: Strat Sounds - 1/28/24, 09.52 Sparks from the fire twinkling in the vastness of the winter night Transcript

: Untitled - 1/22/24, 21.41 Ears ringing in the forest Transcript

: Strat Sounds 1/20/24, 20.15 Playing around with some new pickups. Transcript

: Candace I recently found this song that I wrote for an acquaintance who passed.

: Tele Sounds - 12/27/23, 20.48 My brother got me a stylophone and this happened.

: Tele Sounds - 12/21/23, 21.09 Happy solstice πŸŒ”

: I loved this In a world where evidence and logic are not respected in public debate, Hinton …

: Humans are just intelligent enough to be confident but not quite intelligent enough to have empathy …

: Output before Input EXTRA POST #301 - 2022.11.26 🎡 Output before Input #301 - 2022.11.12 Sometimes things just happen

: Output before Input #300 - 2022.11.12 🎡 Output before Input #300 - 2022.11.12 Reprise through new eyes

: Output before Input #299 - 2022.11.11 🎡 Output before Input #299 - 2022.11.11 The world inside

: Output before Input #298 - 2022.11.11 🎡 Output before Input #298 - 2022.11.11 Light shining through the cracks in your carefully-built …

: Output before Input #297 - 2022.11.10 🎡 Output before Input #297 - 2022.11.10 First time working the parachute

: Output before input #296 - 2022.11.09 🎡 Output before Input #296 - 2022.11.09 All souls march

: Output before Input #295 - 2022.11.08 🎡 Output before Input #295 - 2022.11.08 Band of rats dancing

: Output before Input #294 - 2022.11.08 🎡 Output before Input #294 - 2022.11.08 Walking through a big empty skyscraper

: Output before Input #293 - 2022.11.07 🎡 Output before Input #293 - 2022.11.07 (melody from my dream) The slog it takes to make something …

: Output before Input #292 - 2022.11.06 🎡 Output before Input #292 - 2022.11.06 Shock absorbers

: Output before Input #291 - 2022.11.05 🎡 Output before Input #291 - 2022.11.05 Bad vibrations

: Output before Input #290 - 2022.11.03 🎡 Output before Input #290 - 2022.11.03 (This one came straight out of my dream) You don’t …

: Output before Input #289 - 2022.11.01 🎡 Output before Input #289 - 2022.11.01 Gradually sinking into the earth

: Output before Input #288 - 2022.10.31 🎡 Output before Input #288 - 2022.10.31 Scribbling in the margins

: Output before Input #287 - 2022.10.30 🎡 Output before Input #287 - 2022.10.30 Feeling like a kid again

: Output before Input #286 - 2022.10.29 🎡 Output before Input #286 - 2022.10.29 Titration

: Output before Input #285 - 2022.10.27 🎡 Output before Input #285 - 2022.10.27 Receiving radio transmission

: Output before Input #284 - 2022.10.24 🎡 Output before Input #284 - 2022.10.24 Riding a multidimensional bicycle

: Output before Input #283 - 2022.10.24 🎡 Output before Input #283 - 2022.10.24 Patterning

: Output before Input #282 - 2022.10.22 🎡 Output before Input #282 - 2022.10.22 Devil on your shoulder

: Output before Input #281 - 2022.10.21 🎡 Output before Input #281 - 2022.10.21 Sand going down the hopper

: Output before Input #280 - 2022.10.19 🎡 Output before Input #280 - 2022.10.19 Rehearsed decay

: Output before Input #279 - 2022.10.18 🎡 Output before Input #279 - 2022.10.18 The edge of discomfort

: Output before Input #278 - 2022.10.18 🎡 Output before Input #278 - 2022.10.18 This side of discomfort

: Output before Input #277 - 2022.10.16 🎡 Output before Input #277 - 2022.10.16 Kneading bread

: Output before Input #276 - 2022.10.16 🎡 Output before Input #276 - 2022.10.16 Tumbling rocks

: Output before Input #275 - 2022.10.15 🎡 Output before Input #275 - 2022.10.15 Walking by their window and watching them dance

: Output before Input #274 - 2022.10.14 🎡 Output before Input #274 - 2022.10.14 Who let the triangles into the square party?

: Output before Input #273 - 2022.10.13 🎡 Output before Input #273 - 2022.10.13 Pulling a cart through mud

: Output before Input #272 - 2022.10.12 🎡 Output before Input #272 - 2022.10.12 Birds flying overhead

: Output before Input #271 - 2022.10.11 🎡 Output before Input #271 - 2022.10.11 I don’t understand the dance of this people

: Output before Input #270 - 2022.10.10 🎡 Output before Input #270 - 2022.10.10 Choking on fear

: Output before Input #269 - 2022.10.09 🎡 Output before Input #269 - 2022.10.09 Passing through the relaxis

: Output before Input #268 - 2022.10.08 🎡 Output before Input #268 - 2022.10.08 Shivering even though its not cold

: Output before Input #267 - 2022.10.07 🎡 Output before Input #267 - 2022.10.07 Scrapbook of shame

: Output before Input #266 - 2022.10.06 🎡 Output before Input #266 - 2022.10.06 Do the same thing again but this time think “what if …

