Reviving my home studio, this time the free software way
Long ago, before I ever knew a lick of BASH or even what an OS kernel was, my passion was not technology but music, music, and more music. Roughly the first half of my adult life was devoted to the...
View ArticleFirst recording with my new setup
Finally got some time last night to do a little recording on my Lubuntu/ardour setup. I wasn’t doing anything serious, just wanted to lay down some sounds to experiment with software, workflow, and...
View ArticleUbuntu Studio 12.04
The Ubuntu studio 12.04 desktop. Not so long ago, I posted about my attempts to bring my old DAW system back to life with Lubuntu. Emboldened by my success, and eager to get it on a nice firm...
View ArticleLykwyd Chykyn Pay-what-you-want Music Salestravaganza
I’ve been putting a bit more work into my music pages on this website, notably my Lykwyd Chykyn site; in addition to a revamped Random song player (now using HTML5 “audio” tags), I’ve got a link to a...
View ArticleOmega Hymnal improvements
Since uploading Omega Hymnal to Github ten days ago, I’ve made numerous improvements. It almost seems like it’s time to slap a version number on it and call it a release. Here’s a rundown of the...
View ArticleNew Songs, and how I recorded them
April is Autism Awareness month, so last month I released to my (five-or-so) anxious fans a couple of songs inspired by an autistic person close to me. You can hear them here (click the album covers):...
View ArticleNew song: “He made a way”
I’ve been working away at my next book, keeping well ahead of schedule, and decided to take a short break over the Easter holiday to record a song that’s been rolling about in my head. The song is...
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