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How do you manage your musical or artistic projects? Wanting a different way? I've tried many project management systems for non-art work. For music, it was near-chaos in my 20s and… https://bigstitch.music/having-trouble-managing-a-creative-project/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Great and inspiring news for the music world and music journalism in general.

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Reflecting on Venus Theory's 7 principles for creative resilience. 'Create more than you consume' and 'don't wait for permission' really resonate with me. Making progress on both, but my… https://bigstitch.music/principles-to-be-an-impervious-creative/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Whether you're interested in music, art, culture, or countering venture capital influence and online platform decay (enshittification), this great interview by @dadadrummer.bsky.social‬ is worth a read. dadadrummer.substack.com/p/music-is-t...

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then let it die

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If you need to relax, just grab a bass guitar, find three chords, and set the time signature to 6/8. Your tension will melt away....

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I’m digging Loopy Pro, as you know. It's an iOS app that is part looper/DAW/UI builder. I love it for brainstorming. But my project files get messy. Touch interfaces aren’t great for lots of… https://bigstitch.music/got-loopy-pro-running-on-mac/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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I like this video from Jon Makes Beats. The TL;DR is boredom is key to creativity. We aren’t as bored enough these days with constant stimulation from limitless media. For more creativity, we need less… https://bigstitch.music/trying-to-be-bored-more/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Most my time lately has been making music for a new album. It's fascinating developing my sound now that I’m doing music full-time. My sound is way different now than on my recent album—more played (vs… https://bigstitch.music/working-on-the-next-album/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Discovering Loopy Pro has been a game-changer for my workflow, at least for brainstorming. I’ve wanted to learn looping for a while, but have had so much else to learn. I love how Loopy Pro encourages getting… https://bigstitch.music/lovin-loopy-pro/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

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Hard to resist playing pentatonic riffs in the round when you have a looper.

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SoundCloud's new terms of service stating that all an artist's uploaded music can be used for gen AI training goes too far.

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I designed some new merch, which you can get in my store, that reminds us that music helps build community. bigstitch.music/shop/?orderb...

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This melodic idea gives me a huge buzz. Actually, the random name generator in the Polyend Play+, which is playing drums in this clip, gave me the name Huge Buzz. That's what I named this little idea on my sweet-playing Eastman tenor guitar (which is tuned in fifths the same as an octave mandolin).

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Who got hearing aids this week? Hearing loss and treatment are not discussed enough in the audio and music industries. It took me too long to see if hearing aids could help me. What about you? Do you use hearing aids? Could they help? Are you a musician or work in audio and use hearing aids, too?

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It's Bandcamp Friday when artists get 100% of sales proceeds. I’ve never had music on Bandcamp on Bandcamp Friday, or ever. I do now! It’s called Regretfulnot. Here's a bit of my favoire track. Directly support musicians. F Spotify. Check out Bandcamp. bigstitch.bandcamp.com/album/regret...

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It's #BandcampFriday in just a few hours. If you can afford it, I'm asking you to consider spending as much tomorrow at Bandcamp (or other indie music retailers) as you do every month on your music streaming subs. $15 is nothing to Spotify but it can be HUGE to an independent artist. #musicsky

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Over the past 6 weeks, I had a blast learning from Mike and Sam at Hall of Justice Recording Studio in Seattle. I got to do the full setup and recording of a band. It turned out pretty well based on this quick mix. Best of all, I feel ready to engineer my own studio session now. www.hojrecording.com

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I've been going through casual mandolin recordings I made quite a while ago. At this point, I’ve forgotten all of the ideas in those recordings–no idea if there’s some gold in there or just coal. Here's what happened after finding one idea with some potential--maybe. bigstitch.music/developing-i...

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Those who knew me in my previous career know that I love sticky notes. Elon Musk would be horrified to know that I spent thousands of National Science Foundation dollars on sticky notes. Well, one of the reasons I love Loopy Pro on iOS is that you can use it like audio sticky notes. Then jam out.

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Does it get any better than playing a Northfield Ele-Octo electric octave mandolin accompanied by a Polyend Play+ and Loopy Pro? I'm not sure it does.

