I wish I could interview Alan Wilder to ask him how the heck he achieved some of his production sounds. I feel like I have a pretty good ear and technique, but there are some sounds from his repertoire of production I still am like how TF did you do that

Alex Ball's PS-3300 video includes interviews from the inventor of the instrument Fumio Mieda. I love seeing interviews from engineers who created some of my favorite instruments, especially the Japanese. They're typically older ppl in suits who influenced generations www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOKC...

Sunrise inside Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

Having lived in Seattle for ages, I just now stumbled upon the 2005 Almost Live reunion show, a locally produced comedy modeled on SNL but cancelled in 1999. The local jokes are so heartwarming to me, and it's a shame we don't have local programming like this anymore www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w6_...

Growing up in Texas, of course I love Tex-Mex. When I moved to Seattle, finding good Tex-Mex was a joke. Now there are some pretty good places. Whether I'm at home in Seattle or visiting Texas like I did for Christmas, I've landed on ordering fajitas pretty much every time. Esp with chile con queso!

I started a major revamp in my studio & workflow in 2023. I sold my old digital mixer and planned for a new analog console. Those plans are on hold ($), so now I'm mixing entirely in the box. It's pretty great tbh, I have everything connected in my studio and a great DAW template. New music in 2026!

Growing up in Texas, one Christmas tradition I miss is tamales. They're labor intensive to make, but man are they good. I suppose I could make a new tradition of importing some to Washington...

Just because someone is famous or an expert in one field doesn't mean we should care anything about what they have to say with feigned expertise in other fields. Like, during the pandemic people were listening to football players on whether or not to take a vaccine. Uhmmm

Robert Henke's CBM 8032 AV is an audiovisual piece created using 5 Commodore CBM 8032 computers with custom hardware extensions and custom software. It's amazing, check it out here: roberthenke.com/concerts/cbm...

Was just listening to my new record in Apple Music, and the last song on the record started... speeding up. A lot. And then it mixed the end of the record with the lead up to the first song's chorus. Truly jarring. Turned "Automix" off, whew

Happy solstice!

I released my new record today! Check out ORQID - Secret Lover on your favorite streaming platform, or get limited edition vinyl at Bandcamp. Bandcamp: orqid.bandcamp.com/album/secret... Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/7GByCu... Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/sec...

I started a new job this week, and I'm working as an engineering manager in the healthcare industry. After being in tech for so long, it's nice to know that our goals are to help people at the end of the day rather than make people buy a new cell phone every 12 months or whatever

Dan Hollick is back with a new chapter of his excellent "Making Software" series. In this installment he demystifies computer graphics programs called shaders with his usual panache combining excellent text explanations with playful diagrams www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/sha...

In the tail end of my studio revamp, and I am super excited to apply this new workflow. Things sound really good in here

The 2025 Turkey Cycle begins. Doing an apple cider brined turkey that will be smoked in our favorite new cooking toy, our fancy wifi enabled smoker

After selling my console, I started a studio revamp to mix in the box. I'm surprised at how much I like it despite the tactile control loss (I don't have a mix controller). I am finally getting my outboard hooked up, and it's pretty magical. Planning for another console someday but this ain't bad

Discovered my Grandmother's seafood gumbo recipe in my files, which I thought had been lost. It's one of the most memorable dishes for me she ever made, and many loved it. Now I get to try my hand at it! In Galveston we would go out and catch fresh Gulf blue crab and buy live shrimp from the marina

Made a shepherd’s pie for the first time last night. IT WAS GOOD

Amazing video of Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, the founders of Fairlight, explaining how they made the revolutionary computer musical instrument. All of the machine's code fit on an 8" floppy disk of around 500kB www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkiY...

I think LinkedIn should he renamed AISuperHypeZone

Bitterfinger!

I'm in Pflugerville, Texas visiting my mom and family. Woke up at 5 AM local time and decided to just stay up. Gonna be a wild one today I'm sure

Recently came upon this fascinating site wtfhappenedin1971.com. Reminded me the Powell Memo started circulating in 1971. Read @davidsirota.com‘s new book on the plane today and … yeah that sure happened and is still happening. How can we back away from normalized corruption?

