shadsy

neat!!! thanks!!! i typically use this space to music journal. which i'm going to do a little bit of since i have neglected to in the last couple sessions

i tried working on some club mix of "white pine" that i also don't know if it'll go anywhere. if i can figure it out i'll really push on the "transient" one and release them together
i uh. guess that was it. oH but i did get an acrylic riser for my desk to put my midi keyboard on while i work. i had a clunky situation before

been feeling the need to read poetry and get songwriting ideas. i wanna write something flowy and put music to it is what i'm feeling. i'll probably work on something tonight

OKAY HOLD UP A MINUTE

SPOTIFY NUMBERS ARE CRAZY GO NUTS, MAY 5-7 THERE ARE 1238 STREAMS. WHAT HAPPENED.

like i think that was bandcamp friday so i did a little bump, but i didn't bump streaming? i just checked distrokid on a whim and was like what do you MEAN i have over 1000 streams

looking into spotify for artists. someone went INSANE listening to "matters now" a couple weeks ago. it was put on both a spotify radio algorithm playlist (that only accounts for 6 streams) and one called "BEATSCAPE" (the other fucking. 1200). it was made by one of those "we'll add you to playlists to ~grow your music organically~" sites, but i did NOT reach out to them/pay them to do this. so that's crazy. mood though, i really like "matters now".

i did get added to a bluesky artists playlist, but they added "melissa" as the track.

anyway. thanks for listening out there, wherever you are.

i wrote a whole new song today! i was listening to hum and wanted to make something sludgey. it's called "dead ends" and mostly uses my "other" voice. you would think i would just sound like brainkreig but it actually is pretty cool.

when i was recording i did 2 very slick guitar solos, including one that had a pinch harmonic and big bend, but UNFORTUNATELY when i was doing the end (27 takes of very specific harmonics), i accidentally deleted them because of how garageband highlights recorded regions. so i had to REDO the solos and it took TWICE AS LONG THE SECOND TIME. OH WELL. THAT'S AUDIO PRODUCTION FOR YA.

oh yeah, remembered one of my other thoughts: i could add another verse section onto "something beautiful", easy. i just don't have the energy for it now.