Doing the new year right.

I like when long-term projects come together.

In an effort to be more involved and see more and more projects to completion I've got a couple new things to show off this week.

First is the new monome.org forum ( llllllll.co ) community re-mix project.. Everyone submits two samples and those who submitted get to remix and make new tracks using only those sounds. This came together nicely and I had the honor of making the cover art for it. Look for the whole set on Qrates when that comes around.. Till then, check it out here :

I'm also really happy to announce that there is a new and smaller game in the works that should be done by the end of this month. But since that's a ways away please have a look at another collaboration of mine. This time it's ArtClassHero. He really picks the most difficult beats I make and flows over them like rubbing alcohol. 

I'm really happy to be back home. I've been whining about it for a while.. but it's time to fight. Make these things work. There is so much good going on.. I have classes to finish with Kadenze.. each course really ties together my fundamental computer science and technical art skills. I'm becoming way more than I ever planned.  And that doesn't suck. The work is starting to show :

What's new?

How is the web treating you?

Things are starting to calm down. But the settling bubbles and dust seem to have some gold flecks in them this time around. I've been back home and working on new things for over a month. Peace is starting to settle in. This stew of effort and skill is looking good and I feel like next year will be even more promising and profitable.

Still working on those Kadenze courses, trying to keep those units up and always have a little bit of new territory in my line of sight.

I really want to get back to good hard work. Find myself a home and build up.
A million baby steps , to giant strides.

Surely there are parts missing in that adage. But I'm looking around the office right now. This is where I want to be. In this domain. Doing these things as a pro. I can't think of anything I want to do that's 'outside of work' ... aside from ... well.. That's personal.

Let it leak through the art next season.

I'll see you then.

I'm not gonna tell you I'm busy.

It's taken years for me to consider myself a developer. Even though I've been making games and all sorts of other things with computers for a cool decade. Most recently I've been focusing on steering my developer experience toward my music experience. To join the people who are at that frontier where computers are doing what they ' are supposed to do ' for everyone.

I'm getting way into open source, which means find some projects. Use them. Help solve problems in the ones that you really like.

The online courses are starting to pile up .. and I really like it.. helping people with tech issues and solving little tasks that expose me to tools that I don't normally use. Everything is mutually beneficial.

Selling more music and making more music and playing more music. Allowing myself to be inspired.

I'm going to go back to my hometown in a couple weeks.. Just for a holiday visit. And, I really have gone far past the point of settling.

I'm reinforcing the habit of completing all the things that I've set out to do.

One little step at a time.