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Imagining I have a fretted electric cello. Or I'm too lazy to pick up my bass (that is tuned in fifths like a cello).

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Got the sample for my "Quilt With Sound" t-shirt (and hoodie). Turned out pretty good, I think! bigstitch.music/shop/

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Are you a US federal employee? Were you? This looping session is for you. What Trump & Musk are doing to federal employees and the service they provide is cruel. Everett Kelley (President, AFGE) is sampled in this session, inspiring us to stop the hostile takeover. bigstitch.music/hostile-take...

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Amazing article on the history of computer music from @gtra1n.bsky.social daily.bandcamp.com/lists/comput...

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I composed the track The Merry Times to convey the joy I felt getting to know the Maritime provinces of Canada, as well as the love I developed for the region and residents. The Merry Times includes five field recordings I took in Halifax and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. bigstitch.music/merry-times-...

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The first bit of Big Stitch merch. My approach to music-making is quilting with sound--sonic quilting. Seemed like a decent t-shirt slogan. big-stitch.printify.me/product/1943...

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The Merry Times is a techno-inspired track that expresses the joyful significance I felt while experiencing Nova Scotia’s maritime culture, first vacationing there and then living there. I took the field recordings on the shores of Lunenburg, Halifax, and Laurencetown, Nova Scotia.

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I sampled John Lithgow's amazing reading of @timothysnyder.bsky.social critically important lessons to fight tyranny for my most recent (almost) live looping session. bigstitch.music/stand-out/

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This is probably the only time I'll post a Spotify link here to my new album. But, today is the official release date on all streaming platforms. And, dammit, I've never had music on streaming platforms--haven't released in a while. It does feel good. If you're a Spotify user, check it out below.

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My second attempt at live looping--something I hope to keep working on both for idea generation and eventually performing live. This time I included spoken word found sound, which I expect I'll also do regularly. The sound bite is from a Dharma talk by Vinny Ferraro. bigstitch.music/fight-is-the...

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Live Looping: The Fight is the Trap I'm pretty sure I'll be making a habit of posting my live looping experiments as I hopefully get good enough to do them live in front of folks (online or in person). At the very least, I hope this approach to creating is a fruitful way of generating ideas and…

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New on @ampwall.com Regretfulnot by @bigstitch.music from Seattle Big Stitch offers a unique, playful, and engrossing fusion of electronic and acoustic elements. #OnAmpwall #NewOnAmpwall bigstitch.ampwall.com/album/regret...

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Do you listen to music files anymore? Or prefer listening to lossless audio? Definitely my preference. You can download the lossless audio files for my new album Regretfulnot for free using this link to @ampwall.com (which you should check out anyway) ampwall.com/a/bigstitch/...

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How did you document and process a big life change? In Nova Scotia, I made hundreds of hours of field recordings. I captured these recordings not knowing they'd become the basis of my album Regretfulnot. I recorded the audio as sonic memories for myself. bigstitch.music/process-big-...

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My debut album as Big Stitch is titled "Regretfulnot.” The album is tightly thematic. It explores my experience (re)discovering, living in, falling in love with, and leaving Nova Scotia. That led to a peculiar emotional state of joyful disappointment. (Or disappointing joy?) tinyurl.com/2rnb2xf9

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I tried live looping for the first time. So much fun. It's something I want to get good at for songwriting and performance. It's a lot to keep track for someone who hasn't done it. Props to the Loopy Pro folks for making the process so much easier and more fun than the big pedal I wasted money on.

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Do you fear genre? I kinda do. I'm insecure about my prospects in music. One reason is genre. Or Big Stitch's lack of genre (or being inter-genre?). Gurus like Seth Godin say mastering genre is critical. I've mastered none and won't. So is Big Stitch dead on arrival? bigstitch.music/genre-makes-...

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What is Big Stitch’s genre? So what is Big Stitch? Well, it’s me and exploring musical ideas, audio processing methods, sound sources, and social messages/meanings that I’m curious about right now. Specifically, I’m interested in combining acoustic music/instruments with electronic music, as well…

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