Ironing shirts and restringing guitars ahead of tomorrow's show. The first date on my album tour, it's come around so fast! Maybe I should livestream the gig on #nostr ... 🤔

So my album landed back in Texas at the Valentine bar where I shot the artwork and is now living behind the bar. Very cool full circle moment 😎

A before and after of my latest single Hand Me Down Heart I took the line to a write with Ben Jonesy Jones. The idea of wanting someone to be all in on your new relationship and not have part of their heart still belonging to somebody else. We picked up a couple of guitars and starting jamming and the song came together in about an hour. Was fun cutting this one in the studio, check out the full version here > Catch me and the band play this and the other album tunes live in a couple of weeks time > https://www.joemartinmusic.com/live

I try and time my multi-year music releases and tours to line up with peak global uncertainty. Just to really give myself a true challenge 😌

Stoked to be heading to Belgrade this summer to play a #V4V show alongside some other great artists at revolution.rocks/ June 19th & 20th. Gig on a boat? 😎 Who's gonna be there? 🙌 #nostr #tunestr #livemusic

No gig too big or too small, just happy to play my songs to anyone wanting to listen 🙏 View quoted note →

Wish phones would go back to using regular headphone jacks instead of needed stupid adapters. It's always breaking. Don't want to go to wireless headphones either 😖

Hand Me Down Heart can now be streamed everywhere in the valueverse 🤘 I've looped @BenJonesyJones into the split so hopefully he should get a portion of sats that are zapped ⚡ 🎸

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Took the new record down to my local record store in Isle of Man for a vinyl listening party. Very wholesome. 😄

Cal is such a pro. Producing, recording and playing drums and percussion for all the album tracks. Adding sweet harmonies on a few of the songs and making some awesome arrangement suggestions. I'll admit, I'm much more comfortable on the stage than in the studio, but Cal has managed to create a super chilled studio environment and each session felt relaxed, yet productive and a lot of fun. 🤘 Check out the new single Hand Me Down Heart here. Out everywhere Friday

Cornelius (Gooseman) Webb is a legend! Not only playing bass on the album, but also helping with charting and arrangement. Going to great lengths to make sure everything was on point with the record. First time we met ended up with a drunken push up competition moderated by Jonesy. Still don't know who won 😂 Good times! Get your ears around the new single (out everywhere this Friday)

Trying my best to purple pill on legacy platforms. How do we make #nostr more sticky, for when artists start showing up?

Just seen this and it made me laugh. #Nostr fixes this... Right guys? 🥲

Shout out to my songwriting partner in crime @BenJonesyJones . It was a casual night out in Bastion Bar, Wedgewood where Jonesy introduced me to Cornelius (Gooseman) Webb. We all clicked and bar hopped for a few more rounds. After picking up an acoustic guitar at a friends flat later that night, I drunkenly auditioned what I thought was my best song for Goose. He liked what he heard and it impressed him enough to introduce me to Cal Campbell who eventually ended up producing Alone In Valentine. Funny how the universe works... So next time you get invited out for a casual beer, say yes! 🍻 Here's the opening tune of the new album, Hand Me Down Heart, written with Jonesy. Felt right opening the album with this, as this was the beginning of the journey > Also, go check out Jonesy's stuff on @Wavlake and zap if you like what you hear. He's got some gems >

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Feels good to be back in Isle of Man. Time to touch grass 🌿 #nature #walking #spring #islandlife