: Output before Input #265 - 2022.10.06 🎡 Output before Input #265 - 2022.10.06 It’s literally painful to cry

: Output before Input #264 - 2022.10.03 🎡 Output before Input #264 - 2022.10.03 When you keep having to take off your sweater and put it …

: Output before Input #263 - 2022.10.02 🎡 Output before Input #263 - 2022.10.02 Hanging by fingers forgetting you have wings

: Output before Input #262 - 2022.09.30 🎡 Output before Input #262 - 2022.09.30 Pushing beyond limits

: Output before Input #261 - 2022.09.28 🎡 Output before Input #261 - 2022.09.28 Thrive on change

: Output before Input #260 - 2022.09.26 🎡 Output before Input #260 - 2022.09.26 Being home after years away

: Output before Input #259 - 2022.09.25 🎡 Output before Input #259 - 2022.09.25 Walking through walls

: Output before Input #258 - 2022.09.24 🎡 Output before Input #258 - 2022.09.24 The dragonfly’s dance

: Output before Input #257 - 2022.09.23 🎡 Output before Input #257 - 2022.09.23 Packing for a trip

: Output before Input #256 - 2022.09.22 🎡 Output before Input #256 - 2022.09.22 Two to the eighth

: Output before Input #255 - 2022.09.21 🎡 Output before Input #255 - 2022.09.21 Finger guns

: Output before Input #254 - 2022.09.20 🎡 Output before Input #254 - 2022.09.20 Taking off the old rags to wash in the river on a sunny day

: Output before Input #253 - 2022.09.19 🎡 Output before Input #253 - 2022.09.19 Friends drop by when you’re feeling lonely

: Output before Input #252 - 2022.09.18 🎡 Output before Input #252 - 2022.09.18 Potential energy

: Output before Input #251 - 2022.09.16 🎡 Output before Input #251 - 2022.09.16 Internet glory

: Output before Input #250 - 2022.09.15 🎡 Output before Input #250 - 2022.09.15 The dead rise just to dance down the street

: Output before Input #249 - 2022.09.15 🎡 Output before Input #249 - 2022.09.15 Pushing everybody away

: Output before Input #248 - 2022.09.14 🎡 Output before Input #248 - 2022.09.14 Mysterious shimmer

: Output before Input #247 - 2022.09.14 🎡 Output before Input #247 - 2022.09.14 Doubts under the surface

: Output before Input #246 - 2022.09.13 🎡 Output before Input #246 - 2022.09.13 Give the best you’ve got, even if it’s not good …

: Output before Input #245 - 2022.09.12 🎡 Output before Input #245 - 2022.09.12 It turns out you never had to hold your breath at all

: Output before Input #244 - 2022.09.12 🎡 Output before Input #244 - 2022.09.12 Looking at the sky from under the water

: Output before Input #243 - 2022.09.11 🎡 Output before Input #243 - 2022.09.11 Balloon pop

: Output before Input #242 - 2022.09.11 🎡 Output before Input #242 - 2022.09.11 Grinding without ease

: I’m here say to that I really love my Thinkpad X230, which at this point is 9 years old but is …

: Output before Input #241 - 2022.09.08 🎡 Output before Input #241 - 2022.09.08 My throat and breathing were stuck at Eβ™­; singing along with …

: Output before Input #240 - 2022.09.07 🎡 Output before Input #240 - 2022.09.07 Going out for a run

: Output before Input #239 - 2022.09.06 🎡 Output before Input #239 - 2022.09.06 Stuck in the walls looking out

: Output before Input #238 - 2022.09.05 🎡 Output before Input #238 - 2022.09.05 Glitch pastoral

: Output before Input #237 - 2022.09.04 🎡 Output before Input #237 - 2022.09.04 Juggling + people keep tossing you knives

: Output before Input #236 - 2022.09.03 🎡 Output before Input #236 - 2022.09.03 Record needle dragging over aged skin

: Output before Input #235 - 2022.08.27 🎡 Output before Input #235 - 2022.08.27 Running across the surface of the water

: Output before Input #234 - 2022.08.27 🎡 Output before Input #234 - 2022.08.27 Don’t be afraid of being alone

: Output before Input #233 - 2022.08.26 🎡 Output before Input #233 - 2022.08.26 Bees!

: Output before Input #232 - 2022.08.26 🎡 Output before Input #232 - 2022.08.26 Siblings working together

: Output before Input #231 - 2022.08.25 🎡 Output before Input #231 - 2022.08.25 Sewing stitches

: Output before Input #230 - 2022.08.24 🎡 Output before Input #230 - 2022.08.24 Downhill no brakes

: Output before Input #229 - 2022.08.23 🎡 Output before Input #229 - 2022.08.23 Loosen up the old knots

: Output before Input #228 - 2022.08.22 🎡 Output before Input #228 - 2022.08.22 Bees get aggressive late in the season

: Output before Input #227 - 2022.08.19 🎡 Output before Input #227 - 2022.08.19 Heat rising from the road

: Output before Input #226 - 2022.08.18 🎡 Output before Input #226 - 2022.08.18 Pass the goddamned butter

: Output before Input #225 - 2022.08.17 🎡 Output before Input #225 - 2022.08.17 Taunts that still haunt

