Yes, it is I, El Squidsarino here. Been awhile! Hope you're all doing well in this weird time. Anyway... I wanted to share this here. For reasons unknown, my remix of Steven Wilson's Personal Shopper which was successfully uploaded to my Sonic Elements Soundcloud (some people reported they had trouble even doing that) but when I've tried to share it on Facebook or Instagram it gets completely blocked. Even if YOU try to share the link to the remix or even my whole Soundcloud it gets blocked. They don't say why either except that it is "against community standards". There's no explicit lyrics. There's no nudity (apart from refusing to wear pants in a pandemic but how do they know???) and the only controversy there could be is maybe Facebook just doesn't approve of SW's move into POP! Haha. But, it seems to be just me with this particular problem. So, it has me wondering even more. It's all a bit weird to be honest and even suspicious. Kind of regret spending a few days on this "for fun" (which it was I have to admit). I even sang co-lead with him on it and gave nods to Pink Floyd, The Police and Radiohead. I turned Elton's voice into Darth Vader... maybe it was that?
Anyway, if I can share it here at least you can listen for yourself. But, imagine, you can't even share this link on Facebook. Try! You'll be amazed. And this didn't happen from sharing the link a bunch of times. Sometimes Facebook puts a temporary ban on you if you spam all the groups at once. I only shared it in a few places so it wasn't that. They just have an issue with my Soundcloud for some reason. I do have a lot of covers there so it's quite possibly some kind of DRM issue. But, I have only posted my own mixes there. Kind of heavy handed censorship if you ask me... or someone doesn't want you to hear it and reported it? Even if that was the case I'm amazed they don't let you refute it. They do let you just say "yes or no" that it was "a mistake" and then they do nothing. No response. The problem persists. Really strange but I think people should know and when I find out what has happened I'll share for those who are interested.
Here's my remix. I'd love to know what you think! Keep in mind we mostly just played around with IK Multimedia plug-ins and had fun with it. Fernando Perdomo (who played guitar on it) and I called this the "Shop From Hell Mix" because it's almost like a mashup with Run Like Hell intentionally.
https://soundcloud.com/sonicelements...n-squids-remix
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