Another loop at a slower tempo. I haven’t really watched much tutorial videos yet. One thing I’m feeling curious about is how to layer up enough different instruments to construct more depth than just 1) percussion 2) bassline. I’m also ...
Dug out the Ableton Push 2 again this past week and made a few short loops. All of these are made using MIDI instruments rather than samples (so they’re all more electronic). It’s super fun to use the Push, you can do a lot of the work on the ...
The YouTuber Day 9 has a great video about the ‘Squalor Goblin,’ a term that describes the sunken mental and physical pit one often falls into on a 3-day weekend. The weekend starts off full of possibility, a chance to do positive things for ...
The calm, cool ocean of books beneath the desert surface rippled, disrupted by the movements of two tiny fish fleeing a school of sharks. The footsteps of the guards echoing nearby, we careened into a dusty corner of the underground bookstacks. In a ...
It had been a boring week since leaving the underground library. The desert’s shifting sands seemed to stretch infinitely towards the horizon. We followed the stars, and seemed to be heading in the right direction, but made no progress. Every ten paces, ...
The talking cat was the first one to break the silence, after a few seconds of poking at the embers with a stick. None of us had decided to ask yet about the glowing number that hovered above his head: 2770. “I have found myself rambling through ...
“There’s no need to rush anywhere,” said the Hiker, who was by this point holding court in the conversation. “All you need to do is keep walking. Don’t run — you’ll get discouraged. Just walk. Bring enough water, and have some food ready to refresh ...
Oh, shit, there they are!!! The two DASHCATS that got away from my notebook.
I did some craft type activities yesterday. First was block printing: The running one probably came out the best — i’d like to try a circular stamp that’s just the running one with a clearer / deeper cut. I also did some watercoloring: