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April 2, 2026

If you've ever gotten hit with a copyright claim on your video before, you know how much of a pain it is to get that resolved and how long it took. It was even worse for me. We are changing that, and (in theory) no one will get an illegal claim ever again!
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Spotify Podcasts and Music

April 2, 2026

Somewhere, somehow, podcasts on Spotify are being pulled due to my music. I did NOT start any of this, and we are working to try and get everything reinstated. We moved distributors to Frequency Digital. You may have received a notification from them: Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency

On Spotify, you can dispute this fairly easily. When contesting the claim, under "I have a license", select "Kelvin Ruijters t/as Frequency" as the licensor. Frequency will then "allow-list" any tracks that Spotify is flagging. My tracks are royalty-free, and you have permission to use them in your podcast. We don't know why this started happening about 18 months ago. Spotify has a section devoted to podcasting and their rules here:

If, after you dispute these claims, you're still having an issue with your podcast or episodes, please reach out to Frequency Digital at support@frequencydigital.com. We are still working to allow-list all my music by default, but that is not currently the case.

Please be sure to include:

1. your podcast URL
2. ANY screenshots of the problems you are facing on the Spotify platform

Spotify Podcast Problem?

March 25, 2026

If you recently saw a change in your Spotify distributions (or have older Spotify issues) that involve my music - please let me know! Email me at kevin@incompetech.com and let me know what Spotify is communicating to you so I can contact the appropriate music distributors, and try to get this all sorted...

Update! We have contacted the distributors dealing with these, and they are currently working with Spotify! Thanks to everyone who sent in all your data. I'm expecting some sort of resolution in a few days. I will keep you all informed of the situation.

New Music Tool: Hurdy Gurdy tuner

March 8, 2026

Q: What happens when you try to tune your hurdy gurdy with standard online tuners?
A: Pain

So I made this thing that actually works.

A hurdy-gurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound when a hand-cranked wheel rubs against strings... like a wheeled violin combined with a keyboard... which is really like pushing a fret against strings in an inverse guitar mirror universe sort of way. It is a musical platypus. Gurdy Tuner

New Graph paper type: Cornell note taking with Dots

February 16, 2026

It has been a while since the last new graph paper generator - but we have one today! Cornell note taking with Dots

Upcoming changes to Music! (Behind the Scenes)

January 13, 2026

For many years, bad actors have been claiming my music, and have caused havoc with creators on nearly every platform out there. I'm switching publishers in an attempt to keep everything free to creators forever!

This should close a lot of loopholes people have been using to snipe my compositions on various platforms, and help provide fast resolutions when issues creep in. The entire process is measured in months, but hopefully we can see results sooner.

There are no changes to my licenses (everything is still Create Commons: By Attribution 4).

HexSweeper

December 25, 2025

https://danger.academy/hexsweeper/

Yet another of my super-simple very-nice no-ad no-tracking games that you can put on the home screen of your tablet. Late-nite dark-mode simple puzzler. The numbers in the hexagons tell you how many bombs are touching that hex. If you select a number that has all the flags satisfied, it will clear out all other remaining cells. Very fast gameplay!
If you've never played Minesweeper... I can't explain it easily. Check out a 1 minute tutorial!

I❤️PDF

December 20, 2025

https://www.ilovepdf.com/

This is the best PDF utility site on the net. How is this free?? Usually you get 2 of 3 things on a web site: Good, Easy to use, Free. I❤️PDF has all three!

The main useful thing here if the PDF Merge. If you need to multiplex any graph papers, this does it! Load in as many pages as you need to make your final, printable document.

Dino Musics

December 18, 2025

This piece is one of three pieces that was inspired by a trip to a dinosaur-themed roadside attraction that had "dinosaur music". That music was recorded in the early 1990s, and sounds a bit cheesy today, so I tried to update it. This piece is a hybrid of triggered samples and live recordings.

Fringe Theater Festival Fundraiser

December 6, 2025

This year, incompetech helped out the Green Bay Fringe Theater Festival by donating matching funds to their fundraising efforts. GB Fringe met their annual fundraising goals! Looking forward to another year of awesome, crazy, strange, solid, emotional, and wild live events! (Not all in the same show)

The official fundraising event is over, but I’m pretty sure they will still accept donations.

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