Bone Poets Orchestra

04/30/2026

If you're dancing the Beltane fires tonight for May Eve, here's a song to help!

447 likes, 3 comments. "Beltane Fires"

04/27/2026

Hey folks! If you're having parties or circles for May Day / Beltane, please consider adding us to your playlists. :-) It's a good time for it...

447 likes, 3 comments. "Beltane Fires"

10/21/2025

Woo hoo! We've officially got commitments of $1000 (out of the $3000 needed) to master and press Plague Years onto LP! Our first ten!

The details:
Limited edition (limited part being marbled or plattered vinyl OR the insert art) of 100 LPs. $100 each, signed, your name in the liner notes. When we get get close to 30 committments, we'll ping you to get names and addresses, and get you a link to place your order.

Start the next ten committments and say "Yes!" in the comments.

I'll list the tunes there as well. Yay!

10/19/2025

We are almost 1/4 of the way to having the money for the pressing of "Plague Years"! For those that haven't seen the previous post:

100 LPs can be pressed for ~3000.00. We'll do a special limited edition of fancy colored discs of 100. We'll sign and number them on the cover, and of course, you'll get your name in the notes. If you donate / buy one for $100.

If you say "yes" in the comments, I'll count you as "committed" and when we reach 30 people, I'll contact you about how to make the donation. Then we'll get the process in motion.

"Plague Years" is almost complete! Knowing that we're pressing really helps with keeping the flame alive. It'll be the first pressing under the Gaia Consort name since 2007. Please let me know in the comments. See previous post for the list of tunes. I'm psyched!

10/18/2025

OK - 100 LPs for plague years, including mastering, is about $3k - limited edition 100 (splatter / marbled / colored) 180 gram vinyl with a 4 panel insert. We'll number them, and sign them. I'm thinking we rent a room (Kenmore Community Club? Parking!) and have a special listening party, (NOT a concert - that's another day) so add another $500 to the total.
Can I find 35 people to donate / buy an LP of Plague Years for $100? That seems like it ought to be doable.
Tunes that will defnitely be on it:
"Surfacing"
"Bigger Than Us"
"Mama Can't Do Drag"
"Alive"
"Two Billion Seconds"
"The Plague Year"
"Naked With Friends"
"Bitch It Up"
Possibles:
"Hang Up your Body"
"Ritzville"
"Moon In Your Teeth 2025"
"Only Skin"
"If You Wanna Know Me"

What say you? Are you in for $100? Leave a yes in the comments, and if I get close enough I'll set things up to take money and commit.

08/01/2025

Thanks to everyone for the amazing birthday wishes! It was indeed a sweet day with good food, music and connection.

Now that it's live on streaming, since it's a special day, I want to ask you all for a gift: would you take 4:49 seconds of your time to listen to my latest song, "Alive"? And if it does something for you, maybe add it to your streaming playlist, and play it enough to get it into your being?
Share with your friends. Read the lyrics. I might even make you a little happy, even though it seems dark.
To get paid for streams on one of the platforms, each song has to get 1000 streams in a year. If just 100 folks played the song ten times, we'd hit the nut.
Knowing that the music is still doing something for ya would be the best way to slide into 65.
Links in comments

07/29/2025

Tomorrow I'll be 65. That's kind of unbelieveable, since I really didn't think I'd make it to 30, much less more than twice that.
So, since it's a special day I want to ask you all for a gift: would you take 4:49 seconds of your time to listen to my latest song, "Alive"? And if it does something for you, maybe add it to your streaming playlist, and play it enough to get it into your being?
It officially is released on Friday, August 1st, but you can download for free and listen ahead of that. Share with your friends. Read the lyrics. It might even make you a little happy, even though it seems dark.
To get paid for streams on one of the platforms, each song has to get 1000 streams in a year. If just 100 folks played the song ten times, we'd hit the nut.
Knowing that the music is still doing something for ya would be the best way to slide into 65.
Links in comments. Love to all!

07/23/2025

If you haven't had a chance to hear(When I Was) "Alive" you should go hear it. It's different, but still in the vein of a lot of BPO / GC stuff. It will be out for streaming in just nine days! But you cn download for free if you like. If it beats your box, consider donating to help get the next one out!
While you may or may not know me, I have often relied on the kindness of strangers...
Links in the comments.

06/30/2025

I think we have a mix! "When I was Alive" is done, ready for mastering!
If you'd like to help us pay for the mastering so it gets out sooner, (total $125) the donation link will be in the comments. I'll also post a link to the pre-master version there too!
"Plague Years" is starting to feel like a collection. I keep going for my version of "Dark Side of the Moon" - that elusive end-to-end musical voyage that takes you someplace and changes you along the way. I feel like I got pretty close with "Vitus Dance" but I haven't got there yet. But, it could happen.
Next starting tune might be "Naked With Friends" for some comic relief with a groove.
In spite of the fact that we don't even own a turntable anymore, I'd like to put all of this on vinyl. Something about LPs makes the experience more "real" than streaming, or even CDs. There is something about LPs that just require closer listening. Maybe I’m just old and that was the way it imprinted on me.
Anyway, links below!