is one of my favourites on the album or though I could have made the choir a bit better but it’s okay I suppose. The track is from We Three Kings of Orient and is my favourite carol or at least one of them. I like to make a choir version one day maybe next year as next will be a winter album but I have a few releases up or to be released soon so look out for them. The next track another favourite on the album Holly and is from Holly And The Ivy another favourite and well-known Carol. The song has this 70s bass to it with a melodic melody to the carol and also it has this bright Harpsichord sound that I think makes the song. The next track The Good King is from Good King Wenceslas and another favourite Christmas carol and carol on the album as I like the 80s feel to it without it being too Synthwave but it’s a synthy house number it’s kind of chilled but upbeat at the same time and has this cool feel to it which I like quite a lot. The next track Hark The Herald is from Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and yet again another favourite on the album. I like the arp and the 80s bass it’s quite a chilled track and one of the chilled tracks on the album. It definitely reminds me of Christmas this one and is something I play quite a lot around Christmas time. The next track Ye Gentlemen is from God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and is one of my favourite carols yet another one. A bit of a change for this one and is a Reggae-infused track which I also like to play around Christmas and is something different. The next track This Child is from What Child Is This and is a House track again something different and something a bit bassy and Christmasy another track that feels like Christmas probably cos I play it around Christmas and also on my radio Ghosting Radio every day from 8.00 PM – 12.00 AM, Monday to Friday and 6.00 PM – 12.00 AM, Saturday and Sunday from the 25th of November to 31st of December GMT every year. The next track Ye Faithful is from Come All Ye Faithful and is a relaxing track not one of my favourites in general and on the album but I do like it. It reminds me of New Year’s Eve and also Christmas as I think the synths make the track or though I think it’s so so but I do like it. The next track Noel is from First Noel and is yet again another favourite in general as in carols and also on the album. I like the synths and the bass which I think it goes together quite well and I like the bit that comes in the quarter a way in the track, it also reminds me of Christmas I think it’s got a nice Christmas feel to it. The next track Do You Hear What I Hear is from the carol Do You See What I See. It has yet another 80s bass with synth music and relaxing drums or generic but it goes with the synth stuff.  I like the follow-on patterns and the flute-like sound it makes it feel Christmasy but also funky. The next track Away In The Manger is from the carol Away In The Manger and is another funky favourite on the album. I made it a bit more upbeat and it has this Hip Hop feel which reminds me to do more Hip Hop sometime as I enjoy making it and haven’t made any for a while now. The next track Watch Their Flock is from Whilst Shepheards Watch Their Flock By Night and is another favourite carol and also on the album. I like the bass and the synth stuff which again makes it Christmasy and gets you in the mood for Christmas.  The last track Night Silent is from Silent Night and another favourite on the album and in general. I like the calm peaceful of it which I think is quite relaxing and again Christmasy for some reason it reminds me of Christmas Eve and also Boxing Day.

Music News – New EP; Holding Onto Time

November 23, 2023

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17/11/2023 - New EP; Holding Onto Time

