I don’t know what my tiny-scrap miniatures will be good for. One possibility is bumpers in between segments of a podcast, radio show, or film. Another is little palette refreshers in the middle of a playlist, like pickled…
I came across another musician who prefers to live on the open web, outside of the clutches of the silos: Ether Diver. Here’s where you’ll find the music of the Ether Diver. For the time being it is…
People tell you they don’t like a piece by ignoring it. Reactions to release of my ultra-short music video yesterday were non-existent, and I promoted it pretty hard. One close friend who I really pushed for a response…
One of my favorite feeds is California Landscape Bot, “a real time portrait of California brought to you by the alertca.live network,” which generates GIFs from video cameras monitoring landscapes for wildfire. The GIFs are super short, less…
I did an acoustronic jam in the park in Beacon NY today. My jam partner was Ben Sergentanis. He played a well worn Roland 404 sampler and a pre-production Chompi looper. I played resonator guitar through a Hologram…
As a guitar player who loves some jazz, I am sad that jazz guitar is mainly bad. Breezin‘? More like cheesin’! OMG funny. Even the absolute best jazz players are 80% weak. Wes Montgomery’s recordings are mainly easy…
My most recent Disquiet piece is part of a really good dance production in Armenia. The whole piece is worth a watch, but my part comes in at 9:42 (and again over the closing). It makes me happy…
Q-Burns Abstract Message interviewed The Children… on his blog. I’m struck by the way he used a personal blog for publishing something valuable to the world. The band is new but notable because of the predecessor bands, which…