A place for the sounds of GEAR.
I fixed up my sleep schedule in late April/early May. I didn't think I had a problem until I realized that going to bed at 11 and waking up at 7:30 means nothing if you don't actually rest between those hours. All my screens are off by 8:45pm now and I read before I doze off ( Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth is like reading an informative meme before passing out). Sleep is more effective, exercise is…
I started asking myself why I was using my phone if I unlocked it. If I didn't have an immediate answer I just put it away and moved on. Used to spend way too many hours on social media until I made this change and I think it's one of the best things I could've done for myself. This was down from 3.5 hours a year ago, and probably around 5 a couple years before that. Another good thing was…
I just got a Leviasynth about a week ago. I think this is my first time buying a new synth right after it releases. I always research everything extensively before buying, but I had to go for it immediately. 8 oscillators, 150 preset algorithms for frequency modulation, custom algorithms, and per-osc envelopes. I've messed around and made some drums (not in the video below), pads, and basses.…
What's even stranger than that is I can't tell who won. Lots of people have heard of the book The Creative Act by Rick Rubin . I've tried to come up with my own description of this book, and I guess I've landed on "a 400-page grouping of creative affirmations." I bought this book thinking it'd help me understand a few things about myself and my creative process, but I had a lot of negative…
I've spent every day of the last year working on music, studying Korean, and exercising. Recently I picked up drawing again after a hiatus of more than 10 years and I'm treating myself like a complete beginner even though I'd drawn my whole life up until then. I noticed recently that every action I take in one of these practices informs the actions of another. That might be obvious, but it's…
Cue the Animals as Leaders song of the same name. This time will be different Just like everyone else I say the exact same thing each year. The odd thing is that it winds up being true, but usually only a small degree of change. This past year was really insightful for me after: I committed to studying Korean every single day (except one) I exercised every single day after being sedentary for a…
Today's Release Day Grateful to have released a single today with my friends D-Code, Psylence, and Katja. Peep it below: Last month I also had another feature release in the form of a song called Someone Somebody with my guy HØST: Duality and Synchronicity It's funny, these are two very different songs energy-wise, but they express the same thoughts in different ways. Two sides of the same coin.…
This was originally a long post about how I figured out how to enter a flow state on command after being distracted for too many sessions. One version sounded too long-winded, another was thankfully accidentally deleted, but this is sort of the Goldilocks version. Don't Forget to Make Stuff Long story short, I wasn't paying attention to the things that pushed me out of a flow state and kept having…
Now Listening Thundercat - Drink Dat (ft. Wiz Khalifa) Sappenin' Its been a weird month, but mostly just a weird week. Time feels particularly distorted when your routine gets thrown off which is what happened last Sunday as I was making dinner. The AC at my house went out. It's summer. I live in Texas. Stuck it out the first night but once this happened I figured it was time to dip: Got a hotel…
I'm enjoying this A lot, actually. I didn't think I'd care to make a tracker-style environment my primary DAW, but it's doing wonders for my brain to just see numbers and letters scrolling vertically to make sounds. Renoise really is proving to be the perfect software for me. Flow State, Changing State Its been a good weekend full of experimentation. I've been through lots of sessions getting used…