Hanging Out With Audiophiles

  Welcome back after this 2 month pause! To the news: I put out 3 new songs on an EP called 3 4 U that can be found on my Bandcamp page here https://jamielidell.bandcamp.com/album/3-4-u All money raised goes to Black Lives Matter so please dig deep and chip in if you can. To all of you that have already been generous enough to contribute, thank you!!!  I was on the fence about releasing this material as it’s very private but I now want all my art to be direct and belong to my life in as deep a way as possible. Maybe another positive of this time. There’s no need to hold back what’s eating you. Art can heal if it’s allowed to burn.   I wanted to read a quote from an article that found its way to my phone today. It’s written by a lawyer in New York by the name of TaLona Holbert. I find all of this to be self evident but also it’s very clear that remaining silent on matters of race in this time is unacceptable.  It’s not got anything to do with politics, it’s a matter of acknowledging racial inequality and not d