Five Good Things - 26th April 2024
Dropping by to share a few of my favourite discoveries this week
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Greetings from Ibiza, funnest place eva 🍹
Good Hotel
I’m spending this week at the Hotel Mongibello in Santa Eulària. It’s been really perfect for this trip as I’m out here for the Ibiza season opening conference (IMS Ibiza). Its quite a full on few days, as there’s panels all day and parties all night - I’m covering the conference on DMD so working at the same time. Tucked away round the cove of Santa Eulària is a good middle ground, walkable to everything but also hide-away-able.
Good Music
A couple of electronic tracks I’ve enjoyed this week:
Limes - J Wax (Glitchy and Groovy)
Template - Cameo Blush (Still Glitchy, More Emotive)
Good Initiative
Cool Earth is a company who, at their essence, convert cash to protecting rainforests, by buying the land, and fighting the cash on the other side which is profiting off deforestation.
Good Tech
I’m really interested in ways to make music something that people can reinterpret and add their stamp to. This feels important in today’s world, in which the creator/consumer divide has been reduced so much. Everyone is now a creator to some extent and I think its interesting to think about how you can make your product serve the creator within each consumer.
At the forefront of making this happen is Pixelynx who I was with last night. They’re good people looking to have a positive impact on the creativity in the world.
Good Feeling
For the past four years, I’ve come to Ibiza alone, to connect to the island, understand how it works and try and forge links. Each year, it’s got a little bit easier and I’ve known a few more people. This year has been the first time I’ve felt like a real embedded part of the music scene here and I know I’m just scratching the sides of where I will go ✨
One of my simple tips for ‘networking’ is to be genuine and nice to everyone, because the relationships slowly compound and before you know it, you have that golden word: a community.
That's all homies see you next time x
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