Another four-track House EP and something for the dancefloor as always. I felt like doing some more House as I was in the mood but I was taking a break from The Sims 4. By the way sorry for the unwanted Sims 4 emails if you got emails from me I’m shuffling it out as I moved from Sims 3 to 4 so I didn’t put the right settings in but if you want Sims 4 updates then please go to Creation Zone>Gaming Lounge>Sims 4 Downloads on this website and scroll down to any of the pages after that including the main page where you can sign up for live updates for Sims 4. The first track Past Time is a bassy club track and is vocal like all the tracks as I like to add vocals in all my House tracks and most of my Jungle Drum & Bass which I haven’t made for a while and might be something I’ll do in the future. I called it Past Time as I like to keep occupied and do stuff as I always say and said a few times now I don’t like to sit around and do nothing and like to pass time doing stuff not watching films or TV or even playing the computer nowadays I like to do creative stuff and has to be something hands-on and also easy to use. I like the first track and thought it was a good club track or something for the workout/gym and also in the background wherever you are. It has the Tech House vocals which I like and tend to use quite a lot in my tracks and used them in a few tracks now as it’s one of the vocal styles I go for in my tracks. The second track Dorothy Lands Awaits is for the people stuck in a tornado IE too much fantasy and not enough reality and also for the YouTubers who spread false information on their conspiracy channels. As I said before I love a conspiracy but when it goes too far like when they say something nasty like a nasty rumour and that person is dead or even if they are not it’s like having some respect. It’s probably like they don’t mean it some of them and they generally think that it’s true but some stuff is just silly and some things are sick. I see a lot of people digesting unsavoury food and some people are just born guinea pigs and need a feeder or something. Dorothy Land Awaits is a Deep House mellow vibe another one for the speakers and also something mellow as it’s not that fast-paced and I think is relaxing in a way. The third track Doll has no meaning I just thought it was a good title as comes from the title you doll and is shortened to doll so I thought I’d name it that also it sounds like she saying doll in the vocals but I still haven’t figured out why she saying I think it’s actually so what. The track has more bass, vocals and House four-by-four beats and is one of my favourites on the EP so was the last one actually Dorothy Land Awaits. The last track On Repeat is also one of my favourites on the EP and is something to dance to as all the tracks but I like to dance to stuff like this and something old school as well. It reminds me of old 80s or 90s House tracks which I think it’s the bass that makes it feel that way as well as the dusty claps which I like and think it moves the song onwards to the next bit. I like the vocals too and think it also makes the song and I think goes well with the bass and drums but you can be the judge of that we all have different tastes. 

Music News – New EP; A Lil Funky

October 29, 2023

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06/10/2023 - New EP; A Lil Funky

A bit of a change a UK Funky EP with four UK Funky-inspired club tracks. I got the drums online but I made the bass and some of the drum and percussion loops. I’ve made a few UK Funky EPs and one album but this is my favourite EP of the lot and I went for more bass, percussion and drums instead of using synths which I used to like using a lot in my rave stuff but I now like the stripped back versions which makes the bass and drums stand out more with the vocals on top. All the tracks have vocals which I got from my online subscription with Splice.com you find some good ones from that site even though they say not to send off the tracks with the samples used in Splice.com to any record company. The first track Feeling The Time is not my favourite on the EP probably my least favourite but I like it. I like the vocals which I got from a vocal sample pack which I brought from Loopmasters.com when I was buying more loops than one shot (one-hit sounds). The next song Just Called To Say is one of my favourites on the EP and I was quite pleased with it, to be honest. Again I found the samples on Splice and the second track already had the telephone fx on which I liked and knew I would make a good track with it. It gave me a few variations to chuck up in the air and I thought it was a good club track to dance to or a song to play loud in the car. I like the vocals but I like the bass too and is over a standard UK Funky drum pattern nothing too wild and nice and simple to make. The third song How It Feels (Bet They Don’t Tell Ya) is my overall favourite from the EP I like the bass and the vocals which gives it that club feel with the bass and the UK Funky drum pattern. I love vocals like this and also gives it that deep feel or warehouse room feel which I love, I was lucky to find the vocals and were exactly in my downloads of unused samples I think. I liked it for a later date so I was pleased when I rediscovered it. I think it goes with the beat and I would say one of my favourites for the moment of all-time stuff I made I would say. The last track We Make is another favourite of mine on the EP but not the most favourite I think it’s a good song for drinking and partying and I like the bass and vocals the pitched vocals make a change to the ones I usually use but I like to use a wide range of vocals, what I like the most and that is suitable to the track. The vocals say we make music and that’s what I love to do so this is also going out to all the music makers worldwide doing your thing.

