“Aspiring Artists Should Get a Day Job” Is a Bad Take
First off, because it needs to be said: if you're a serious artist, it's ok to not want to make a living as one. As for people who don't make…
Being an Influencer, and the Costs Therein
Https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/08/style/creator-burnout-social-media.html When I read articles like this, it's hard not to feel like the whole experiment around social media – in terms of communities, not in terms of the companies…
Free Improv and the Jazz Police
Oh, sweet irony. If you improvise music: listen to Miles. trust your own voice and talent first, over whatever people tell you to do, badly. I've been an improviser for…
Bang on a Log
Some days, I want to have a four track recorder and an instrument, and nothing else. Or just my voice. Knowing that if the most common forms of digital music…
Introduction
Greetings and welcome, fellow robots. Waves a bio-mechanical pseudopod This is going to be a "process and social critique" blog about using technology to write and produce music. I'll be…