I needed a brain break tonight so I finally got around to learning how the mxr layers pedal works, and had a fun time playing around once I learned how to use it. It’s a very cool one-trick pony. The way I put it to my friend: I probably wouldn’t be particularly excited to see … Read more
Somehow, without my knowing it, a new album snuck up on me. And then, it turned into a double album. Dear sweet baby jesus, I’ve got some work to do.
The current “rules” of my studio. Warning: these rules will probably not help you make music, but they helped me for the moment.
I just watched Scott Amandola (drums), Nels Cline (guitar), and Phillip Grienleaf (tenor sax mostly) play some improvised music. It was wicked fun. Here are a few key takeaways and action items:
I had the opportunity to play a streaming set for the awesome Radio Free Fedi fest on July 30. It was an absolute blast to prepare for, and I did something I’ve always wanted to do but have never actually done: a full-length solo set with synths, guitars, and vocals that is 100% live. That … Read more
Listen or watch below, or follow wherever you get your podcasts! Greg and Alison return to detonate the incendiary claim that ended Part 1: Can you make art without selling your soul to capitalism? They dissect the music industry’s machinery, Spotify’s frictionless decay, and the eerie rise of AI-generated content while revealing how these forces … Read more
Listen or watch below, or follow wherever you get your podcasts! Greg and Alison dive headfirst into the toxic grip of big tech on creativity and mental autonomy. Sharing raw personal journeys from Alison’s early Facebook rebellion to Greg’s radical “de-Googling” in the mountains of New Hampshire, they dissect how algorithms poison focus, erode privacy, … Read more
I recently bought a new sampler from 1010music, the bento. I bought it knowing it wasn’t a finished product, and I accept that. But I was just treated like a silly child by their forum admin, and I don’t accept that.
Listen or watch below, or follow wherever you get your podcasts! In this episode, our fearless hosts trace the evolution of digital audio tools from these academic, computationally intensive origins—where concepts like granular synthesis were offline processes—to the real-time, interactive software common today. They delve into the technical and philosophical differences between operating systems, characterizing … Read more