Drop something purple!

4400 thanks to everyone who's listened to "Carnival of Stars" since its release last week! The next single, "Smoke and Mirrors," comes out June 26th, and maybe one more before the full Night Creatures album launches whenever it's done.

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Happy Pride 🌈

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Been playing around with the idea of taking my music and generating static art pieces from it. This is the latest iteration, fully printable up to 20x20 inches. The top two are Tailwind and Flutter, the bottom are Flow State and Dreaming in Kodachrome.

Super excited that my new single, “Carnival of Stars,” is out now on all streaming platforms! This is my newest solo work since School of Thought in 2024. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it! link.samhulick.com/carnival-of-...

Listening to the new song made by @samhulick.com and as always, this song is a banger! Nice work!

Rando: Do you like rap? Me: Only if it's really fucking good. Exhibit A: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHvN...

From @gameworkerscon.bsky.social: DOWN WITH "FUCK YOU, I GOT MINE" BRING BACK GIVING A SHIT ✊✊✊

So Spotify is doing this 'all-time listening history' thing. The first song I listened to? Mass effect. My most streamed artist? @samhulick.com Color me shocked. Shocked, I say.

RIP Juniper Blessing. Trans rights are fucking human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

Do I have any visual artists following me who specialize in rooms/environments? Specifically, indoor spaces (think classrooms, theaters, homes, etc). Lemme know!

That'll teach me to order software from alien planets.

Heck yeah, ordered! This'll look rad on the shelf in front of my Mass Effect vinyl set.

So apparently we're trending away from texting and back to phone calls? This is gonna give us Gen X'ers whiplash! 😆 We grew up on long phone calls, then it feels like it was all about texting, now phone calls are back! 😵‍💫

T minus 16 days till my latest single, "Carnival of Stars," launches into the universe. Hit the link and pre-save to make sure you don't miss it! link.samhulick.com/carnival-of-...

Wow, insane! Good on eBay. The owner of GameStop is a scumbag.

BTW, I know all I'm posting about lately is my recent musical works, but it's not just promo. There's a lot of stressors in my life right now, including a family member with terminal cancer. Writing music is one of the few things keeping me steady. I'll do my best to not make the album depressing. 😅

I've never been so on top of my music releases before. "Carnival of Stars" is shipping May 29th, and "Smoke and Mirrors" on June 26th. These might be the only singles I release ahead of the full album. Can't wait to write the next track!

Late night vibes, working on track #2 for the new album.

Just released

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I'll probably do a tutorial for the opening synth from Flutter next. It's one of my faves! open.spotify.com/track/67fkiR...

If you’ve never created your own synth patches from scratch, this video I made shows how just a couple of minutes can give you something immediately usable. (ultra beginner level content, here!) youtu.be/Ja2cqmsJf38

I'm trying to decide if it's worth publishing a synth patch creation video if the patch is STUPID simple. 🤔

"Carnival of Stars" coming May 29th! You can listen to a preview and pre-save on your favorite music platform today: link.samhulick.com/carnival-of-...

Shout out to #oursoniclandscape for hosting a super cool new #gameaudio meet up in Vancouver BC! We learned so much and met so many cool new people, thanks y’all! 🥳

It's done! Man, I feel like I've done nothing for the past two days but write and mix this thing. I love how this turned out!! Getting this on Bandcamp soon for a limited 2-week release, then it goes to streaming.

On a frickin' ROLL! Cannot wait to release this single! 🌌🤩

A new work-in-progress started tonight, for the next album!

Man, nothing beats that feeling when you're stuck trying to create a new musical idea, then suddenly inspiration hits!

I hope this thing isn't as uncomfortable as it looks.

In case anyone needs an uplifting pet pic today, here's a photo of my special guy at the cat groomer's. 😹

Just completed the LiquidSonics trilogy by picking up Seventh Heaven and Tai Chi Lite. Someone slap me if I say I ever need another reverb!

Thank you! For my part in the music, reverb also played a crucial role. Not just slapping a plugin onto some tracks, but using reverb to convey a sense of vastness and space, and dialing it down for combat tracks.

US passports will now feature the image of Jeffrey Epstein's best friend

Still waiting to get the green light to release this extended version of Uncharted Worlds! Definitely gonna have to follow up in a few days. #antsy #superantsy #MassEffect

This is coming along nicely! It needs coarse adjustment on each oscillator, still (-12 to +12 at least). And now I can actually play it using my MIDI keyboard too. The Bricasti M7 reverb sounds killer!

I'm adding a fully working analog synth to my website soon. Just for funsies. Obviously super simple (3 oscillators, a filter, and reverb), but it sounds cool! It uses a ladder filter (similar to Moog) and the large hall reverb from the Bricasti M7.

I've been trolling people on one of the Suno groups, and tonight was *especially* delicious. One guy showed off his streams (one track had half a mil) and told me I'd NEVER achieve numbers like his. I showed him one of mine with 18M streams and he got super pissed. 😆

If you, or someone you know has a podcast, and needs an award nominated audio editor/mixer: I have 18 yrs of professional experience, and have edited shows with people like: Sean Astin, John Rhys Davies, Bill Burr, John Stamos, Amy Ryan, Jemele Hill, etc. Let's chat.

If you're a jr. sound designer & are interested in working on a narrative-driven RPG, I know of a studio looking for someone. Most of the game's sounds have already been made, and the team now needs someone to help them cross the finish line (there are ~75 sounds left to make). (1/2)

If you're still using sidechain compression to unmask elements in your mix, you might wanna look into more transparent, modern techniques.

5. The music by @samhulick.com is called "The Colossus" and it's the same music I use for all of the custom opening text crawls for all of Arrhenius games I personally run. I consider it the unofficial main theme of Arrhenius and I love it. Thanks for letting me use it, Sam! youtu.be/Sy1y4Ev6QzQ

A friend of mine let me know this week that, despite my attempts at promoting it for the last year, he had no idea there was a companion EP for my #TTRPG, Arrhenius. So, in light of that and how lousy bsky is for discovery of new things, I present: ❄️ 10 Things You Might Not Know About Arrhenius: ❄️

Lo, when thine eyes doth fall upon the wealthy, thou shalt consume them, yet not before their riches have been stripped from them, saith the Lord.

Experimenting with a custom-built music visualizer. I'm really digging the look of this!

Studio Sunday! Working on an art project collab with another composer today.

I think one of the things about bluesky is that for a lot of its users, it represents a kind of retirement from social media. Like I’m tired and I want to get out of the game