Music News – New EP; Journey Through Life

October 21, 2023

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05/10/2023 - New EP; Journey Through Life

I made another EP this time it’s Synthwave and a bit of a change from what I usually do. The EP is all Electro Funk with some quick-paced tracks and some mellow tracks also. I enjoy making Synthwave and don’t make too much of it but I have done a few now and this has to be my favourite from what I have done already it seems it’s getting better each time. The first track The Pleasure Is All Mine is a melodic medium-pace-track that I like and is one of my favourites from the EP as I like the melodic sound to it which I played on my keyboard. It reminds me of sounds for the king or Queen as it’s a triumph track and as if you are walking in a king’s or queen’s quarters for some reason but that’s the impression I’m getting from the first track. The second track Crunchy is another medium-paced track and more throwback 80s vibes. The title was inspired by my test results when I took a DNA test for a laugh which determined I had a crunchy head and I thought crunchy would be a good title for a track so I did. The track reminds me of the Micheal Jackson video Beat It or Moonwalker the movie also starring Michael Jackson. I think has the same feel to it as I think the drums make the track and make it sound that way, I did it myself using Zenhesier 80s Drumkit. It definitely reminds me of being in an 80’s smoky club or being in some sort of 80’s scenario like in the gym and is also one of my favourites on the EP. The next track on the EP Livid Living is a slow-sounding track. I didn’t plan on making it sad but I was going for slow but after hearing it again I thought how sad it sounded so it’s a sad track. The track or one of the synthesizers is kind of out of tune I think two synths are. I noticed some of the most famous synth bands are making out of tuned tracks so I thought I’d leave it in as that as I liked the sound to it and it made it sound sadder or what I was going for melodic but relaxing. I like to make relaxing tracks as I like to listen to relaxing tracks and also I have a radio station called Ghosting Radio which I put all my music on the station and it has set shows like night time etc. I called it Livd Living as I thought it sounded like a good title and also the state of the world today with all the recessions and illness but I won’t go into that lol. The last track Calling Cards is a fast-paced track and the fastest on the EP it’s a general Synthwave track but from the Electro Boogie genre which was what it was inspired by. It has a dark undertone to it and a melodic feel and is my overall favourite from the EP as I like the chorus bit the most which I played. I play all the key bits and do the basses and the drums the whole thing basically. It reminds me of credit music from the 80s but I’m not sure what genre of movie it is from probably horror I feel but it could be any 80s movie or even TV credits but more movies.

Music News – New EP; Seeing You Tomorrow

October 9, 2023

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04/10/2023 - New EP; Seeing You Tomorrow

I’m back with another House EP I felt like doing some more House so I made some more but I’ve been making House and a bit of Jungle/Drum & Bass throughout the summer which summer is over now so I’ll be making more synthy stuff but still make House and Jungle/Drum & Bass throughout the Autumn and Winter. I still haven’t made my winter or Christmas album yet which as always I’m not sure what to do but there will be one or maybe a couple of EPS or a Christmas album and a winter album who knows? I didn’t really have a reason why I called it seeing you tomorrow and thought it just sounded like a good title for an EP. The EP is all vocal House and more club vibes for your bedroom or wherever you are and doesn’t have any synth sounds it’s pure bass, drums and vocals which I feel makes the tracks sound better and more clubby. I like my music dark and dingy but I also like my uplifting tracks too so I put one on this EP or I liked the vocals and what it said it’s on the second track You Better (Keep Going) and reminds me of 2000’s late 90s House or what we tend to hear nowadays particularly in the 2010s also when there was a lot of good House music floating around and reviving of old House tracks like Jack Your Body, The House Music Anthem so many actually and all the best ones. The third track is a Tech House track called Darkness Follows Me which is my favourite track on the EP and a song for the dancefloor I like the vocals and the bass on the track but is what I would or should I say partly would listen to on a night out I say that as I like a lot of different music but I don’t really care for Dubstep or anything similar or though I do like aggressive sounds and growler basses just stuff with a bit of rhythm to. The last track is more Deep House but more club tracks I say Deep House as it has that slow but quick pace beat to it with the deep bass but it’s not the deepest bass. I would like to make some Deep House some proper Deep House with lushness and big basses I’ve never made a full song from scratch without loops before but that will be something for the future since I just thought of it lol.  I’ve made a few that did resemble Deep House before but I haven’t really got the right synths and basses but I will be doing some research on that probably as soon as I finish typing this up, so if you like Deep House please stay tuned for some. 