: I just realized reading Ben Thompson that the Young Girl’s Illustrated Primer from Neal …

: Output before Input #224 - 2022.08.16 🎡 Output before Input #224 - 2022.08.16 Periods of quiet

: Output before Input #223 - 2022.08.15 🎡 Output before Input #223 - 2022.08.15 Coda

: Output before Input #222 - 2022.08.15 🎡 Output before Input #222 - 2022.08.15 Journey’s end

: Output before Input #221 - 2022.08.12 🎡 Output before Input #221 - 2022.08.12 Journey’s beginning

: Output before Input #220 - 2022.08.08 🎡 Output before Input #220 - 2022.08.08 The night stares back at you

: Output before Input #219 - 2022.08.07 🎡 Output before Input #219 - 2022.08.07 Restless lute player

: Output before Input #218 - 2022.08.06 🎡 Output before Input #218 - 2022.08.06 Punching walls because it feels good

: Output before Input #217 - 2022.08.06 🎡 Output before Input #217 - 2022.08.06 Dockworker’s lament

: Output before Input #216 - 2022.08.05 🎡 Output before Input #216 - 2022.08.05 Getting weird when nobody’s watching

: Output before Input #215 - 2022.08.05 🎡 Output before Input #215 - 2022.08.05 Getting the chores done

: Output before Input #214 - 2022.08.04 🎡 Output before Input #214 - 2022.08.04 Slow zoom out

: Output before Input #213 - 2022.08.04 🎡 Output before Input #213 - 2022.08.04 Repairing the phase shift array

: Output before Input #212 - 2022.08.03 🎡 Output before Input #212 - 2022.08.03 Hovering around the edge of the slow dance

: Output before Input #211 - 2022.08.01 🎡 Output before Input #211 - 2022.08.01 The food one universe over tastes different

: Output before Input #210 - 2022.07.31 🎡 Output before Input #210 - 2022.07.31 River rocks

: Output before Input #209 - 2022.07.31 🎡 Output before Input #209 - 2022.07.31 Tumbling rocks

: Output before Input #208 - 2022.07.31 🎡 Output before Input #208 - 2022.07.31 Walking a new city before anybody else is awake

: Output before Input #207 - 2022.07.30 🎡 Output before Input #207 - 2022.07.30 Stranded

: Output before Input #206 - 2022.07.28 🎡 Output before Input #206 - 2022.07.28 Turtle and rabbit

: Output before Input #205 - 2022.07.25 🎡 Output before Input #205 - 2022.07.25 Heat rising off the road melts your makeup

: Output before Input #204 - 2022.07.24 🎡 Output before Input #204 - 2022.07.24 In my dream this was a song I was singing called “On …

: Output before Input #203 - 2022.07.22 🎡 Output before Input #203 - 2022.07.22 Shag carpet in really good condition

: Output before Input #202 - 2022.07.19 🎡 Output before Input #202 - 2022.07.19 Each step on the sidewalk makes more sidewalk.

: Output before Input #201 - 2022.07.16 🎡 Output before Input #201 - 2022.07.16 Scratching fingernails on the wall looking for a crack

: Output before Input #200 - 2022.07.15 🎡 Output before Input #200 - 2022.07.15 Boss level

: Output before Input #199 - 2022.07.15 🎡 Output before Input #199 - 2022.07.15 300-lb bruiser whose best friend is a rat named Twinkles

: Output before Input #198 - 2022.07.14 🎡 Output before Input #198 - 2022.07.14 Skating on a lake

: Output before Input #197 - 2022.07.14 🎡 Output before Input #197 - 2022.07.14 Juggling seven flaming knives

: Output before Input #196 - 2022.07.13 🎡 Output before Input #196 - 2022.07.13 Multiple personalities prom

: Output before Input #195 - 2022.07.12 🎡 Output before Input #195 - 2022.07.12 Groove virus spreads quickly and manifests differently in …

: Output before Input #194 - 2022.07.12 🎡 Output before Input #194 - 2022.07.12 Riding a motorcycle away from an explosion and into the …

: Output before Input #193 - 2022.07.11 🎡 Output before Input #193 - 2022.07.11 Projector malfunction at the theater

: Output before Input #192 - 2022.07.07 🎡 Output before Input #192 - 2022.07.07 Snap-dancing to the ice cream shop with your crew

: Output before Input #191 - 2022.07.07 🎡 Output before Input #191 - 2022.07.07 Sashaying through the thrift store

: Output before Input #190 - 2022.07.06 🎡 Output before Input #190 - 2022.07.06 Foot on the accelerator

: Output before Input #189 - 2022.07.06 🎡 Output before Input #189 - 2022.07.06 Pulled in every direction

: Output before Input #188 - 2022.07.05 🎡 Output before Input #188 - 2022.07.05 Trying to play the concerto over the fireworks

: Output before Input #187 - 2022.07.04 🎡 Output before Input #187 - 2022.07.04 Rolling along the walls

: Output before Input #186 - 2022.07.03 🎡 Output before Input #186 - 2022.07.03 Conducting the honking duck orchestra

: Output before Input #185 - 2022.07.03 🎡 Output before Input #185 - 2022.07.03 Going back into the house because you forgot your keys …

: Output before Input #184 - 2022.07.02 🎡 Output before Input #184 - 2022.07.02 Mosquito under the net

: Output before Input #183 - 2022.07.02 🎡 Output before Input #183 - 2022.07.02 Regular guy on the beach

: Output before Input #182 - 2022.07.01 🎡 Output before Input #182 - 2022.07.01 Wild blackberry patch

: Output before Input #181 - 2022.06.30 🎡 Output before Input #181 - 2022.06.30 Hands on a typewriter

: Output before Input #180 - 2022.06.30 🎡 Output before Input #180 - 2022.06.30 Swagger but then you slip

: Output before Input #179 - 2022.06.29 🎡 Output before Input #179 - 2022.06.29 Don’t open your eyes or the dream will fade.

