Still searching for the invisible swordsman
I was happy with yesterday’s track and had a reasonable chunk of time to experiment. I’m starting to hit that blank page anxiety feeling every day, but so far they’ve all turned out. Despite being re-committed to making music that I want to make instead of what I think people want to hear, I still have this nag in the back of my mind. “Another DnB track? Boring.” “Nobody needs ambient.” “You’ve been writing lyrics. … Continue reading
This will be a somewhat abbreviated post because I’ve actually written my song for February 4th and I want to get to it before I lose the muse. Let’s quickly go over this one, though. My writing day got started a little later than usual. My morning was largely spent writing a blog entry, fixing some style things on the website, and other musically-non-productive things. Then it was dog park time. And then the dog … Continue reading
Note: This post was written in 2025 and backdated to appear on the day I wrote and published the track. Another day, another beat-driven electronic piece. Yesterday’s track ended up having some oddness / quirkyness that I ended up enjoying. I’m doing my best to stop writing the same old thing and stretch out a bit. Take some risks. Break some things. I don’t remember the order in which I discovered the various sounds. In … Continue reading