Got some 1/8 size sheet pans, arent they cute?

After a long day, I find it cleansing to put on a good old vinyl record and listen to it

Enjoyed hearing Dieter Doepfer's story in the most recent Why We Bleep podcast. Dieter was always super friendly to me at trade shows, even though early on I was a nobody. His genuine love for making synthesizers is infectious www.whywebleep.com/whywebleep/2...

I always love those lists of "35 under 35," but as I get older, I find that I would love to know about innovations/art from people over 65. "65 over 65" please. Elders have incredible ideas that are the result of having seen the full lifecycle of previous ideas and learned from it.

coming up this Saturday September 6! Come join us if you're in the Seattle area. Should be a great show with super music friends @chloeharris.bsky.social and @kasson.bsky.social

This is not America - David Bowie + Pat Metheny Group (1985) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubc3...

Just paid my first 25% tariff on an import good (a vinyl record). Painful! I guess I won't be buying those as often

Just returned from a weekend camping trip with friends on Whidbey Island. It might have been the best campground I have ever seen, nestled in the tall trees with trails to a dramatic bluff and beach. The world can be harsh, but this part for these few days was nourishing

Let it be known that I like the new Stereolab album "Instant Holograms on Metal Film." stereolab.bandcamp.com/track/melodi...

Playing a show September 6 in Seattle with some good friends. Come join us! #vr #ambientmusic #synthpop

Made a darned good salsa today

This performance of Bach arranged for piano by Rachmaninov is insane. Performer: Aristo Sham from Hong Kong. Amazing www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyWm...

Join us on Sept 6 in Seattle for music!

That one time I had an album in a Billboard chart in 2003

Nothing hits like having fresh COVID the first day of summer

The test presses for the new ORQID record sound really, really good! Should be out end of summer

My dad died two years ago at the age of 80. He had a difficult life punctuated by rays of love, hope, and redemption. He was a sweet, smart man who kept volumes of stories with him as he graduated to not having an earth life anymore. We all miss him, and I think about him constantly. Love you, dad

Reflecting on the death of a former colleague and manager in my tech career. He valued me, promoted me, and made a connection to have a social relationship outside of work. Things weren't always rosy with us, but most times they were. He was a good man, taken by cancer, leaving a family behind. RIP

My seasonal allergies are off the chain this year. The earth is trying to kill me

Installing ductless heat pump air conditioning in my studio was one of the best decisions I ever made. My house and studio especially used to be inhospitable throughout much of the year. The house didn't have any central A/C, and with all the analog gear when they were fired up it was an inferno!

I am really feeling how prices have gone up on just about everything. My occasional coffee shop breakfast, shipping gifts to my family, medicine for my allergies, etc. It's all sky high. My paychecks haven't been growing. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to get them. But they don't go as far

From Boise to #Seattle, Vietnamese Americans found connection through '80s new wave music. New documentary "New Wave," screening May 29 at Rainier Arts Center, traces the music that helped a post-war generation define itself and each other. Full story by Jas Keimig here: soseaem.org/4kGvKHk

In central Texas for my niece's high school graduation and to see my aging mother. All went well, until I returned to my hotel to find it jammed with teenagers on their first Friday night after the school year ended. Will I sleep? Also it's funny hearing the Gen-Z slang so pervasively. Yall do yall

Next up from the wayback feed! Set your Time Machine dial to 2006 and get hooked up with my Codebase record STUCK IN TIME, now available on Bandcamp =) codebase.bandcamp.com/album/stuck-...

The history of album art, by Matthew Strom: matthewstrom.com/writing/albu...

I had never seen the film Ennio until tonight, a 2021 docu about the legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone (who passed in 2020). The most wonderful about it to me is how Ennio himself describes his own work, his life, and shows his emotions. Check it out! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_(...