Music News – New Album; Free Range Love

September 15, 2023

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12/09/2023 - New Album; Free Range Love

In nine days’ time, summer will be officially over and Autumn will begin so I made a Synthwave album something a bit longer than an EP and also something old school lol. I love making this type of music and don’t really make much of it every now and then when I’m in the mood to do something old school and from the 80s as I was born in 1985. I made a mixed bag of Electro beats and some good old Dream Pop or some slower stuff and I’m pretty happy with the results. I called it Free Range Love as I feel love is free, and should be and also the healthiest love you can get. I don’t eat a lot of meat but when I do it has to be free range whatever it is cos it’s better for nature and also fairer. This sums up the title of the eight-track album which was inspired by the 80s and Boogaloo.  I do have feelings of regret about what I could have been doing now and who knows also making the wrong decisions but I don’t hate myself for it I just know now not to make that mistake again and also be vocal with what I disagree with where it counts. I will say though it’s good to have regrets cos it makes you appreciate the things you have depending on what type of person you are but I feel a bit of regret never hurt anybody. One of my biggest regrets was not having believed in myself or listened to what people said I do listen though but sometimes I think they are just being too nice or avoiding the conversation completely, I’ve been making music for quite a few decades now on and off so I should hope I would be able to make something good out of what I  got but I have many and different tastes that scale from Rock to Hip Hop and everything in-between as I would say. I’m really happy with the song Force To Break on this album the synths which I used the Mini and the Prophet from Artuia really bring out the old school flavour and the drum kit which I used Zenhieser 80s drum kit which is one shots (one hit sounds) which I put together inside FL Studio 20.  I used to listen to a lot of old-school Nu Groove and Electro beats on online radio from 2008 onwards so I hope I caught some of that lock, pop and drop and no you ain’t on fire…well sort of. I also was brought up with music like Force To Break and music simlair which is why I’m so obsessed with it and love it so much. To mark Aaliyah’s passing on the 25th of August I thought I do a song for her which is called Till We Meet Again. I met her when she came to my school in Bristol, UK in 1997 it was. I was so devastated when the news broke being a fan of her from the first album and that was how I was introduced to rapper and singer Missy Elliott one of my favourite female rappers and singers. But yeah I was heartbroken and went into shock I never got over it not fully but she will always be in our hearts for the saint she was.  I called one of the tracks Big Butts and Ifs and is the thing called your backside I called it that as I thought it was a quirky title and needed something a bit different from the other titles, I thought I would have run out of titles by now but it turns out I can go for miles with no batteries. I will be making more Synthwave stuff when I’m in the mood it’s the end of summer by the next release so it will be something synthy but I will be making some more House and Jungle/Drum & Bass which I haven’t made for a while now.

Music News – New EP; The Night Is Young

August 21, 2023

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21/08/2023 - New EP; The Night Is Young

Another House EP I made and the last summer House EP for this summer and one of my favourite EPS from this year even though I just made it. I made it a month or two ago and has been up for quite a while now and I’m not sure if it’s getting the played so I now decided to give it a bit of a boost IE share it a couple of times. I’m 38 now and even though I’m getting older The Night is Still Young hence the name of the EP The Night Is Young and a tribute to all the late nights I had and still have but as I said I’m always on my computer now. The EP is more club vibes and I hope they are more to taste as I stripped back the tracks for more bass and vocals which I still think sounds better than the couple of synths and the bass and vocals. I tend to make tracks with just bass drums and vocals now which leads to a clearer sound I think. The craziest night is Young Saga was when I thought it was 4 in the morning when it was 4 in the afternoon and it was getting dark and I managed to stay awake till 12 the next day due to the confusion of time, I was messy and messed up lol. I am very grateful for all the good things that have happened to me minus all the shitty things that happened but I have everything that I need apart from the money I probably need a bit more money but apart from that I am blessed and thankful to still be here and enjoy life to the fullest with no regrets. Well, I have a few regrets but I’m living for myself and for anyone who cares to join me cos as I told the haters I don’t live for you I live for myself but anyway I don’t want to bore you with pettiness. As I said before I think people should be happy with what they got whatever it is and stop looking at others to compete or make them feel better as it’s unhealthy and a coward’s game and I don’t want to be anyone’s or even a sucker.  But at the same time, forgive people who want to be forgiven and if you trust them mend any broken paths in your friendship or love life, but yes I don’t think being a sucker is good luck as people will take your kindness for weakness and bleed you dry and all the niceness out of you or so they think. I must admit I like being nice but it doesn’t pay as a YouTuber put it and it’s so true but I do agree with being friendly with people who want to be friendly with you but not the haters let me get the hater blocker out! I actually miss dancing don’t know if I would get into it, it might take a few drinks but I do like to get up every now and then and shake a leg IE dance, especially with songs I haven’t heard for quite a while or feeling dramatically. I’ve played a few already on my podcast which can be found on this website or on Spotify Podcast as it’s free and a perfect place to put a podcast but I don’t think it covers copyright I’m not sure. Copyright has really put a bummer on making playlists for the internet to enjoy I made a few and most of them if all got a copyright claim I already got a warning and I don’t want to push it but I thought music was meant to be enjoyed and basically there should be softer rules on making playlists on YouTube etc there I said it, but it’s so fun making playlist I like to make visuals too. 

