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Approaching Nirvana

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June 12 - Rain at Sunset

This week I started off with a piano progression I wrote earlier this week. Together with chat, we honed in on a drum and bass direction and I started writing more layers to flesh out the idea. Aft...

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June 6 - Time in Circles

I'm in the middle of a move this week so this session wasn't on my normal setup, but I think it worked out pretty well! I set out to write a nice chord progression and build out a nice atmospheric ...

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May 29 - Another Place

This week I wanted to write something with a similar sound to last week but at a slower tempo th...

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New EP Release - Better Days

The first EP of 2024 is finally here!

Better Days is a collection of 5 songs that starts off with pushing back against society's expectations (I Don't Work That Way)&n...

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May 22 - Don't You Run Away

This week I'm switching it up and writing some Drum and Bass. I started out with an uplifting and slightly melancholic chord progression and started adding layers. After a few hours I ended up with...

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May 15 - From Within

This week, I wrote a simple chord progression, added some layers, and used a framework to structure out a simple melodic house style arrangement. After stream, I wasn't satisfied with where it was ...

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May 8 - Second Chances

This week my session was short, but I came up with a decent chord progression quickly and starting adding layers. I'm really happy with the pad layer and drums on this one, but the extra melodic la...

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Coasters have arrived!

And they are glorious!! I'm really happy with how these turned out and I'm looking forward to getting these sent out over the next month! I'll attach some more images below.

Speaking of whic...

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May 1 - Amends

This week was an interesting one. Immediately after the session, it felt like it didn't go well and I didn't like what I wrote. I revisited the project later in the day to prep for posting here and...

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Apr 24 - Grotta

Yesterday's session was a shorter one because of some personal commitments, but I think the idea turned out okay. At first, I wrote a different idea but I scrapped it in favor of a beautiful piano...

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New Release - I Don't Work That Way

This song started out as "Holding On" with a placeholder vocal and was originally written last Aug...

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April 17 - Treading Water

This week, I started off with a lot of sound design. I created some pad layers and a lead arp sound. Once I had those layers in place, I wrote a chord progression and arp melody I thought was inter...

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Apr 9 - An Ocean Away

Yesterday was a rare Tuesday stream session and I wrote one of the most promising ideas of 2024. I really like the chill melodic house vibes, the pretty piano in the intro & break, and some of ...

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Apr 4 - Moonwalk

This week I started out with some arpeggiated chords and just ran with it. After adding a bunch of layers and a basic arrangement it's decent, but I'm not sure I'd return to this one. I like the FX...

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New Release - Remember

Remember the good times as you push through the bad. And remember those who support you - some still here and some long gone... I'm going through a rough patch personally right now, so this song is...

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March 27 - Good Onion

I'm trying some new things on stream over the next few months and this week is the first one. I'm pulling from the #stream-submissions channel in Discord to find something to sample and/or make a s...

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March 20 - Evening Stargaze

This week I wasn't feeling great so I wanted to do a short session on stream and gave myself 90 minutes to work on an idea. I started writing an arpeggio and chord progression on the piano and then...

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March 13 - Choices

This week I focused on some groovey, downtempo, house vibes. I spent a lot of time on the drums and I'm pretty happy with how that turned out. After writing the 1st idea you hear, I wasn't satisfie...

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Feb 29 - Better

This week's idea is a bit stronger and I'm definitely planning on trying to finish it. I'm not sure if it's good enough for an official release, but it has lots of old school AN vibes combined with...

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Feb 21 - Always Sunset

This week I wanted to write something at a different bpm but with some similar vibes. I started off writing a chord progression and came up with a drum groove I really liked, but wasn't connecting ...

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New Release - Modern Dystopia

The 1st official release of 2024 is here - Modern Dystopia. I originally wrote this song last March and...

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Spring/Summer 2024 Merch Poll

Here are the options for the Spring/Summer 2024 Merch Run. I’ve gathered some details and images below so you can get an idea of what type of items they are.

Vote on which item you...

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Feb 14 - Days Like This

This week was a short session and I wanted to write something simple. It's been awhile since I've written in triplets, so I started there with a simple drum groove and then some chords. The first i...

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Merch Update & Spring/Summer 2024 Merch Run!

First off - thank you for being patient on the custom commissioned shirts. I’ve been contacting artists over the last couple months, but I haven’t found someone I felt confident could execute t...

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Feb 7 - New Day

This week I started out experimenting with a new plugin to generate something interesting to start from. After a bit of messing around, I came up with some rhythmic and atmospheric elements to buil...

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Jan 31 - Keep My Soul Alive

I started with drums this week and once a groove was put together I wrote some chords on the piano. The borrowed chord near the end of the progression is nice and unique, but it might stick out too...

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New Release - Echoes of a Star

I'm kicking off 2024 with a song that takes me back to 2012-2014 Approaching Nirvana. This was written last July and originally called "Missing You". It's got some bittersweet, melancholic, and upl...

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Jan 24 - Light is Touching Me

Yesterday's session was a long, but good one.  I set out to write an orchestral string arrangement of an emotional chord progression and combine that with some melodic & progression house ...

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2023 WIP Recap Mix

As 2024 begins, it's time to look back at all the music I wrote in 2023. I haven't finished many ideas from 2023, so 

This year, I'm doing things a bit differently. The mix above include...

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Jan 17 - Help Me Breathe (Save Me)

This week's session went surprisingly well. I spent a lot of time on the drums and didn't expect to write a whole song. But after the drum groove was complete, the rest of the song came together qu...

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