when you think about "reach" and "visibility" online, remember that 98% of Meta's revenue (threads, instagram, facebook) comes from advertising. Those Meta ads may bring more eyes and ears, and also may show you've got money to spend

Regardless of whether UMG decides to sell itself, remember that the "big" music industry has always been about maximizing profits. Not for the musicians, but for the executives. with so much new music created every day, do you believe that mainstream music can only circulate the same few artists?

my kids are exploring their independence by going out in the neighborhood on their own and i am both proud and anxious

"We give more value to products and experiences that require us to work and to give active participation. "

dubstep brought stuttery bass/melodies to a lot of folks but it never really did much for me. i think it feels too artificial. which is rich considering i use synths and samples 🤣

my daughter continues to love her sandbox "tycoon" games, and it's still amazing how I think she has better WASD control than I've ever had

back well before suno, i tried out a couple "ai plugins" for making sounds and such for music. almost immediately, I was frustrated with how limited the actual control was. like, if I add reverb, I want to manage it! ended up not being a good tool in the end, for me.

do people who call gifs "jifs" also give "jifts" as presents? hmm

sometimes songs are simply bad. even a great performance can't rescue them. this is how I feel about "happy birthday"

sometimes my songs come together really fast, like a day or two. other times, I can hear something i like and it may take months before i want to "do the rest." both are valid!

If you can't spend more than a minute making a cover, what does that say about the effort you put into your music?

One thing I tell folks who are curious about using AI to make a part of their work is that AI isn't a secret. Not only can people recognize it, but they know it's low effort. Associating yourself with low effort stuff makes the rest of your work also feel low effort.

sometimes the song just shows up. and there it is.

Posting this as both a fun melody I made recently and also proof that I am a real human

my 2nd album has a handful of free codes available if you're curious and would like a copy for yourself.

The one thing I speak to my phone no longer works. Thanks Google for replacing Assistant with Gemini

Flu and covid vax time let's go

Bandcamp Friday in a day and a half, my good people. Anything you're excited about? Put it in your carts!

been a while since i've clicked that "export" button in ableton

Remember when everyone got paper shredders to prevent thieves from *digging thru trash* to steal identities? And then all our identities were stolen via huge corporate data catalogs leaking them anyway? Good times.

I should ask AI to route my audio, mixer, and USB cables. Surely it won't do a terrible job, right? 🤣

having fun making some summery, chill tunes

@thousandgardens.bsky.social contacted me this week through my "Submit a song" page on my website and he sent me a link to his album Coastlines. He has some really incredible songs; I dig everything I've heard so far. Everyone needs to hear his work. Thank you for contacting me! I'm forever a fan!

should emo rap be renamed to cling rap?

I normally only see a few Apple Music plays, but this is truly amazing to me. ❤️‍🔥

"Coastlines" is now available for streaming everywhere. Spotify, Youtube, Apple, and the rest. Combining inspiration from vintage electronic artists like Boards of Canada, Mouse on Mars, plus modern artists like Black Moth Super Rainbow, Fourtet, etc, I hope you enjoy this downtempo-tinged album.

For those of you who follow me, thank you. My third album, Coastlines, is available on Bandcamp now and should be available to stream in your local area when you wake up. It has been a joy to create this work, and I have been enjoying it regularly since it wrapped up. 👇

Tomorrow, shared with the world #idm #newmusic

I told my wife "did you know windows key + V brings up your clipboard history" and she went "WHAAAT THAT IS THE 2ND BEST NEWS I HEARD ALL DAY"

Falling Leaves, the last single before the album drops next week, is out today. A slower, melodic song that plays between different instruments as it goes. Enjoy! song.link/us/i/1817354...

I don't only make sad songs, i also make upbeat or even danceable songs. "Time's Up" has flavors of deep and disco house, and I'm glad I was able to pay homage while still bringing something fresh. It's streaming everywhere early; here's one link:

"Bread and Circus" started up during a night I was baking, and as the song grew, the idea of how much we are losing today while so many simply plow ahead struck me as so sad. You can listen early here:

"Saskatchewan" is a short, dynamic song, clearly in the style of Boards of Canada and one thing I always have liked about BoC is that there is an underlying menace in so many of their songs. Not violence, but an unknowable thing. Anyway you can listen early, here:

"Fireflies" is a sad but hopeful song about chronic pain and loss. uplifting, right? It's also available to stream early; you can catch it here on Spotify as well as on other platforms:

"A Combination of Various Factors" is the first full song off Coastlines, and combines a driving rhythm, a melodic bassline, flowing arpeggios, a soaring distant melody and a gritty interruption. It's available to stream everywhere, early. Here it is on Spotify:

this is a snippet of Freestyle, from the album Coastlines #idm #ambient #downtempo

Honestly so happy that at the halfway point, the Kickstarter for CD & vinyl of Coastlines is 25% funded. It's not much, but knowing there are people out there who are interested in having actual physical copies of my music in their home is so fulfilling. If you're interested, link in the comments:

Happy Caturday

Another #SomaFM promo more #downtempo #chill kinda sorta closer to Boards of Canada without the heavy haze they often have. Quirky fun shorter tunes. @thousandgardens.bsky.social This one out next month. A couple tracks on Bandcamp to play now. thousandgardens.bandcamp.com/album/coastl...

This song is about the tiny sparks of light going out at the end youtu.be/xl5BbcjUkn0?...

Fingerpicking is my guitar language. That’s why I decided to reactivate my Fiverr gig! Would love to bring your song to life! 🎶 Link below 👇

"And all the people are so innocent and relaxed now, all because evolution took their hands away." -Kurt Vonnegut

I'm not worried about how the internet used to be because time is a cube.

Ah, nature. i see you've move up from dropping pollen into my eyes to the whole dang seed.

Ancient erosion in a modern desert

The morning in Sintra was uniquely foggy, a common occurrence in coastal microclimates. (also, as always I continue to work on new or unreleased music) #idm #ambient

One of my favorite tracks, out now on YouTube #idm youtu.be/qEPBWyW9uDc?...

Unsurprisingly, I've yet to hear any AI music that surprises me. It's all so far just lesser copies of existing style with the "it factor" stripped out. Style-less.

I remember it was a big deal for hidden tracks to be even more secret than usual and you had to check at the first track by trying to rewind it, since some were before the first song. The internet was barely there, so we were all just goofin on this as best we could figure out

On physical media, an album could sneak a secret in (locked groove, an extra bit of weird sound, incidental music, or eventually a full track). They were good secrets, and not on liner notes. Listen all the way through, and then it continues after a period of silence.