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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

one last little album preview in the final kickstarter hours. this one’s called moving song :) cowritten with my friends ellie, sam, and lena www.kickstarter.com/projects/cop...

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

15 hours left of my album kickstarter! y’all have blown me away, we’ve passed two stretch goals for CDs and a session harpist. now that we’ve hit the stretch goals, anything raised in these final hours will help me cover some time off work to record next month <3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/cop...

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Midwestern Goodbye - Album Fundraiser

I'm crowdfunding for my second album reflecting on my hometown, leaving it, and chapters of life from childhood schemes to adulthood

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

7 more days of kickstarter, and we MET THE GOAL <33 everything else now is bonus, but I have added a stretch goal of physical CDs if we hit the $5.3k mark and added a $12 Midwestern Goodbye CD tier for anyone who may be interested. y’all rule, tysm :’-) www.kickstarter.com/projects/cop...

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Midwestern Goodbye - Album Fundraiser

I'm crowdfunding for my second album reflecting on my hometown, leaving it, and chapters of life from childhood schemes to adulthood

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

8 more days of kickstarter, day 3 of countdown songs! dirty blonde started as a harp-accompanied piece in 2020, and it was finished in 2023 in a co-write with the amazing @patwhoisnice.bsky.social and purser :-) www.kickstarter.com/projects/cop...

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

9 days left of the midwestern goodbye kickstarter! for today’s countdown clip, here’s my song Past Life, written before i moved in with my dear friend ellie when i was imagining hearing her guitar playing echo through the walls of a shared apartment www.kickstarter.com/projects/cop...

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

10 days left! i’ll be counting down the final stretch of my album Kickstarter by sharing clips of demos/voice memos of the 10 tracks on the album this one’s about a wildcat I made up and my childhood friend (crush?) who was scared of it www.kickstarter.com/projects/cop...

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Here’s a demo of one of the songs that will be on the album, as well as testimonials I have received from my song commission work! If you would like to commission a song and help fund this album project, you can learn more here :) www.kickstarter.com/projects/cop...

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

i went to change my banner photo to the album promo photo and realized it was already set to that photo just cause i liked it LOL

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

two themes that never stop coming up in my songs 1) time is weird and cyclical 2) i love my friends so much

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

i write about the ways that love interacts with the passage of time--how time changes love, but also how love changes time

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

i just launched a kickstarter for my second album “midwestern goodbye” reflecting on my hometown, leaving it, and how life is made up of chapters from childhood schemes to living on your own www.kickstarter.com/projects/cop...

black and white photo copeland on a swingset facing away from the camera with yellow text overlay that reads “midwestern goodbye kickstarter.” photo taken by vivienne altagracia sanchez

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

wait. realizing that the thing that took a long time was actually me taking a long time to check BlueSky LOL

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

oh my GOSH those took a long time to get to you haha! glad they made it! :-)

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Pacing @pacingmusic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

BROOKLYN last Friday night with my dear friend @copelandjames.bsky.social aka the coping reunion

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

lil cover of gnaw by shallow alcove with ellie kashinn :-)

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

me & the besties are playing at friends and lovers in brooklyn this saturday 2/22! www.eventbrite.com/e/say-too-mu...

Show poster for a show at Friends and Lovers in Brooklyn, NY on 2/22 at 7:00PM with Michael Isaak, Copeland James, and We Just Met. There are black and white artist photos of the three bands on the left side of the poster and the band names on the right

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Ams @amelie-clct.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

A fully acoustic original song from @ellispiper.bsky.social - a song I thoroughly enjoyed whilst getting ready for work! Send all the love and support to her and her friends, they performed amazingly and should definitely collaborate more in the future ♡

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

These people are all the most incredible musicians, I feel so lucky to work with them. We all played backup on each other’s entries, I’ll link them in the replies! @ellispiper.bsky.social @elliekashinn.bsky.social @samswinnerton.bsky.social @simonwesley.bsky.social

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I recorded a 2025 Tiny Desk Contest entry with my wonderful, talented friends. Here’s “Restless in Rome” with the crew! youtu.be/sskOQlo8mmM?...

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Copeland James - Restless in Rome (NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2025 Entry)

YouTube video by Copeland James

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

the downfall of a cute hairstyle: a story told in three parts

A photo of Copeland outside carrying a keytar with some of their hair tied up in little twisted knots

A bathroom mirror selfie of Copeland’s untied hair twists still holding their shape

Bathroom mirror selfie of Copeland’s hair, with the hair twists brushed out into a gigantic frizzy mess

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

the supplement ads on tiktok are so batshit crazy i think they must hire people from AO3 to write them

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

For anyone in the NYC area, I have a Breaking Sound gig on the 30th (this Thursday) at the Paramount Hotel :-) www.tixr.com/groups/break...

Flyer for a Copeland James breaking sound show at Paramount Hotel in Manhattan on January 30th at 7PM. The address is 235 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036

The photo on the flyer is Copeland, sitting on a yellow armchair, holding a keytar

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

*flute major rises from the woodworks, looking for people who want them to record stuff*

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Lindsay Fickas @lindsayfickas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

honestly, we need more flute in today's music

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

bit of a song i wrote a while ago about kind of missing a chipped tooth that got filled in

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

can all of u make pixelfed accounts bc i Love it but there are like 3 total accounts

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copeland james is saying a midwestern goodbye @copelandjames.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

i don’t even want to admit how many hours i have on this game hfhhds

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