Unapologetically Old School
As the child of two professional musicians, it was inevitable that music would be an integral part of my life. These are all of my posts related to music: my own, other artists, production and studio technique, synthesizers and music tech, and more.
Three Hours Later In the interest of preservation and self-teaching, I have left what I wrote in its original state below, but here’s an addendum. After posting this entry, I had a cup of coffee and took Olive to the dog park for about an hour. I came back, had another coffee and listened to Auturgy again. It’s fine. Yes, it needs love and attention and, yes, all of the points I made below are … Continue reading
When I woke up in the morning, I made some coffee and was looking at my phone when I noticed that there was a missed call from a former IT colleague. We still have a group chat with the team that gets used once or twice a year, but none of the guys ever call me, so this was out of the ordinary. I texted to see if it was intentional or a butt dial. … Continue reading
After posting You Bought This, I bopped along to it for several repeats while doing some cleanup, walking the dog and other miscellanea. Being happy with the lyrics and the production, I was in a pretty good mood and actually had a few hours to sketch out today’s track before bedtime. Looking back at the last six days, I’ve been pretty productive. Some are obviously stronger than others, but nothing outright sucks and I think … Continue reading
After finishing and posting 39 Again, I ate dinner and had time to get started on the next track. I’m not quite yet at my desired “I’m a day ahead” schedule, where I finish the track in the evening and then polish and post it the next morning, but I at least have time to get the idea formed and basic stuff done. That speeds up the process and takes away some stress. I had … Continue reading
One of the great things about getting older is seeing young people turn into functioning adults. I mean, it doesn’t happen as much anymore, but you know what I’m saying. I’ve been blessed to have married into a fantastic (and very large) family full of former kids who have become pretty cool adults. I often call people on their birthday and sing horrible renditions of the birthday song. Horribly bad. And always extemporaneous. But the … Continue reading