: Output before Input #178 - 2022.06.28 🎡 Output before Input #178 - 2022.06.28 Sunset over the landfill.

: Output before Input #177 - 2022.06.27 🎡 Output before Input #177 - 2022.06.27 Starting the day with a lullaby.

: My kid really appreciates their Palomino Blackwing.

: Output before Input #176 - 2022.06.26 🎡 Output before Input #176 - 2022.06.26 Waiting for appetizers

: Output before Input #175 - 2022.06.23 🎡 Output before Input #175 - 2022.06.23 This rhythm seems to be stuck deep in my hands.

: Output before Input #174 - 2022.06.23 🎡 Output before Input #174 - 2022.06.23 Circular breathing

: Output before Input #173 - 2022.06.22 🎡 Output before Input #173 - 2022.06.22 I had a dream that my teeth kept falling out because …

: Output before Input #172 - 2022.06.22 🎡 Output before Input #172 - 2022.06.22 Hitting “snooze” when you get the day off

: Output before Input #171 - 2022.06.21 🎡 Output before Input #171 - 2022.06.21 Walking around town on a sunny day, waving to all the …

: Output before Input #170 - 2022.06.21 🎡 Output before Input #170 - 2022.06.21 One of the things I love about guitar is how much you can …

: For those who may be curious, this is my main guitar setup - the rig I’ve used for all of the …

: Output before Input #169 - 2022.06.20 🎡 Output before Input #169 - 2022.06.20 A meditation on pacing

: Output before Input #168 - 2022.06.19 🎡 Output before Input #168 - 2022.06.19 Guitar people love things that are tricky or sound tricky to …

: Output before Input #167 - 2022.06.19 🎡 Output before Input #167 - 2022.06.19 There are actual power chords in there.

: Output before Input #166 - 2022.06.16 🎡 Output before Input #166 - 2022.06.16 Flirting with what might be called atonality - intentionally …

: Output before Input #165 - 2022.06.16 🎡 Output before Input #165 - 2022.06.16 Drawn to this sweet melody, dropped and deconstructed in …

: Output before Input #164 - 2022.06.14 🎡 Output before Input #164 - 2022.06.14 Felt better than it sounds.

: Output before Input #163 - 2022.06.13 🎡 Output before Input #163 - 2022.06.13 When you feel tired + don’t want to wake up but your …

: Output before Input #162 - 2022.06.13 🎡 Output before Input #162 - 2022.06.13 This one feels like it’s about the struggle to keep …

: Output before Input #161 - 2022.06.12 🎡 Output before Input #161 - 2022.06.12 Hipster dad rock.

: Output before Input #160 - 2022.06.12 🎡 Output before Input #160 - 2022.06.12 Aggressively pastoral - like walking through a field and …

: Output before Input #159 - 2022.06.10 🎡 Output before Input #159 - 2022.06.10 This sounds like having a beautiful, enjoyable day with …

: Output before Input #158 - 2022.06.07 🎡 Output before Input #158 - 2022.06.07 Sometimes you have to just, you know, do a friggin’ …

: Output before Input #157 - 2022.06.07 🎡 Output before Input #157 - 2022.06.07 A slow walk through the wilds of arpeggioland.

: Output before Input #156 - 2022.06.07 🎡 Output before Input #156 - 2022.06.07 Bells tolling on a distant planet.

: Output before Input #155 - 2022.06.05 🎡 Output before Input #155 - 2022.06.05 Early morning jog, and maybe seeing some people along the …

: Output before Input #154 - 2022.06.05 🎡 Output before Input #154 - 2022.06.05 Seeking shadows

: Output before Input #153 - 2022.06.04 🎡 Output before Input #153 - 2022.06.04 This idea took only a few minutes to conceive but I had to …

: Output before Input #152 - 2022.06.04 🎡 Output before Input #152 - 2022.06.04 This has a very Papa M / Album Leaf thing going on. It …

: Output before Input #151 - 2022.06.02 🎡 Output before Input #151 - 2022.06.02 I guess I had one more in me this morning - though …

: Output before Input #150 - 2022.06.02 🎡 Output before Input #150 - 2022.06.02 This started as me playing along with #149 the first time I …

: Output before Input #149 - 2022.06.02 🎡 Output before Input #149 - 2022.06.02 This has a bit of a Francisco TÑrrega vibe.

: Output before Input #148 - 2022.06.01 🎡 Output before Input #148 - 2022.06.01 This is a friend trying to get you to dance at the party.

