I never took a composition or orchestration class

really looking forward to this game

Today was productive 👍

Game audio friends, I will NOT be at the GDC Festival of Gaming. I will miss hanging out, but like always you can still hire me 💕

Me doing last minute tiny adjustments to the mix on a track

Ah so the real driving force behind AI investment is human control. AI doesn’t dream of financial independence. AI doesn’t care about job fulfillment. AI would never silently disengage from being exploited at a workplace. AI would never go on a general strike.

I’ve been playing a lot of Oblivion Remastered if you can’t tell

Zelda's 40th anniversary was a few days ago. Good time to post the time I dove headfirst into uplifting dance-trance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfv5...

The full concert is here! This was such a fun gig to help arrange and perform. Everyone did an amazing job and I'm so proud of all of us!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ri-...

friend's cat was happy to lay on my shoulder for a good 20 minutes 💕

Me going to the sewers to rescue my violin technique after I stopped practicing for a month

I think people incorrectly connect empathy with trust. Fully trusting your empathy creates a belief that your perception of someone's experience is the same thing as their experience, which leaves you wide open to manipulation. So yes, feel empathy, but always maintain the proper context around it.

I’ve been using a tennis court metaphor lately for therapy sessions. Sometimes people dump a bunch of old dirty tennis balls on your side of the court and then expect you to hold them and clean them. It’s important to take the initiative to gently return their tennis balls back to their side.

Wonder if they’ll end up airing the short I scored 4 years ago. It’s not on the current list.

Your fun fact of the day is that Skyrim's soundtrack is not tuned to A440.

June 2017, a bunch of us all went out to Topanga Canyon for a weekend retreat, and started brainstorming the Steven Universe movie. We played music, watched movies, thought up concepts and ideas, and made meals for each other while hanging out together.

Rare indoor appearance of the outdoor kitty that lives around my mom’s little vacation home in rural Idaho.

In the last week I’ve been in California, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia, Maryland, Nebraska, Colorado, Washington, and currently Idaho, and boy are my arms tired.

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.

Magfest 2026 main stage concert with Rebecca Sugar. 90 minute set, 30 songs, 3+ months of prep work, and we nailed it. Everyone had a blast. The crowd was huge! 💕

Slightly diminish a band/musician: Rebecca Splenda Produced by Jeff Circle

Hotel view

Shhh I’m traveling across the country today to get to Magfest early

This B-2 Spirit just did 3 passes over my house for some reason. First time seeing one flying! Pretty cool, also loud.

It’s time to change these old strings

Spent some time last night learning how to DM with OBS

It’s been an honor to record and produce these tracks for Rebecca in my studio, and these gorgeous videos have been so satisfying to see. I’m glad the music is resonating with people 💕

Bought a bunch of new KORG VSTs on sale and wrote head-empty cat music

Hey guys check out my new flag

Hosted Friendsgiving yesterday at my place for a bunch of my gay friends that aren't close with their families. Food spread for around 10 people, and then meal prep because it was so much food! We ate good 😊

Terrified gay teen in a super religious broken family turns to writing music to cope, and ends up causing the proud locals to be weirdly uncomfortable because he’s freakishly good at it. So he leaves them all, eventually finding people who appreciate him and his self-developed music skill.

Fun fact for today

Stop being surprised by this stuff. Corrupt malignant narcissism exists. At this point, this stuff should be expected. Being surprised and emotionally thrown off guard is how they control you. Misunderstanding the bottomless depth of their depravity is how they make progress at your expense.

I stopped actively pursuing AAA game music jobs because the performative 'composer' cosplay that's required to appeal to megacorps left no room for me to deal with my emotional troubles, so I pivoted and realized that games are just an anthill in the music career world. I'm far more successful now.

do y'all know about utopian scholastic? www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QOU...

Love this concept, and the OP song is GORGEOUSSSSS www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASwJ...

Rebecca Sugar wrote a song for The Two Lips, and I produced it! Just released: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkws...

PEAK update! Cooking stuff with gamedev friends

Twitch is such bullshit. "Go ad-free for free!" Bitch I am subbing to 10+ streamers that you're scraping 50% of my money off of. Your billion dollar corporation should ALREADY be giving me free ad-free access.

Watching Record of Lodoss War and I gotta say this art style is 100% my favorite for anime. There’s just something about it that hits right.

Tailgut snaps mid recital

Had a great time playing a sold out show at the Lodge Room with Rebecca Sugar, Louie Zong, and awesome band

just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok

Stems delivered for another unannounced song 😎

Dirt cheap refurbished ultra wide 40 inch monitor for my d&d table? Hell yeah. The front panel is even strong enough it doesn’t need acrylic over it.

omg they finally fixed the Steven Universe icon on Spotify after YEARS of leaving the weird white border on it (before and after)

Live music premiere coming in about 5 minutes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9nU...

live listening party for Lonely Magic is happening on Rebecca Sugar's youtube channel in about 30 min! This will premiere the new animated music video for 'This Is a Love Song' www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFDq...

Classic indie metroidvania Timespinner came out 7 years ago today! With great pixel art, an atmospheric soundtrack, tight gameplay, and inclusive LGBTQ+ representation, this would be a great entry to the genre for anyone who might feel intimidated by harder titles. Review: www.rpgfan.com/revie...

Game devs: “our lives are being upended by volatile layoffs and canceled projects” GDC planners: “haha let’s have a festival!”