Daily snapshots of life as an older creator navigating art, tech, and the digital horizon. This section also houses my personal challenge to write, at least, 250+ words every single day – separate from the main blog. I’ve already missed a few days, but I’m pushing on…
— Daily Journal Entry 021 — First, let me say that I have never attempted sync licensing, or writing music that could eventaully be heard in a movie, or television commercial. I do like the idea and would like to muster up the courage to submit something in the future, but for now, I’ll stick…
— Daily Journal Entry 020 — Ok, so you’re sitting down, playing the guitar and gold strikes. You have a new idea that you really love and so you ensure that you capture it in voice memos (if you’re using an iPhone), or wherever… That’s fine and dandy, but if you never get to turning…
— Daily Journal Entry 019 — I should make a better effort to get back into programming my drum tracks as a more intentional endeavor. Of course, playing an actual set would be the most ideal thing to do, but that’s just not on my realistic radar at the moment. I’m jealous of a few…
— Daily Journal Entry 018 — The Sigma is another one of my past guitars that I cannot believe I let go. It originally cost me about $250 (I think) over 35 years ago, and I only got, maybe $100 for it on eBay. This was back during a time when I thought I was…
— Daily Journal Entry 017 — First let me say, that I’m not a “real” drummer. i.e., I can play the drums to some degree. I can keep a simple beat and maybe even throw a few clever fills on occasion. To top it off, if you needed an extreme emergency fill-in, on-the-spot drummer, I…
— Daily Journal Entry 016 — And I WILL get another one at some point in the (hopefully near) future. I did purchase a Squire version to make up for it for the time being, but the one in the featured photo played like butter. Unfortunately, I had to sell it on eBay due to…
— Daily Journal Entry 015 — Ya know, I feel safe to say that I had a nack for a few things earlier in life that I just, one day, said, nah… I’m not going do that anymore… Can anyone say, “Quitter!”… In all seriousness though, over ten years ago I started posting a handful…
— Daily Journal Entry 014 — I used to think that the term, Middle C, only referred to piano. As in, the physical spot for the C note that is in the middle of the keyboard. But that’s not the case at all. It’s actually the C note right between where the treble clef and…
— Daily Journal Entry 013 — If you are a guitarist, you’ve heard of (and probably at some point used) a “wah” pedal. Or, “crybaby,” as they are also called, because… well… I guess that’s what it sounds like its doing to the sound… “Wah, Wah… Whee, Whee…” and so forth… and so on… They…
— Daily Journal Entry 012 — Now that AI is on the scene, why bother creating music? I’ve actually purchased a SUNO AI subscription and have had a go at prompting out some “original” music. Just to say that I’ve tried it (even though I paid for the premium plan). And the quality of the…