: Output before Input #147 - 2022.06.01 🎡 Output before Input #147 - 2022.06.01 Total blank-mind improv - restless + searching but never …

: Output before Input #146 - 2022.06.01 🎡 Output before Input #146 - 2022.06.01 Sometimes searching out dissonance is just too tempting. It …

: Output before Input #145 - 2022.05.31 🎡 Output before Input #145 - 2022.05.31 Riffing on a chord progression that kind of goes its own way …

: Output before Input #144 - 2022.05.31 🎡 Output before Input #144 - 2022.05.31 The melody came quickly when I sat down; this is a simple …

: Output before Input #143 - 2022.05.30 🎡 Output before Input #143 - 2022.05.30 Just a taste of an idea. I get the image of some kind of …

: Output before Input #142 - 2022.05.30 🎡 Output before Input #142 - 2022.05.30 There’s usually a lot of implied other music going on …

: Output before Input #141 - 2022.05.29 🎡 Output before Input #141 - 2022.05.29 This one’s a bit late for International Drone Day but …

: Output before Input #140 - 2022.05.29 🎡 Output before Input #140 - 2022.05.29 Try as I might this one got away from me.

: Output before Input #139 - 2022.05.25 🎡 Output before Input #139 - 2022.05.25 It’s like secret room music from Mario Bros.

: Output before Input #138 - 2022.05.24 🎡 Output before Input #138 - 2022.05.24 Today, this was more about the tone for me than the, you …

: Output before Input #137 - 2022.05.23 🎡 Output before Input #137 - 2022.05.23 Bringing in a touch of the Wes Montgomery.

: Output before Input #136 - 2022.05.23 🎡 Output before Input #136 - 2022.05.23 Improvised jazz melody. I just realized this morning that …

: Output before Input #135 - 2022.05.22 🎡 Output before Input #135 - 2022.05.22 I would say this is “out there,” but it might be …

: Output before Input #134 - 2022.05.22 🎡 Output before Input #134 - 2022.05.22 Sloppy and poppy

: Output before Input #133 - 2022.05.21 🎡 Output before Input #133 - 2022.05.21 Riff somewhere between AC/DC and Pinback

: Output before Input #132 - 2022.05.21 🎡 Output before Input #132 - 2022.05.21 Single-note slippery climb

: Output before Input #131 - 2022.05.20 🎡 Output before Input #131 - 2022.05.20 This one brings real confrontational energy.

: Output before Input #130 - 2022.05.20 🎡 Output before Input #130 - 2022.05.20 Sweet + cinematic, tentative.

: Output before Input #129 - 2022.05.19 🎡 Output before Input #129 - 2022.05.19 A simple exploration, which nonetheless managed to jump the …

: Output before Input #128 - 2022.05.18 🎡 Output before Input #128 - 2022.05.18 This sketch isn’t sure what it wants to be when it …

: Output before Input #127 - 2022.05.17 🎡 Output before Input #127 - 2022.05.17 I think the theme here is “maintaining …

: Output before Input #126 - 2022.05.14 🎡 Output before Input #126 - 2022.05.14 Messy feelings this morning

: Output before Input #125 - 2022.05.13 🎡 Output before Input #125 - 2022.05.13 Trudge through the sludge

: Output before Input #124 - 2022.05.12 🎡 Output before Input #124 - 2022.05.12 I love the style of outlining melody that guitarists like …

: Output before Input #123 - 2022.05.10 🎡 Output before Input #123 - 2022.05.10 Sometimes I have a plan when I hit “record” but …

: Output before Input #122 - 2022.05.10 🎡 Output before Input #122 - 2022.05.10 Both hands on the fretboard this morning - I must have …

: Output before Input #121 - 2022.05.08 🎡 Output before Input #121 - 2022.05.08 Maybe it’s just me but I’m always amazed at how …

: Output before Input #120 - 2022.05.08 🎡 Output before Input #120 - 2022.05.08 This makes me think of the old Latif Learned work.

: Output before Input #119 - 2022.05.06 🎡 Output before Input #119 - 2022.05.06 A chord study. I tried a bunch of stuff this morning but it …

: Output before Input #118 - 2022.05.04 🎡 Output before Input #118 - 2022.05.04 This makes me think of riding on the train.

: Output before Input #117 - 2022.05.03 🎡 Output before Input #117 - 2022.05.03 Full-on free-association. I was trying not to follow any of …

: Output before Input #116 - 2022.05.03 🎡 Output before Input #116 - 2022.05.03 I can’t stay away from the degraded I IV V harmonies.

: Output before Input #115 - 2022.05.03 🎡 Output before Input #115 - 2022.05.03 Sinister beachside / desert situation (or is it?)

: Output before Input #114 - 2022.05.02 🎡 Output before Input #114 - 2022.05.02 This is pretty much my default improv state - though kind of …

: Output before Input #113 - 2022.05.02 🎡 Output before Input #113 - 2022.05.02 A cinematic theme, only too aggressive-sounding to be in the …

: Output before Input #112 - 2022.05.01 🎡 Output before Input #112 - 2022.05.01 Somersaulting melody

: Output before Input #111 - 2022.04.30 🎡 Output before Input #111 - 2022.04.30 Something like a deconstructed/degraded Foo Fighters riff.

