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The tools came along right when I came of age, and I was so excited to find any avenue possible to connect with people in a really truthful way. I think it’s why I was a perfect Internet-era artist. Making music was a means to an end, and the end was connection and conversation. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I became a performing musician because I wanted to be with people. Why? Does the reason go hand in hand with why you want your Substack to have a community campfire vibe?ĪP: Yes. Mxdwn: Over your different forms of social media you read over 2000 comments of people telling you how they are. Once you really start seeing that under the surface, it’s hard not to love absolutely everybody, even the trolls and the haters. I think it comes from twenty years of dealing with the dark storms of life myself, and achieving a deeper and deeper understanding every day, every year, of how human and afraid everybody is. Mxdwn: Where does all of your love and compassion for community come from?Īmanda Palmer: Oh, lord. Palmer revealed more about the project and her love for her community in an exclusive Q&A with mxdwn that you can read below. Back in October, Palmer released a mashup she did with Reb Fountain of the songs Blurred Lines and Rape Me, as apart of The Abortion Access Front’s #DoReMeToo.You can learn more about that here. In December, Palmer live streamed what she called an “Emergency Soothing Piano Music Session,” on Instagram.