Notes from Max 8 learning marathon
~ Thrown together in haste, use your own discretion and caution. The goal here on my end was getting up to speed quickly, including transferring information from other modular systems,…
Enshittified Snowballs
One of the reasons I'm drawn to moving away from corporate media content platforms and storefronts is that, especially when it comes to music, there's this never-ending pressure to "make content" as fast as humanly possible, rather than reclaim a natural rhythm to what I do again.
Enshittification Encroaches
When I think about moving away from the hobbled-together patchwork of social media platforms I'm on, the possibility of moving everything away from the grind of corporate shenanigans and enshittified bullshit...
How not to get taken advantage of: a digital music production holiday guide
Ho ho ho! Merry fleecing. :tada: I can't promise this will work for everybody, but it's worked for me. So here goes. - Always start with free, always start with…
Multimedia, Past, Present and Future
Once upon a time, CD-ROMs were the thing. "Look at all you can do! Things move! There's hi-res color and sound! It's like a movie, where you can be a…
Degrowing Technology
Modular enthusiasts, 2011: Oh wow, the thing just went bloop! Modular enthusiasts, 2021: Oh wow, I just got the LFO to tempo sync! Modular enthusiasts, 2031: I know we're all…
Confessions of a Reluctant Synth Nerd
I'm nearing the end of a first round of getting patching things and such on a computer in my hands, as well as a lot of what proceeded that for…
“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…
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…