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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · 1d

One week from today at this time, tune in to BlowUpRadio.com to hear a rare live set from me. A donation of $20 or more to the Spondylitis Association of America gets you the 233-song Big Box of Music compilation celebrating 25 years of @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy. Details below...

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · 1d

Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22

Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22

Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · 14d

Check out my Banding Together 2025 live set on Sunday, October 19 at 3pm ET.

Listen, donate & get more info: blowupradio.com/spondy.html

Graphic promoting BlowUpRadio.com's Banding Together benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America, October 16-22, 2025.

Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · 14d

Banding Together returns to BlowUpRadio.com Oct. 16-22, feat. 90 live performances benefiting the Spondylitis Association of America. Get the 233-song 'Big Box of Music' celebrating 25 years of BlowUp Radio—including my own “Looking for the Light”—with a $20+ donation.

blowupradio.com/spondy.html

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BlowUpRadio.com @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Check it out

All the info on this year's Banding Together Webathon benefiting Spondylitis Association of America

90 Artists performing live over 7 days!

233 compilation available now!

Press Release: https://blowupradio.com/newsletters/2025/092925.html […]

[Original post on gardenstate.social]

Banding Together 2025
benefiting
Spondylitis Association of America
Webathon
on
BlowUpRadio.com
October 16th-22nd

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BlowUpRadio.com @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

HUGE Announcement coming today about this year's Banding Together Webathon for the Spondylitis Association of America

#music #spondylitis #benefit

BANDING TOGETHER 2025
benefiting
SPONDYLITIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
WEBATHON
ON
BLOWUPRADIO.COM

SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY

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BlowUpRadio.com @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy · 29d

Here it is, the 233 songs on our Banding Together 2025 BIG BOX OF MUSIC Compilation (that you can download next month by donating to the Spondylitis Association of America)

https://blowupradio.com/spondy2025info.html

#music #nj #spondylitis #25yearsofblowupradio

Banding Together - A Benefit For The Spondylitis Association Of America

BlowUpRadio.com - where new jersey rock lives nj rock, nj concerts and nj band info

blowupradio.com

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BlowUpRadio.com @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy · 29d

Do you want to know all 233 songs on our Banding Together 2025 BIG BOX OF MUSIC Compilation (that you can download next month by donating to the Spondylitis Association of America)?

Of course you do

And we want to tell you... later today on www.BlowUpRadio.com

#music #nj #spondylitis

Banding Together 2025 benefiting Spondylitis Association of America compilation

Big Box of Music (233 songs!)

celebrating 25 years of BlowUpRadio.com

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Sep 9

Been doing a few run-throughs of my @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy Banding Together live set & realized the backing tracks I recorded are at faster tempos than the original versions...so I'm way under my time limit. Do I quickly throw in a cover?

Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 31

I'm on this...

BlowUpRadio.com @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 31

BlowUpRadio.com announces BIG BOX OF MUSIC compilation, featuring over 200 songs from the first 25 years of BlowUpRadio.com.

Donate to the Spondylitis Association of America during our annual Banding Together Webathon in October to download […]

[Original post on gardenstate.social]

Banding Together 2025
benefiting
Spondylitis Association Of America
Compilation
Big Box Of Music
25 Years Of Where NJ Rock Lives

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BlowUpRadio.com @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 30

Tomorrow:

First #bandingtogether 2025 Announcement

#music #spondylitis

Banding Together 2025 benefiting Spondylitis Association of America
gift wrap with bow. Tag on bow says, "do not open until 8/31"

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 28

But what I didn't realize is that the word "eventually" is quite prominent in "Love Conquers All" — a song with a similar theme as well. I think it's interesting that I subconsciously used a similar vocal part in a song called "Eventually." (5/5)

We can solve the mystery
Together eventually
Love conquers all
We can solve the mystery
Together eventually
Love conquers all
We can solve the mystery
Together eventually
Love conquers all

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 28

Well, I was streaming some 80s Yes the other day & some suggested songs followed. One was "Love Conquers All," which appeared on 1991's YesYears & on the 2000 album Conspiracy by Chris Squire & Billy Sherwood. And that's where I found the similar "oh" vocals I added to "Eventually"... (4/5)

Love Conquers All

YouTube video by Chris Squire - Topic

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 28

So when I decided to record a "power pop" version of "Eventually," I realized the bridge couldn't stay as is so I replaced it with a partial breakdown and a new "oh oh oh" vocal part...which seemed familiar after I recorded it, but I couldn't quite place what influenced it... (3/5)

Eventually (Love Is the Answer)

YouTube video by Ferocious Designs - Topic

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 28

"Eventually" was originally written as a piano ballad around 1988/89. The bridge had never been fleshed out until I recorded this demo of it in 2012. But they were still lyrics written by teenage me and they were now cringe... (2/5)

Eventually (Love Is the Answer)

This is something I originally wrote in the late 1980s, but always thought it had a sort of 1970s feel to it. I had written lyrics for the first verse and chorus, but my friend Christian Beach, at one

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 28

Hey there...been a bit quiet recently, but that should change soon. Hoping to wrap up a video for one of the songs from Off You Pop! since I haven't really pushed that EP since releasing it in May.

Anyway, I have a story to tell about "Eventually (Love Is the Answer)" from that same EP... (1/5)

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 1

"Trumpet's Not My Thing" is an instrumental version of my 2024 WXPN Song Challenge entry "Summer's Not My Thing," based on a prompt of "summertime." I played a little trumpet for that song—playing it for the first time in nearly 40 years. This time, I used it as a lead instrument...just for fun.

Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 1

"Beyond Forever" was my warm-up song for the 2024 WXPN 24-Hour Song Challenge. The original version appears on my 2024 EP, Open Your Eyes. The '24-Hour Songs' version is more acoustic-ish.

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 1

"Look What You've Done to Me" was written around May 20, 2025, as a warmup for this year's WXPN 24-Hour Song Challenge.

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 1

"A Brand New Day" was written for WXPN's 24-Hour Song Challenge. A prompt of "belong" was announced at noon EDT on May 31 and songs had to be submitted via video entry by noon EDT June 1.

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Aug 1

At the start of June, I entered a 24-hour songwriting challenge based on the prompt “belong.” “A Brand New Day” was the result. I have written & recorded 4 songs in a span of 24 hours since June 2024, so I put together a collection of those songs — for just $1 — for #BandcampFriday

24-Hour Songs, by Ferocious Designs

4 track album

ferociousdesigns.bandcamp.com

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Jul 16

Four years ago today, I released a collection of poorly mixed songs as my debut EP, A Matter of Time. My mixing hasn't improved much, if at all, but here's a new mix of the EP's lead track, "What a Time to Be Alive" because we're still living in a nightmare.

Stream/download: wp.me/PcZlvI-h2

"What a Time to Be Alive (2025)" - Ferocious Designs (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Ferocious Designs

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Jul 7

Stuff like this is why I wrote this song for my 'Off You Pop!' EP...

music.youtube.com/watch?v=dhyy...

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Jun 30

Thanks to @BlowUpRadio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy and @newjerseystage.com for the mention of "How Dare You Call Yourself Justice" — my techno-industrial rant against the Christofascist SCOTUS majority from last year that still holds true today. And the town where I live still honors Alito! 🤬

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Ferocious Designs @ferociousdesigns.com · Jun 27

Welp...looks like I need to write/record an even angrier follow-up to this song, because...holy shit, this SCOTUS is fucking fascist as hell...

youtu.be/lZ0uuV5R8Xk?...

How Dare You Call Yourself Justice

YouTube video by Ferocious Designs - Topic

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