I never realized how common it is for gen-x to try to avoid seeing Bloody Mary in a dark bathroom mirror even to this day.

I'm available for commissions! Do you need some art for an album/EP/single cover, podcast, social media, or just because? Email patrick(at)patrickkingart.com and let's make something great! I also do logo/graphic and web design! Check out all my work at patrickkingart.com

I'm thinking about how to prepare for the apocalypse and realizing just how expensive that is. Just a pistol and a couple of months of MREs is going to be over a grand. For that kind of money I could get Ableton Live 12.

my remix of Runaways by The Midnight is now available over on YouTube! really proud of how this turned out, i hope you like it! youtu.be/3GBspKDtxi8

It's about time to plug my Spotify playlist. 100 synthwave (& related) artists with under 1k monthly listeners at the time of placement. I've also got about 20 spots open if anyone wants to submit something. One track per artist, no gen AI music. open.spotify.com/playlist/1xh...

New release www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD5K...

I have a number of tracks from last year still in production and it's been slow going. I still believe in them but it's made me wonder if I should still be doing this. Then one new idea really grabbed me and now I'm wondering if every release should be like that. It's just so easy in comparison.

A lot of people have turned internet conversations into songs but I think this is the best I've seen yet: youtube.com/shorts/EKJZ3...

With everything happening in Minnesota and the US right now, I think it bears mentioning that all the major news outlets are complicit. We've seen the videos from multiple angles with our own eyes and they bullshit us right to our faces.

I did a synthwave over of this punk song by frick (abandcalledfrick.bandcamp.com/track/you) and I refused to do another vocal or guitar take, so this is just how it's going to be. on.soundcloud.com/kSW09WOf5d1q...

Today is gonna be all advil and cough medicine

With the proliferation of AI music, the most immediate response that I can think of is to embrace imperfection, because it doesn't get any more human than that. I think there's a balance to be struck between trying to master your craft and breaking the rules. You don't need to be perfect.

Over 50 Dems have signed on to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against Noem. Use the link below to demand your members of Congress to get behind this!

If you’re in the Tampa Bay Area (or even if you’re not and have a phone)

Morning commute

I just saw this photo of the linguist Yuri Knorozov,and this is the energy that I plan on taking with me into 2026.

I just saw a post that said that everyone has a sandwich that they think about for the rest of their lives. I was like, "no" but I realized I do. It was an eggplant parmesan that a girl at a bar didn't finish and just gave to me. I was drunk but I remember how good it was. This was decades ago.

I am really not built for social media. At all.

my cover of the Michael Jackson classic Human Nature is available everywhere right now! except for Tidal cause they fucked up my release yet again, thanks for nothing Tidal. but they'll fix it eventually, maybe.

Walking through the nearly-deserted downtown tunnel system while listening to Beach House has easily been the highlight of my week.

AI bands to block on streaming services: Invictus Bleeding Verse Serinx AngelofAnarchy Velvet Rebellion Ghost//Signal The Velvet Sundown Obsidian Swing DEADLUVE Phantom Verse Deathly Hours False Saints Exiles of Eden J Bumi Shadows Awake Pavement Hymns Sunday Night Low Beyond Disdain Ruby Darkrose

Google Play music > YouTube > YouTube music

I've been sitting on this for a while, but a prominent Synthwave brand featured one of my tracks earlier this year. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but - as far as I can tell - I am the ONLY one that they have ever used generative AI visuals for when putting up the video. What's up with that?

Jumped from 700 to 800 followers this week. Got a synthwave, chillwave, or cyberpunk track? Submit it. About a 90 percent approval rate. We only reject AI, wrong-genre, or badly produced stuff. One of the few playlists curated by actual musicians. Submission form: dailyplaylists.com/playlists/1a...

I got added to a YouTube Music playlist! music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

30+ projects in production, some from the start of the year, and I suddenly hate every single one of them. Maybe it's just been too much time since I really learned and tried to apply something new.

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Might sound weird, but I've never been the kind of person to say that I couldn't live without music. Still, sometimes it's all that's there.

I don't exactly love dubstep - don't hate it, just don't love it, either - but this is one of my favorite music videos of all time, and you can probably see why by the neon retro aesthetic. youtu.be/jVfU1DY73Tk?...

Can't get enough of this right now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWKm...

Thanks a ton for the add @isidor.rs! Really great collection of tracks, too, I gotta say!

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue

I don’t promote my Spotify links anymore because the company is evil. But you can still hear my tunes on YouTube! I’ve got music to listen to when driving, running, sex, working, studying, gardening, cooking, bathing, 420ing, goonin‘, washing dishes, and more! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Just randomly remembered my "YO WTF" reaction watching the Transformers movie (1986) as a kid and seeing Autobots get murdered left and right after years of watching the cartoon with zero deaths.

Can't believe I never thought of posting these here before, but I'm hosting a synthwave (and related) producer challenge on Reddit: old.reddit.com/r/synthwavep...

Get to know your followers: 10 Things You Like 1. Music 2. Animals 3. The golden hour 4. The cool parts of the 80s and 90s 5. Living in the city 6. Reading fiction 7. Peace & being stress-free 8. Computers and PC games 9. A great view 10. Making dinner with some music playing and a drink in hand

This is for the October track challenge from the synthwaveproducers subreddit on Reddit. The challenge is to create your own score for the opening chase scene in Troll 2: youtube.com/watch?v=BCbF...

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers.

Halloween track I did a while back. I actually made this to submit to a label's Halloween compilation but they never listened to it so I released it on my own. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJTd...

I see quite a bit of M.A.S.K. on social media, but one 80s cartoon I never see mentioned is Pole Position. I always loved the theme song: youtu.be/EQXqHNHPLHI?...

Still thinking about Daniel Adam. How many still do? How long until no one does? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cibe...

I was checking my numbers and the track that I threw together in around 2 hours for some Reddit challenge (using Seinfeld "Serenity Now" samples, of all things) has 1k+ listens and the one that I've been painstakingly crafting since January has 96. Yep, that tracks.

Electrifies your inner feelings 👊 Let's Ram It Down 👇 youtu.be/QOcJ9y6xfSc?... My #synthmetal tribute to the Metal Gods is on all digital platforms 🤟😈🤙

I'm incredibly proud to have put this together with @thebitchdigital.com. Check out this awesome synthwave compilation benefiting the Palestine Children's Relief Fund pcrf.net!

Hey! Two more days to get on this. Please share - it really helps me a lot. <3

Devil's Kiss October 17th

It's about time to plug my Spotify playlist for synthwave & related artists with under 1k monthly listeners. Also taking submissions at this time: open.spotify.com/playlist/1xh...

The time is now. This is not a drill. Submissions are now OPEN. For a limited time. newretrowave.com/submissions/ #retrowave #synthwave #newretrowave