I'm a day late but don't worry about it. I updated my Music page to list all the new music I've been making in a dedicated spot. I called it "Jams Season 2" to differentiate them from the stuff I was doing in 2020-2023…not sure if the difference between that chunk of work and this chunk of work is apparent to anyone else but it feels quite different to me!
This most recent jam was the first one where I recorded to be edited for interest instead of focusing on a one-take performance, and without cameras, and I think it's a lot better for the change. I had a few flubs that would have either compelled me to start over or distracted me for enough time to make the flubs even worse, but knowing I could go back and repair things meant I got to keep moving forward and thinking about the overall composition.
This is also my first piece of music made with my newest toy: Ableton Move! I had decided a long time ago that Move's bigger sibling, Push, was too much interface for me, but this feels like an appropriate addition to my constellation of gear. It's pretty small, it works as an MPE controller which resolves that sidequest, and it integrates nicely with Ableton Live which potentially meshes nicely with my edit-afterwards experiments. The most important thing about it for me right now is that I can manipulate eight patterns on each of four tracks independently, leading to more complicated combinations of variations. On this jam I sequenced everything from Move but found it hard to toggle drum mutes, so next time I'm brining Digitakt back in to work alongside Move, which also means I get another melodic track to play with. I'm having fun!!!!!!!!
This weekend I went to the LA County Fair for the first time. I took some photos that I will upload soon and will use that collection to talk more about the experience, but suffice to say I had an absolute blast and am excited to go again next year.
Lots of code-y website-y stuff also swirling in my brain this week but nothing that I feel like musing about here for now so goodbye