The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 194

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, February 28th 2023)

Hello all, and welcome to this FACT-PACKED edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Saturday 1 July 2023 - The King's Lock, Cheshire
Totally Acoustic solo set at Pop At The Lock

Saturday 12 August 2023 - Ray's Mum's Back Garden, Stourbridge
HIBBETTFEST returns for a grand finale - more details next time!

Check http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/ for more information.

IT'S HARD TO BE HOPEFUL
My new single, "It's Hard To Be Hopeful (Bass, Hope & Clarity Mix)" is out NOW on all the usual streaming places. It's a remix by our very own Mr FA Machine which comes with a rather exciting video, available HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqI7UF5xrzA

GIG ONE THOUSAND
My one thousandth gig took place on Thursday 2 February at The King & Queen. It was an evening of GRATE delights, including a medley of songs from the shows by me and Steve and a full-on Validators set, and you can watch selected highlights HERE:
https://youtu.be/MNYlTv2C2jM

STATISTICAL ANALYSES
I've just unleashed the full DATASET of my thousand gigs in a downloadable format which you can get your hands on HERE:
https://doi.org/10.25441/arts.22127405

If you're wondering why the collection and analysis of this MATTERS you can find my full explanation HERE:
http://mjhibbett.co.uk/blog/showblog.php?blogid=3716

AAS WEBSITE
The aforementioned Mr FA Machine has been hard at work on a new Artists Against Success Bandcamp site, featuring all of the early AAS compilations. There's a TONNE of additional material included in the downloads and I highly recommend a read/watch/listen HERE:
https://artistsagainstsuccess.bandcamp.com/

AND FINALLY
The grand plan to release a video for EVERY song from "The Unearthly Beauty Of MJ Hibbett" continues apace, with "The House On The Borderland" recently uploaded HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_SdSctcww

There are more videos to come over the next few weeks and as ever the best way to get alerted to their arrival is to subscribe to my YouTube channel, HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/mjhibbett

And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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