# music machine — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover music machine. Page: Feed: --- ## [Bandcamp Friday](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/bandcamp-friday) _2026-04-30 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ It’s bandcamp Friday tomorrow. ## [Immediate Pieces](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/immediate-pieces) _2026-03-11 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ scores to pick up and play ## [Crossword: “Rain sounds”](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/10/crossword-rain-sounds/) _2025-10-27 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ I’m publishing a crossword on this blog for the first time — I hope you enjoy it. I’ve added some notes below the puzzle, offset with some space to avoid any spoilers. ## [Fill Harmonics, the crossword puzzle music machine](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/09/fill-harmonics-crossword-music-machine/) _2025-09-09 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ Today I’m releasing Fill Harmonics, a music machine that takes its rules and styling from the world of crossword puzzles. The name is a pun: in crossword lingo, “fill” is the stuff that goes into the grid. This project is a collaboration with Natan Last, one of my cruciverbal inspirations and the author of “Across The Universe,” a very fun upcoming book on the history and culture of crosswords… ## [Miniature 2](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/miniature-2) _2025-09-02 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ Here is the second miniature. ## [Miniatures](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/miniatures) _2025-08-18 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ A couple of weeks ago I bought a Faber Manuscript notebook with the intention of writing some miniatures. ## [Cascading GitHub Action workflows for rebuilding static sites](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/07/cascading-github-action-workflows-for-static-sites/) _2025-07-01 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ A common pattern for building static sites on GitHub Pages (or similar) is to just trigger a new build every time there’s a change in the repository. This is very straightforward and well-tested, and works until you want to also trigger builds when something changes outside the repo. Then you run into some issues — but the solution, which took me some time to hunt down, turns out to be simple. The… ## [Recurse Center return statement, or What I did on my coding vacation](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/06/recurse-center-return-statement/) _2025-06-30 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ I’ve just wrapped a 12-week batch at Recurse Center, a self-directed coding retreat that provides an environment for people to become better programmers. I’m a huge fan of RC, and previously did a full batch in the summer of 2017 and a week-long minibatch at the start of 2019. It’s common for people finishing some time at Recurse Center to write up some notes afterwards, which are cutely called… ## [Lost & Found, Cities and Memory and Shift](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/lost-and-found-cities-and-memory) _2025-06-25 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ It’s been quite a busy few weeks with several projects happening. ## [Generating an infinite sea shanty in the browser](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/06/generating-infinite-sea-shanty-in-the-browser/) _2025-06-25 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ For a project I’m working on, I wanted to generate an endless looping soundtrack that felt like a sea shanty continuing indefinitely without a fixed melody. This proved to be a fun exercise for both musical and technical reasons, so I thought I’d write up some thoughts on how that came together. ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ExiWsWMpW82R) _2025-06-25 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [You can’t fork your own GitHub repo (but you can get pretty close)](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/06/you-cant-fork-your-own-github-repo/) _2025-06-25 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ I wanted to fork my own GitHub repo the other day, and it turns out you can’t. Instead, I got most of what I needed by duplicating the repo, and adding the original as a second remote. ## [A new website for Malaika, tracking crossword publications](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/06/new-website-for-malaika/) _2025-06-06 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ A few weeks ago, my friend Malaika Handa nerd-sniped me with an interesting request. She is a very prolific crossword constructor (think: multiple publications a week) and she keeps comprehensive records of those publications in a spreadsheet that is always up to date.1 She wanted a site to display that history in a clean and browsable way. You may know about her 7xwords project, which published… ## [Lost & Found Paul Whitty](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/lost-and-found-paul-whitty) _2025-06-05 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ “Ancient & modern 14062025” ## [Lost & Found continued](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/lost-and-found-continued) _2025-06-04 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ I’ve been working on some of the Music Machine pieces for the Exeter Contemporary Sounds concert that will be part of Art Week Exeter later this month. ## [The Calendar of Song, by Michael Atkins](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/06/michael-atkins-calendar-of-song/) _2025-06-02 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ Over at Michael Atkins’ blog, he’s released a lovely artist’s statement on Calendar of Song, a new (and old) project I’ve helped to get working over the years. Through various tech stacks, the basic premise has stayed the same: Michael picks a song of the day, usually highlighting some lyrical relevance or historical coincidence, and some Parker tech “publishes” it. ## [Using Google Sheets as a database for projects](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/05/google-sheets-database-for-projects/) _2025-05-27 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ As a software developer who enjoys working on hobby projects, especially with less technical collaborators, I have found myself using Google Sheets as a good-enough database in a lot of circumstances. I have lots of qualms about having the biggest of Big Tech in a load-bearing spot on these projects, but the practical benefits and the existence of a reasonable exit route have helped to quiet them. ## [lost and found (keyboards revoiced)](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/lost-and-found-keyboards-revoiced) _2025-05-20 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ Saturday 14th June 2025 Exeter Library, Exeter, EX4 3PQ ## [A Signal messenger API on your tailnet with Docker Compose](https://parkerhiggins.net/2025/04/signal-messenger-api-tailnet-docker-compose/) _2025-04-23 · Parker Higgins · parker higgins dot net_ I’ve got a new configuration for sending Signal messages on the command line, and it’s powerful and flexible and finally gives me a nice ergonomic interface to use from other programs. Even cooler, it is accessible over Tailscale from any of my devices, which means I can securely reach it from multiple machines without going through the rigmarole of configuring and maintaining multiple copies of… ## [Music Machines 1 to 20](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/music-machines-1-to-20) _2025-02-06 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ Audio only, voice by Jez Winship and Alison Sweatman [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/156084720/a9916e575703f5449f82663f1f402c1a.mp3) ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Tn2hCMRcT0ip) _2025-02-06 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [The Music Machine Project](https://musicmachines.substack.com/p/the-music-machine-project) _2025-02-06 · Simon Belshaw · Music Machines_ a document that details all 44 music machines