: Output before Input #110 - 2022.04.29 🎡 Output before Input #110 - 2022.04.29 Navigating a labyrinth and not ever really finding the …

: Feeling like a tech wizard for figuring out custom queries in Logseq that dynamically pull questions …

: Output before Input #109 - 2022.04.28 🎡 Output before Input #109 - 2022.04.28 I played a lot of Pink Floyd in my youth, so sometimes the …

: Output before Input #108 - 2022.04.27 🎡 Output before Input #108 - 2022.04.27 Countermelody invented from the bottom up.

: Output before Input #107 - 2022.04.27 🎡 Output before Input #107 - 2022.04.27 Harmony invented from the top down.

: Output before input #106 - 2022.04.26 🎡 Output before Input #106 - 2022.04.26 I heard somewhere that The Books were so-named because their …

: Output before Input #105 - 2022.04.25 🎡 Output before Input #105 - 2022.04.25 I’ll call this one “Surf’s Up …

: I’d like to see people talk more about pelvic floor strength. It’s critical …

: Output before Input #104 - 2022.04.24 🎡 Output before Input #104 - 2022.04.24 Getting some Don Henley vibes this morning.

: Output before Input #103 - 2022.03.23 🎡 Output before Input #103 - 2022.04.23 Let your body relax and let the changing meter just carry …

: Output before Input #102 - 2022.04.22 🎡 Output before Input #102 - 2022.04.22 Some guitar heroics for a Friday.

: Output before Input #101 - 2022.04.21 🎡 Output before Input #101 - 2022.04.21 This is what the inside of my head sounds like this morning. …

: I’m pleased today that I got to my 100th guitar sketch in the Output before Input project. I …

: Output before Input #100 - 2022.04.20 🎡 Output before Input #100 - 2022.04.20 I don’t know how many of these I thought I’d …

: Output before Input #99 - 2022.04.19 🎡 Output before Input #99 - 2022.04.19 Feeling a bit tender and humbled this morning.

: Output before Input #98 - 2022.04.18 🎡 Output before Input #98 - 2022.04.18 This is some kind of jazz rock outland/parallel universe …

: Output before Input #97 - 2022.04.18 🎡 Output before Input #97 - 2022.04.18 Same “seed” idea + chords as #96 (same morning), …

: Output before Input #96 - 2022.04.18 🎡 Output before Input #96 - 2022.04.18 I ended up recording three very different things this morning …

: Output before Input #95 - 2022.04.17 🎡 Output before Input #95 - 2022.04.17 I call this a “Falcor” - a never-ending story of …

: Output before Input #94 - 2022.04.17 🎡 Output before Input #94 - 2022.04.17 I tend to focus a lot on harmonic mobility in my own writing …

: Output before Input #93 - 2022.04.16 🎡 Output before Input #93 - 2022.04.16 This lick made me wish I were in better shape. I was …

: Output before Input #92 - 2022.04.14 🎡 Output before Input #92 - 2022.04.14 A groove like this sounds easy to play and isn’t …

: Output before Input #91 - 2022.04.13 🎡 Output before Input #91 - 2022.04.13 Inverted power chord (fourth under fifth) structures keep …

: Output before Input #90 - 2022.04.10 🎡 Output before Input #90 - 2022.04.10 Bonus exploration today. Feels like outer space to me.

: Output before Input #89 - 2022.04.10 🎡 Output before Input #89 - 2022.04.10 I watched Metal Lords last night and something must have …

: I dug up this old project that I’ve never shared: the Padazzlerβ„’! It’s a custom-made …

: Output before Input #88 (Take 3) - 2022.04.09 🎡 Output before Input #88 (Take 3) - 2022.04.09 3-part series today. This is the final take of 3. …

: Output before Input #88 (Take 2) - 2022.04.09 🎡 Output before Input #88 (Take 2) - 2022.04.09 3-part series today. This was a second take after I …

: Output before Input #88 (Take 1) - 2022.04.09 🎡 Output before Input #88 (Take 1) - 2022.04.09 3-part series today. I started with this recording, …

: Output before Input #87 - 2022.04.08 🎡 Output before Input #87 - 2022.04.08 Sinister steps through silent streets.

: Output before Input #86 - 2022.04.08 🎡 Output before Input #86 - 2022.04.08 I don’t know why these pop melodies keep coming out. I …

: Output before Input #85 - 2022.04.07 🎡 Output before Input #85 - 2022.04.07 I awoke with a little minor-ninth embellishment in my head …

: Output before Input #84 - 2022.04.05 🎡 Output before Input #84 - 2022.04.05 A bit of mischief today.

: Output before Input #83 - 2022.04.04 🎡 Output before Input #83 - 2022.04.04 Just a little comfortable pocket. Sometimes it’s nice …

: Output before Input #82 - 2022.04.03 🎡 Output before Input #82 - 2022.04.03 Believe it or not, I was meditating on the pelvic floor and …

: Output before Input #81 - 2022.04.02 🎡 Output before Input #81 - 2022.04.02 The major chords of a triumphant soul.