Music News – New EP; The Rough With The Smooth

August 7, 2023

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07/08/2023 - New EP; The Rough With The Smooth

Another House EP I made about a month or two ago now but I just released it. The summer is nearly over so I probably start concentrating on doing more synths stuff and maybe my winter albums sometime. I still don’t know what to do whether it be Christmas or just winter or both who knows? I did my Halloween album for this year and can be found on all major platforms it’s called Tales Of The Darkside. I named the EP Rough with the Smooth as of course in life that’s how it is and I’ve done a full circle and came back the other way due to my mental health and the stresses of the jobs I was doing at the time. It was either staying and getting paid for what I enjoy doing in life or retiring early and working on my mental health and recovering from an already stressful world but on the possibility of me coming back and doing it again as the door was always open. I choose my mental health as I thought I could recover and come back and to be honest, this was in the 2000s by the way but it all vanished from my mind and I only remembered a couple of years ago when I was thinking back to the 2000s and before that. It was after the September 11th attacks the world got a bit downhill and things were being cancelled or put on hold which is when I was the most active but I saw the funding for things go down the drain and people lose their jobs it was quite stressful. I’m not that actual cut-throat when it comes to getting the job some people are just overbearing but at the same time, they do have their reasons. This is how I learned to take the rough with the smooth and not feel hard done by or take pity on myself as I never and I thought after all those years from the early 90s to 2005 I should take a rest as I always was on the go and living a happy and vibrant life. Now I like to stay in I used to have my dog Patch but I had to put her down due to old age which is another rough with the smooth outcome as I knew she wouldn’t live forever but I do miss her and going out a lot with her I live near to the country in the outskirts of Bristol in the UK so it was nice to get out and walk the country. Once I got stuck up a tree when the cows decided to charge me so I ran with my dog and kept her on the tree as I was taking pictures of my dog in her own world as she sat up the tree. In the end, I took charge and climbed down as they wouldn’t go then they decided to chase me down to the entrance where I escaped, she was a good dog though and I vow never to get another one because she was that good. I like to wake up every day with something new to do and that is something I am lacking at the moment which is something I would like to improve on but apart from being on the computer day and night it gets boring I like to get out there and do something new or old. 

Music News – New EP; Catch Me At Recess

July 29, 2023

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27/07/2023 - New EP; Catch Me Recess

