This is my dumping ground. I want to talk about my past, present, and maybe the future. Stuff I like. Stuff I'm struggling with. Stuff I'm working on. Thing...
I started taking Prozac again after many, many years. The mental rut has gone on too long. I've been avoiding it because I worry that if I'm feeling like shit, that's an indicator that something in my life needs adjustment. And if I start taking medication to help me feel better, I won't figure out what needs to change. On the flip side, if I'm feeling so bad that I can't get anything done anyway,…
I've been starting to get back into composing music, which for me also means looking at YouTube videos and social posts related to the topic. But the more I start looking at videos and content related to it, I find myself clicking on links to look at virtual instruments and sample libraries. And the more I do it, the more it just keeps piling on and on. So now everywhere I go I'm getting bombarded…
I kind of fell into a new routine by accident and it's been working out well for me. I used to try to stay up after my kid went to bed to work on music/website/blogging/gaming, but bed times have gotten later and I was getting disconnected from my wife because we just weren't getting enough time together. So a couple weeks ago I tried getting up early. Like 5:30. Nothing crazy, just earlier than…
Do you ever feel like to just want to get rid of everything you own? I go through phases of this. I'm not a hoarder. My house isn't that cluttered (I mean, I have a toddler so there's some chaos). But sometimes I look around and start thinking about selling stuff. Donating it. Throwing it away. Just getting it the hell out of my face. Even the useful stuff that I use on a pretty regular basis. I…
In an effort to shrink down my studio space a bit and get a more ergonomic desk setup, I've decided to design my own. It's tough to come up with a workspace that fits all my needs. A straight up studio workstation is great for just doing music, but I spend the majority of my time coding, copywriting, and doing graphic design. So I need to get it right. The desk height, an adjustable keyboard tray,…
Is it the natural progression of the human brain, or has the landscape changed and become so saturated that I just don't care anymore? I'd really like to know. Music used to be my everything . My life revolved around it. Playing it. Listening to it. Reading about it. Daydreaming about it. Now, even though I listen to music, write music, and think about it all the time, it doesn't feel magical…
While I'm not particularly sentimental about most objects, there are some things I've acquired over the years that I can't see myself getting rid of. There's a little leather frog filled with glass beads that I've had since I was a teenager. I have a half of a dollar bill that is my share of the first two dollars that my band made playing music. And I have my ugly blanket. I got this blanket while…
Even though there's so much opportunity and access to create things now, I can't help but feel like I've missed out on the best times to be a part of the industries that I'm attracted to. Like I wasn't able to get involved back in the day when the thing was happening, and now I've lost that opportunity. Video games is one example. Other than an Intellivision that was only made available to us on…
Why is it so hard to get rid of nice boxes and fancy packaging? These days, many companies (like Apple) do a wonderful job of crafting elegant boxes for their various products. That iPhone box will not serve any useful purpose for most of us, aside from reselling the old phone when you go to get a new one. I recently purchased a Mac Studio. I have no intention of reselling that computer, and there…