Minutes

From October 13, 2024: An embellishment on my 5.29 post. Link to the post.

From April 21, 2025: This is my little field recording rig, minus the parabolic mic from Soundshark. I put this out a few times a week and see what I can hear. Here are some owls in the distance I recorded Friday night. The party always seems to happen around 4am, and always closer to our bedroom on nights I'm NOT recording. While the weather holds, I'm going to find a new spot each night...

From August 30, 2024: "Arkansas Traveler" is a traditional fiddle tune that I first heard electrified on a compilation of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant's called Stratosphere Boogie. My god did I love this record - I played it incessantly and absorbed the sounds throughout high school, but didn't think myself capable of playing any of it until later. Jimmy Bryant's tech...

From October 14, 2025: Ok the notebook says Stoic is the name but that absolutely sucks. Unsatisfactory. I hear three grinding Djent / Meshuggah parts in a cycle. Note to self: another starting point for realtime that won't work unless you fix your generator-update bug. Link to the post.

From January 12, 2026: Beat practice with csound and the ep-133. Link to the post.

From February 6, 2024: A short one today, created on a plane in 2018. My head has been immersed in computer-generated sounds past and present. I had a job where I spent a lot of time in airports and on planes, and there is (believe it or not) something special about being able to create compositions out of raw thought (and code) in these sterile, usually personality-free spaces. The places of free...

From September 16, 2024: Another sketch from Croatia - the view of the moon and waves between the islands of Pržnjak and Trstenik. Link to the post.

From March 16, 2025: Link to the post.

From April 7, 2025: Pictured - burning Scotch Broom in Olalla, 4/7/2022 Link to the post.

From August 26, 2024: From April 7 Another stream of consciousness exercise made into a piece. I wrote this out - one of three studies - in Boonville without the aid of an instrument, on November 3, 2006. These three pieces were a Satori for me, a moment of awakening, where I hadn't trusted my self to freely write. This line has 2 others, as well as drum, in this sketch for a short-lived group...

From March 12, 2025: Rabbit holed on fixing a little bug in Thuja. Now it works a little better with chords, which means I can make big abstract chordal phrases on Lopez this weekend. Link to the post.

From August 16, 2024: From Jan 15: This thing has been called Slider Rays or Lines Above in my notebook for a little over five years. I like the angles, I like the slides, but it's static right now and it won't feel 'done' until I can take the idea and move it through some changing harmonies and vibes. Link to the post.

From August 23, 2024: From March 25: Another Slider Ray - this one called Lines Above. I guess I didn't have time or need for stems and beams. The first bar is represented by a squiggly line in the other bars. This 3 Body Problem show is distracting. I loved the books and am loving the show so far. Link to the post.

From April 8, 2024: A complicated warmup turned into something simpler. A wise man told me recently that if I wanted to reach more people, swath my weird bits in accessible clothing. Well not those exact words but that was the sentiment. I love playing these slides and it feels good to at least have 4 more bars in the notebook. Moving these through positions and key changes is the next step. Link...

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Big awesome show for Caudal Peduncle tonight in Tacoma. My favorite one. My job life hit the wall this week, so I was extra joyful to be rocking, but the recorder ran out of batteries and I have no record. Mike made an AI thing that knew my rock stace (pictured here). Audio is more Olallan stuff from the past two weeks. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.

Olallan sets from 3.18 and 3.19. Link to the post.