I made another House EP of Dancy tracks so more of the same as I seem to have gotten back into the habits of making rave tracks or what I call House/rave tracks. The EP is House but with two Break tracks which I sandwiched in between the other two tracks on the EP. I called it Catch Me At Recess as yet again more childish petty behaviour and mostly to Brexit but I won’t get into it but I will say this there seems to be a lot of monkies laying around who are quick to call themselves racist like it’s fashionable or a fashion statement. I don’t know what’s up with this earth we live on I know what I did and I know what I saw or heard and doing my own fact-checks on things is how I get to the bottom of things but people will lie for clout and this so-called power. Honestly, we are living with power-mad junkies who want to lord it over the normal people or so say, normal people. It’s not even the ones in power it’s this cancel culture we now live in and too many people with time on their hands. I mean to cancel someone they need to be the worst person out there and what I see is people with their opinions getting shouted out for believing something that mostly makes sense to any normal person. Don’t get me wrong I’m for change and for people to be heard and to change society one step at a time but when it turns into a shouting match it turns me off especially when it’s getting silly and weird. I like to have debates and be inappropriate sometimes it doesn’t make me a bad person and what I mean by it is mostly innocent as somehow I remove all the negativity out of it like the word spaz something I know isn’t a nice word to use but I mean you are having an unnecessary tantrum. I don’t really use slurs and especially racism but I never think disable people when it comes to the word spaz. I think we are living in a nanny state where the people in cotton wool jackets are patrolling the areas looking for someone to cancel or to go barny to. It’s kind of shocking how many outraged people there are maybe it’s the technology and the fact we now share everything actual that starts from scrapbooks or wedding and holiday photo collections everyone does or used to do. It’s shocking how many people rage on the streets and in shops there is nothing wrong with everyone losing it but there is such a thing as not causing too much of a scene I learned that the hard way and no I’m not a Karen. I’m not one to play childish games or be petty and I rather ignore it or talk about it as when I get mad I do get mad like Hulk mad and I don’t want to end up doing something stupid in the long run which is why I have my temper in check. I like to laugh a lot makes me happy and move but sometimes I’m not in the mood to be laughing and gun people down I wouldn’t do it in public like scream and shout and most of all act like a two-year-old. As I said I don’t play games and the haters can catch me at recess since we have gone into your time machine I have stolen from you but pushed you in and ended up in the school years of my life. It’s so sad to watch grown-ass people act like spoilt privileged brats.

Music News – New EP; Fairy Tales For Dummies

July 27, 2023

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27/07/2023 - New EP; Fairy Tales For Dummies

Another House EP of clubby vibes seems to be what I’m making a lot of at the moment as it is or meant to be summer. I say that as the weather hasn’t been that nice the last time it was nice and hot with the sun out was around early June maybe late May I can’t remember but I wished it would be nice again but still doesn’t dampen the mood it just feels better. I called it fairy tales for dummies as I just thought it was a good title but also there is a lot of lies and misunderstanding in the world and with the internet and website like YouTube it’s easy to spread misunderstanding and lies and people are quick to believe whatever they said. I mean I like YouTube don’t get me wrong it is where I am the most and spend a lot of time there but I do get a bit bored when I see gossip channels and other outlets spread all these rumours without showing one part of factual evidence but speaking a lot of things. Again, I’m kind of for the gossip when they have something juicy I do tune in and watch the story but it has to be good and someone I know not some YouTube I’ve never heard of. That’s not me shady cos I know they are liked and known but a lot of people like the younger crowd on there are more likely to know them but I must admit some of them I’m glad I found out about them even though they are not people I would watch as it’s not thing IE makeup channels. I do engage in speculation, rumours and conspiracies but as I said a few times now it leads me down the wrong path so now I am a bit hesitant about what to believe and consume myself with as I like to get to the truth but when it becomes shady and damn right weird and stupid I turn off as I don’t believe in those sort of fairy tales that’s not the fairy tale that would come to mind. My fairy tale would be about getting out of poverty or overcoming a major hurdle in your life or even moving away abroad but I think everyone has their own image when you think fairy tale life oh rich and success without fame is another thing I would call a fairy tale that I would call and go to. It’s not the fact they are spreading lies and misinforming people it’s the fact it makes people look and feel stupid when they hear about something or found out that just wasn’t true plus I don’t believe in slandering people without them slandering them you first or without having proof and you know I keep it hot and truthful. Anyway, I am not at school no more and local gossip is a killer and something I don’t interact with but it starts a lot of trouble I just want to get on with my day and do something creative like making music.Â