The Vigilante Dillah Tanty

Hello! I'm J*M*A and this is my blog page

I started this blog before I knew i had adhd... WHO KNEW!

Dilettante:

Noun: a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge. 

ARCHAIC 

a person with an amateur interest in the arts.

This blog is about that artist life and various interests I have including music and writing.  I'm not always great at using social media in a consistent way but I like to write so you can normally find musings here or on my coaching blog 

DEAR MOTHER!  

Gothic Vibes from Whitby

I'm not always sure where songs come from. Sometimes it feels like you’re writing something very specific to you to help you process something and sometimes it feels like the thing already existed and you just…

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When Feedback hurts...

This post was supposed to be a simple reflection on feedback- that was the theme this week over at The AMP Club and The ADHD Music Coach. I even made an interestingly edited video (I worked out what the 1.5…

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It's never a slow news day

 

Where have I BEEN?!

Christ on a bike it's been a while! Yes I guess was distracted with the Neurodivergent Creatives Network and The ADHD Music Producer projects… which has now become The ADHD Music Coach (find out more at…

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Production Music Camp

   Last week I attended a 3-day workshop in London, jointly organised by Media Tracks and Tileyard X which was all about production music. 

 

What is production music?  

It can be albums of music in the style of (whatever is required)…

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Mastering a Masters?

Hardly. I have technically just finished a Master’s in Electronic Music Production in Bristol but let me caveat this by adding I still have a trailing module (a retake which will be capped at the pass mark) due in November…

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Panorama programme about ADHD...

I’m not sure what to say exactly but I do know I’m pissed off by the irresponsible Panorama documentary that aired earlier this week. Not because there may well be clinics who are acting irresponsibly but because most people who…

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International Women’s Day 2023 Wednesday 8th March

Oh hello, it's been a while huh? Never fear! I'm back! 

I’ve put together a little list of some music/technology/production events around International Women’s Day 2023 (IWD23) which are mostly online but sometimes in person. Hope you can make some…

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new track out today!

Today I have a new single out which is not being released in the traditional way. It was a song commissioned by the organisation POWA- which stands for Protection of Women in the Arts- a musical collective run by some…

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