Starting afresh...

so the last time i started this blog it was to test out how useful it would be for bands to use. As usual i found it quicker to write some quick scripts to do what i want then conform to a particular product (getting other products to work with an existing template is always hard!).

Anyway - let's see if i can keep this one current!

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