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Reposted from June 24, 2025: Caudal practice tonight, first take of my Xanadu after Midnight song. Link to the post.

Reposted from June 23, 2025: New part for Medicine Hat 'New Jace Situation' tune. This is a picture of the first evidence of bears we've seen at our house. Link to the post.

Reposted from June 22, 2025: This book was so good. Link to the post.

Reposted from June 21, 2025: ESQ-1 Battery is changed and it's back in action. Link to the post.

Next month C'mon C'mon gets back together, and I'm listening to old rehearsals and demos. Man David's tune Subterranean Retail is a fun ass song to play. The crosstalk in the guitar and Sean's keyboard is key - don't forget Ben. I miss writing with these fellas so much. Link to the post.

Next month C'mon C'mon gets back together, and I'm listening to old rehearsals and demos. I used to think Sean's tune Photographing was tough to solo over, and I never dug the version that made it on our first record, but I like this one. Note to self to emulate this. Link to the post.

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Happy birthday Dalila! I miss that kid so much. Art by Ella, who I bet also misses Dalila so much. Link to the post.

A little field recording. Art by Ella. Link to the post.

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We saw the Lemon Twigs last night, which ruled. This is more than a minute. Such solid vocals on every song - they absolutely nailed it. Link to the post.

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Getting back into my practice routine, there's much noodling happening. My left hand really hurts rekindling my love for those Villa-Lobos Etudes MAN, but SG is still very comfy as you hear here. Looking at old guitar mags is so grounding for me for some reason. Hey it was Steve's birthday on the 6th (6/6/66 I think?) - happy bday old friend. Link to the post.

Cmon Cmon is getting back together in July - we had our first "what are we going to do" conversation on today, so I've been listening through the archives for sessions we might add to to finish our lost 2nd record. I barely remember this tune, which didn't get fully finished, but I dig Robert's drumming and the attempt at thick backups. It was Dalila's graduation...

I'm back after a long break and layoff. I'm working on new recordings of Guitar Cult pieces, focusing on Land Bridge Approach right now. Here's section C. This is so fun to play - but like I was saying yesterday, is much more fun against two other humans rather than a metronome. Link to the post.

I'm back after a long break and layoff. I'm working on new recordings of Guitar Cult pieces, focusing on Land Bridge Approach right now. There's a way different feel playing against a metronome versus listening to the other two parts. The metronome sounds so plodding to me here - no in-the-pocket feel like we have in the room. I'm posting this one (the opening) and tomorrow's p...

From January 7, 2026: The return of Car Ride Adventure from post 28. I had to see how stem separation would deal with the vocoded effect on the TE PO-35. Link to the post.

From March 12, 2024: Found this discarded sketch on the op-1. Maybe I'll update this with more to say tomorrow. I got a lot off my chest today outside of the music. This whole house thing is driving us crazy but we'll get there. Link to the post.

From May 3, 2025: A little piece from a recording of yesterday's string changing. Link to the post.

From November 2, 2025: Good times this weekend working some kinks out of Thuja by resuscitating some old beat juggling code. I like the double-kick feel in this one. Link to the post.

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From February 16, 2025: Getting ready for more duo rehearsals with the drummer Neil Wilson and reconvening with Guitar Cult for recording. I found a raft of great rehearsals for a Chapel show from 2023. We'll be picking this thread back up as a duo, Neil and I–here are some spots that work. Link to the post.