: Output before Input #80 - 2022.04.01 🎡 Output before Input #80 - 2022.04.01 I woke up with this melody in my head, which means I almost …

: Output before Input #79 - 2022.03.31 🎡 Output before Input #79 - 2022.03.31 Today I’m thinking about being a kid, sneaking around …

: Output before Input #78 - 2022.03.30 🎡 Output before Input #78 - 2022.03.30 I’m thinking about my dad this morning, who introduced …

: Output before Input #77 - 2022.03.29 🎡 Output before Input #77 - 2022.03.29 Me cruising along, doing my thing and then I threw my back …

: Output before Input #76 - 2022.03.29 🎡 Output before Input #76 - 2022.03.29 A chord study.

: Output before Input #75 - 2022.03.28 🎡 Output before Input #75 - 2022.03.28 At least once a week I have a meditation/stretching …

: Output before Input #74 - 2022.03.27 🎡 Output before Input #74 - 2022.03.27 Perhaps a touch frantic, but I do like it.

: Output before Input #73 - 2022.03.26 🎡 Output before Input #73 - 2022.03.26 Weirdly I got to this riff by playing …

: Output before Input #72 - 2022.03.26 🎡 Output before Input #72 - 2022.03.26 I seem to be really into these consistent quarter-note strum …

: Output before Input #71 - 2022.03.26 🎡 Output before Input #71 - 2022.03.26 All chords resolve to each other if you really mean it.

: Output before Input #70 - 2022.03.24 🎡 Output before Input #70 - 2022.03.24 I can’t escape the 90’s pop music with which I …

: Output before Input #69 - 2022.03.23 🎡 Output before Input #69 - 2022.03.23 Kind of an Album Leaf or Papa M vibe to this one.

: Output before Input #68 - 2022.03.22 🎡 Output before Input #68 - 2022.03.22 Jumping from one branch and hoping the next one will support …

: Output before Input #67 - 2022.03.21 🎡 Output before Input #67 - 2022.03.21 This short, nomadic interlude was all that came by the window …

: Output before Input #66 - 2022.03.20 🎡 Output before Input #66 - 2022.03.20 The tone is really beautiful in moments here - with a little …

: It’s maple syrup season! My current favorite recipe is the spiced candied cashews from this …

: Output before Input #65 - 2022.03.19 🎡 Output before Input #65 - 2022.03.19 Listening back to this, I think I stole part of a phrase from …

: Output before Input #64 - 2022.03.17 🎡 Output before Input #64 - 2022.03.17 This riff reminds me of Pinback.

: Output before Input #63 - 2022.03.16 🎡 Output before Input #63 - 2022.03.16 I almost have an aversion to playing full-on barre chord …

: Output before Input #62 - 2022.03.14 🎡 Output before Input #62 - 2022.03.14 This might sound weird or obvious, but it’s been an …

: Output before Input #61 - 2022.03.13 🎡 Output before Input #61 - 2022.03.13 Sort of a chord inversion study.

: Output before Input #60 - 2022.03.12 🎡 Output before Input #60 - 2022.03.12 Short, but I found the groove fun to play along with. One …

: Output before Input #59 - 2022.03.11 🎡 Output before Input #59 - 2022.03.11 I’m always a sucker for synching delay decay with …

: Output before Input #58 - 2022.03.10 🎡 Output before Input #58 - 2022.03.10 I think this is the shortest clip thus far.

: Output before Input #57 - 2022.03.09 🎡 Output before Input #57 - 2022.03.09 I only realized this morning that the riffier progressions …

: Output before Input #56 - 2022.03.08 🎡 Output before Input #56 - 2022.03.08 My first recording got corrupted and lost, so I guess this is …

: Output before Input #55 - 2022.03.07 🎡 Output before Input #55 - 2022.03.07 Trying to stretch into more interesting rhythm/chord …

: Output before Input #54 - 2022.03.06 🎡 Output before Input #54 - 2022.03.06 Minor seconds are some of the hardest intervals to play on …

: Output before Input #53 - 2022.03.06 🎡 Output before Input #53 - 2022.03.06 Again challending myself to “hit record first” …

: Output before Input #52 - 2022.03.04 🎡 Output before Input #52 - 2022.03.04 This was a relatively rare morning where I didn’t play …

: Output before Input #51 - 2022.02.28 🎡 Output before Input #51 - 2022.02.28 A chord progression that takes inspiration from …

: Output before Input #50 - 2022.02.27 🎡 Output before Input #50 - 2022.02.27 I’m not sure how far I thought I was going to take …

: These garden ties are by far the best computer cable ties I’ve ever found. They can be cut to …

: Output before Input #49 - 2022.02.26 🎡 Output before Input #49 - 2022.02.26 Woke up with a melody and turned it jazzy. Feels kind of …

: Output before Input #48 - 2022.02.25 🎡 Output before Input #48 - 2022.02.25 Experimenting with related tonality through close harmonic …

: Output before Input #47 - 2022.02.25 🎡 Output before Input #47 - 2022.02.25 Gradually degrading what should be a pleasant two-chord …

: Output before Input #46 - 2022.02.24 🎡 Output before Input #46 - 2022.02.24 The tremolo sound here was inspired by Noga Erez’ …

