It’s some real indie video game ass music, in my opinion.
05.03.2026 15:27
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It’s some real indie video game ass music, in my opinion.
I’m actually coming around to really, really liking this one.
Unless I have another in me tomorrow.
Eventually these last six will end up living quietly upstate on Bandcamp on a free little EP
This time I have opted for the pretentious naming convention. Alas.
Why do you sometimes preview the track in a player and sometimes not
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Time for some tonal whiplash after yesterday’s entry.
If you’re in the confessional, a Catholic second is even longer.
Any loop or echo longer than 1 (one) Christian second is an unholy affront to god.
I will say, though, that a lot of the stuff I’ve been just uploading straight to SoundCloud is all from an app on my phone, no external recording required.
Focusrite’s line of USB recording interfaces, their Scarlett series, are pretty good for recording direct to PC, I have the 2i2.
Otherwise, I have a TASCAM handheld recording unit (XLR/quarter inch inputs, onboard mics) and I still have my old Korg 4-track.
I really appreciate that!
And being done is very tough. I have a full length project that’s been simmering at 99% done for about three years or so at this point. I’m stuck at tweaking guitar and piano overdubs that I’m just never happy enough with.
I really like the Yabba, probably my favourite Battles song.
I always go back and forth between true nonsense and over-dramatic, early 2000s post rock style titling.
But fuck me if it isn’t hard to title songs without lyrics.
It’s also not at all lost on me that what starts as a kind of vibraphone-style synth turns into a part I would’ve written on guitar 20 years ago once it gets distorted.
Double time is fun, but mildly annoying to manage when your tools have no real tempo management beyond “entire track tempo.”
Fairly pleased with this on the relisten. Some things I’d change, some odd threads picked up and dropped too quickly, but otherwise not my least favourite.
I am sticking to my fairly arbitrary rule of “only edits on the first day,” though; to get myself to just stick to something being Done™️.
I don’t care about Pokémon but I’m happy for you monster perverts (affectionate, non-derogatory)
Meanwhile, now Fun Dungeon feels like an idiot child made it. (Nope, just me from two weeks ago.)
A Cross Made of Stars is a dramatic title but it’s one of my favourite things right now.
But I guess there’s also a reason why the playlist they’re all in on SoundCloud is called Recency Bias.
Sometimes, I think too much.
The rest of the time I’m asleep.
So much of this is just age, the natural entropy of relationships, and a nostalgia for a time that may have existed only in my mind.
In my early twenties, twenty-odd years ago, I was a part of a few musical communities. My little guitar bullshits weren’t for everyone then either, but I’d found some people to share and collaborate and Talk Shop with.
I miss that too.
This was truly ages ago. Three decades.
Jesus Christ.
I used to write as part of a free form roleplay community. I started out RPing, but quickly realized I don’t play well with others and settled into just writing little story vignettes. I miss those days, not the least because of the creative output, but also the attention and engagement my art got.
But don’t look at ME.
It’s also weird because even posts like this feel like a cry for attention. I just crave engagement with what I’ve made, I suppose. I want to talk about these things, answer questions about them, explain in TOO MUCH DETAIL how I did the small, odd thing no one else notices.
I have such a weird relationship with the things I make. As a Human, I do not desire to be perceived. It’s honestly remarkable that I went just go by an alias here.
But as a Creator, all I want is for what I make to be perceived. Look at/listen to what I’ve done. I love it, maybe you will to.
With the last two, and especially this one, I was really trying to pull back a bit and let the music relax. Especially after the kinetic energy of Dungeon/Regiment.
You sure can tell when I’m not feeling engaged at work
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