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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What a fantastic concert The Gibside Singers and I had on Saturday evening with our long time friends and collaborators in the City of Newcastle Male Voice Choir and their MD Tyler Neumann. Here's to many more joint concerts between these two wonderful choirs!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Still time to get along to Winlaton tonight for The Gibside Singers' joint concert with the City of Newcastle Male Voice Choir at St. Anne's RC church! 7pm start!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fantastic joint rehearsal between The Gibside Singers and the City of Newcastle Male Voice Choir ahead of our joint concert at St. Anne's Church in Winlaton tomorrow evening. 7pm start if anyone fancies coming!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Starting to upload the VODs from my recital in Newcastle last month, beginning with my original composition 'Thanks for the Fox'

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Thanks for the Fox - Original Composition, Live in Newcastle 2026

YouTube video by Declan Flannery

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Another great rehearsal with The Gibside Singers ahead of our concert alongside the City of Newcastle Male Voice Choir on Saturday, looking very forward to joining them for one last rehearsal before the gig tomorrow!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Back in the swing of things with both The North East Stage and Screen Orchestra and Choir and The Wallsend Community Choir!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Had the honour of accompanying Ashington & District Male Voice Choir at a concert commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Woodhorn Colliery Explosion recently, a deeply emotional day. They sang Gresford, also known as The Miners' Hymn and afterwards I decided I wanted to record a piano version.

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Gresford, The Miners' Hymn - Piano

YouTube video by Declan Flannery

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In honour of International Fox day reposting some the pictures I've gotten of the fox family who live in my garden! 🦊

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fantastic joint rehearsal last night between my wonder female voice choir The Gibside Singers, and our long standing friends The City of Newcastle Male Voice Choir ahead of our joint concert next Saturday. Looking forward to joining them for their rehearsal next Tuesday!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This week was not only my first rehearsal back with the wonderful Gibside Singers, but also marked one year from the first rehearsal I took as their MD! They even got me a beautiful card!

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Suno is moving to models trained on music it has licensed. This is a big win for musicians, and likely wouldn’t have happened without the lawsuits of the last couple of years. But they say the new models were still trained on “Suno user data”. This is worrying. 🧵 1/4

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Sustained Decay @xmissedthespot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you use the fascist tool then you get blocked cause that ain't cool! STOP PUSHING AI CONTENT!!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Auditioning people here has been my office for the day!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For the past few months I have had the privilege of being the resident pianist at The Theatre Royal's new hospitality space The Green Room! If anyone is about Newcastle on a Sunday afternoon you can find me playing there from 2pm - 4pm alongside their spectacular Sunday Roasts!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Great time yesterday at the North East Stage and Screen Orchestra and Choir's first rehearsal back from their summer break. Some fantastic repertoire to look forward to!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research, including the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Quietly funded high school band programs We lost an incredible person.

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Ten | "Hold On, Let Me Save" @theletterten.lol · 27/08/2026

Remember: If you buy GTA6, you support union busting and employers who actively go out of their way to hurt their employees. We need to normalize that it's not OK. Please don't buy it. Support indie games instead!

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ten years ago I saw Kit Harington in Doctor Faustus. At the time, I thought he was poorly cast as a man who makes a deal with the devil.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/08/2026

Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-being…

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 15/08/2026

Just announced at D23

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Chris Jones @chrisjones1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In case of need

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I was deeply honoured to accompany Ashington & District MVC at yesterday's commemoration for the 110th anniversary of the Woodhorn Mining Disaster that claimed the lived of thirteen mineworkers in 1916.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bin Day cometh.

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Twitch have apparently by default opted all users in to allowing their content to be used to train gen AI. You can opt-out in your settings under 'security and privacy', anyone who regularly uses the website may want to know.

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Only one day to go until my next recital in Newcastle, tickets available on the door!

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026

All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...

someone holding up a sign that AI crossed out

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Giftheck @giftheck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

As someone with bookcases full of books, this is abhorrent to hear about. It was bad enough when they were scraping the Internet, now they're actively destroying physical copies. Fuck A/I.

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John M Davis @jdsampo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

“Spotify’s lack of transparency and unwillingness to label AI-generated music makes it impossible to track how much money it’s making on the platform.” www.404media.co/spotifys-ai-...

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Spotify's AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop

Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🎵🎵🎵 Oh the Green and Red of Mayo! 🎵🎵🎵

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Only a week to go now until my next recital in Newcastle!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Just discovered a new composer in Büşra Kayıkçı, some absolutely stunning solo piano music!

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YouTube video by Büşra Kayıkçı - Topic

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ered @ered.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take

Three panel comic titled Unethical Fiction:
1. Made with AI
2. Printed on human skin
3. The author uses their profits to fund a hate group.

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If anyone is around Newcastle on the afternoon of Saturday the 1st of August I will be giving a piano recital! Mixed programme as usual, would be great to see some familiar faces there! Details on the attached poster!

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Declan Flannery Music @declanflannery.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Amhrán na bhFiann just turned a hundred years old! Thought I had to honour the occasion!

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Amhrán na bhFiann - Piano

YouTube video by Declan Flannery

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