: Output before Input #45 - 2022.02.24 🎡 Output before Input #45 - 2022.02.24 I was thinking about Mattias Eklund’s …

: Output before Input #44 - 2022.02.23 🎡 Output before Input #44 - 2022.02.23

: Output before Input #43 - 2022.02.23 🎡 Output before Input #43 - 2022.02.23

: Output before Input #41 - 2022.02.22 🎡 Output before Input #41 - 2022.02.22

: Output before Input #42 - 2022.02.22 🎡 Output before Input #42 - 2022.02.22

: Output before Input #40 - 2022.02.20 🎡 Output before Input #40 - 2022.02.20

: Output before Input #39 - 2022.02.20 🎡 Output before Input #39 - 2022.02.20

: Output before Input #38 - 2022.02.18 🎡 Output before Input #38 - 2022.02.18

: Output before Input #37 - 2022.02.17 🎡 Output before Input #37 - 2022.02.17

: Output before Input #36 - 2022.02.16 🎡 Output before Input #36 - 2022.02.16 Perhaps heavier than it needs to be, but then is there such a …

: Output before Input #35 - 2022.02.15 🎡 Output before Input #35 - 2022.02.15

: Output before Input #34 - 2022.02.15 🎡 Output before Input #34 - 2022.02.15

: Output before Input #33 - 2022.02.13 🎡 Output before Input #33 - 2022.02.13 Today’s idea: what if an R&B chord progression was …

: Output before Input #32 - 2022.02.12 🎡 Output before Input #32 - 2022.02.12

: Output before Input #31 - 2022.02.11 🎡 Output before Input #31 - 2022.02.11

: Output before Input #30 - 2022.02.11 🎡 Output before Input #30 - 2022.02.11 Wiiide chords.

: Output before Input #29 - 2022.02.10 🎡 Output before Input #29 - 2022.02.10 Hat trick today - possibly a first?

: Output before Input #28 - 2022.02.10 🎡 Output before Input #28 - 2022.02.10 A bit of a riff stolen from the Grateful Dead, but taken in a …

: Output before Input #27 - 2022.02.10 🎡 Output before Input #27 - 2022.02.10 Tried to capture a melody I had when waking up, but I can …

: Output before Input #26 - 2022.02.08 🎡 Output before Input #26 - 2022.02.08 Sounds like it’s noodles for breakfast.

: Output before Input #26 - 2022.02.07 🎡 Output before Input #26 - 2022.02.07 This one feels like hearing the slow birth of a chord …

: Output before Input #25 - 2022.02.07 🎡 Output before Input #25 - 2022.02.07 I had the idea for this kind of chimey, echo-ey, pedal-tone …

: Output before Input #24 - 2022.02.06 🎡 Output before Input #24 - 2022.02.06

: Output before Input #23 - 2022.02.05 🎡 Output before Input #23 - 2022.02.05

: Output before Input #22 - 2022.02.04 🎡 Output before Input #22 - 2022.02.04 Today I was thinking about the feelings that always come up …

: Output before Input #21 - 2022.02.03 🎡 Output before Input #21 - 2022.02.03 Inspired, no doubt, by Hedvig Mollestad

: Output before Input #19 - 2022.02.02 🎡 Output before Input #19 - 2022.02.02

: Output before Input #20 - 2022.02.02 🎡 Output before Input #20 - 2022.02.02

: Output before Input #18 - 2022.02.01 🎡 Output before Input #18 - 2022.02.01

: Output before Input #17 - 2022.01.31 🎡 Output before Input #17 - 2022.01.31

: Output before Input #16 - 2022.01.29 🎡 Output before Input #16 - 2022.01.29 Today I woke up with this melody in my head from a dream.

: Output before Input #14 - 2022.01.28 🎡 Output before Input #14 - 2022.01.28

: Output before Input #15 - 2022.01.28 🎡 Output before Input #15 - 2022.01.28

: Output before Input #12 - 2022.01.26 🎡 Output before Input #12 - 2022.01.26

: Output before Input #13 - 2022.01.27 🎡 Output before Input #13 - 2022.01.27

: Output before Input #10 - 2022.01.24 🎡 Output before Input #10 - 2022.01.24

: Output before Input #11 - 2022.01.25 🎡 Output before Input #11 - 2022.01.25

: Output before Input #7 - 2022.01.20 🎡 Output before Input #7 - 2022.01.20

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: Output before Input #5 - 2022.01.18 🎡 Output before Input #5 - 2022.01.18

: Output before Input #6 - 2022.01.19 🎡 Output before Input #6 - 2022.01.19

: Output before Input #4 - 2022.01.17 🎡 Output before Input #4 - 2022.01.17

: Output before Input #3 - 2022.01.15 🎡 Output before Input #3 - 2022.01.15

: Output before Input #0 - 2022.01.13 🎡 Output before Input #0 - 2022.01.13 I just realized that my first post in this category …

: Output before Input #2 - 2022.01.14 🎡 Output before Input #2 - 2022.01.14

: Output before Input #1 - 2022.01.14 🎡 Output before Input #1 - 2022.01.14 I’m often inspired by Tom Sach’s work. Recently I …

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: It’s never a bad time to listen to Tortoise’s Beacons of Ancestorship again. 🎡

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